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PostSep 30, 2021#1701

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Total speculation on my part here, but the fact that Centene is investing any amount of additional money into their campus here isn't a bad sign.  No, it's not the auditorium or a part of the now paused future towers, but I can't imagine they'd spend another dime on their Clayton office if they were going to fully leave town in the near future.
Does Centene own this building outright?  One tends to "freshen up" a house right before putting it on the market
They wouldn’t freshen it up to look like the others if they wanted to sell it piecemeal. And they aren’t selling the new stuff.

PostSep 30, 2021#1702

The garage retail is not filled. What would everyone like to see there? Besides a spirits.

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PostSep 30, 2021#1703

Catcantcat wrote:
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Bart Harley Jarvis wrote:
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Laife Fulk wrote:
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Total speculation on my part here, but the fact that Centene is investing any amount of additional money into their campus here isn't a bad sign.  No, it's not the auditorium or a part of the now paused future towers, but I can't imagine they'd spend another dime on their Clayton office if they were going to fully leave town in the near future.
Does Centene own this building outright?  One tends to "freshen up" a house right before putting it on the market
They wouldn’t freshen it up to look like the others if they wanted to sell it piecemeal. And they aren’t selling the new stuff.
That’s my thought. Also they’re still recruiting high level positions to STL. One of their newest executive vice presidents lives in my building while she finds a new home for her family that currently lives out East.

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PostSep 30, 2021#1704

Catcantcat wrote:The garage retail is not filled. What would everyone like to see there? Besides a spirits.
East garage looks like it’s going to be a “medical office.”


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PostOct 04, 2021#1705

Catcantcat wrote:
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The garage retail is not filled. What would everyone like to see there?  Besides a spirits.
I would love it if Clayton got an Indian Restaurant. Just a buffet.  Something like Curry in a Hurry or Mr. Curry's. I'd also like another sandwich place, even if it is a chain, but I would really love a Pickles.  There is really only one quick, affordable sandwich place left: Potbelly. 

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PostOct 04, 2021#1706

Subway

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PostOct 05, 2021#1707

STLAPTS wrote:
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Subway
LOL that didn't even cross my mind since I haven't eaten at a subway in 15 years. I stand by my original statement. 

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PostOct 05, 2021#1708

^ What...you're not a Pasta Plus fan? ;)

The Posh Nosh and Protzel's are pretty good delis too.  Though Protzel's is in the Hanley/Wydown district, not downtown.  Cafe Manhattan and J. McGraugh's have good sandwiches too.  But none of these places are fast-food style joints if that's really what you're looking for.

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PostOct 05, 2021#1709

Look, you can get a great sandwich at lots of sit down restaurants, but I am definitely talking about more fast-casual.  Protzel's is great, but I work at the northwest corner of DT clayton, so that's not realistic. MC is good, but sit down, takes forever and is just as far away.  J. McGraugh's is sit down. 

I personally cannot stand Posh Nosh.  I have been disappointed every time I have eaten there.  Just sh*tty thick cut cold cuts, with sh*tty bread. I put it on the same level as Carl's Deli: a reputation that FAR exceeds actual product. 

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PostOct 05, 2021#1710

i miss Schlotzkey's.

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PostOct 05, 2021#1711

^^ Sure...but nowadays you don't really HAVE to sit down in any of them.  Call in an order, pick it up and walk away.  Or have one of the food delivery apps bring it to you.  But I agree, none of those places are the cheap fast-food type spots you seem to be looking for.

Mods, you could probably move this to the Restaurant thread at this point.

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PostOct 17, 2021#1712

It appears Centene is investing to reclad this building on Carondelet to match the other 2 towers.  
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PostOct 18, 2021#1713

^yeah, $9,000,000

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PostOct 18, 2021#1714

urban_dilettante wrote:i miss Schlotzkey's.
There is one now in the valley

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PostOct 18, 2021#1715

^ huh. did not know that. there was one in the Crestwood Mall food court in the late 90s when I worked at Exhilarama. i think there were a handful of others around town back then but they mostly disappeared from the region.

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PostOct 19, 2021#1716

The transformation of Centene Plaza A ongoing. A very unique opportunity to view this from the street.
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PostOct 19, 2021#1717

Its a Phillips 66/Schlotzkey's combo - easy to miss, lol.  

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PostOct 21, 2021#1718

Is this just Centene looking to set down roots in it’s East Coast headquarters city or their world headquarters city?

https://investors.centene.com/news-even ... multi-year

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PostOct 21, 2021#1719

^ They’re only sponsoring the practice and youth jerseys and putting their name on the sleeve of the main one. Plus the field will be “renamed” on game days. That’s really not that big of deal.

Neidorff also just gave some money to the SLU athletics project that was just announced the other day here too. I bet if you dug around you could find some philanthropic work in Sacramento where they maintain thousands of employees and a West Coast HQ as well. Doesn’t seem out of the ordinary they’d do the same in Charlotte.

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PostOct 21, 2021#1720

I hope that’s all it is, but I would feel a lot better if they were sponsoring
St. Louis City SC in some form. Maybe they are, but I’m not aware of it.

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PostOct 21, 2021#1721

DogtownBnR wrote:
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I hope that’s all it is, but I would feel a lot better if they were sponsoring
St. Louis City SC in some form. Maybe they are, but I’m not aware of it.
I would guess they will have some kind of sponsorship.

But if the 3 big sponsors for STL are some combo of

Jersey-Purina
Stadium or sleeve- Bayer and Bud/enterprise/Panera (I know Enterprise/National/WWT aren't supposed to be stadium or jersey but I could see sleeve) some other big name people have heard of then I’m not all that concerned one wasn’t Centene.

I honestly expected them to be a sponsor of Sacramento if they hadn’t botched their team.

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PostOct 21, 2021#1722

I posted this in the MLS thread, but Centene could also just be following through on a promise made by WellCare before it was acquired. 

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PostOct 26, 2021#1723

Centene CEO reporting 3rd Q results with City of Charlotte and State of North Carolina flags in the background....
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PostOct 27, 2021#1724

^He’s definitely not using the Kroenke approach. He blasting his intentions loud & clear.

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PostOct 28, 2021#1725

It's not at all unusual to hold shareholder meetings in major satellite offices. 

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