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PostOct 10, 2022#226

Nice catch!  Where did you find that?

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PostOct 10, 2022#227

sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Nice catch!  Where did you find that?
MSD's public permitting website https://aca-prod.accela.com/STLMSD/Default.aspx

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PostOct 10, 2022#228

So is that shed staying that's carved up at 3325 Chouteau or should we expect a fast food joint to scoop that up? 

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PostOct 10, 2022#229

Forever_Lou wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Nice catch!  Where did you find that?
MSD's public permitting website https://aca-prod.accela.com/STLMSD/Default.aspx
Thanks, nice sleuthing too!


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PostOct 10, 2022#230

pattimagee wrote:
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So is that shed staying that's carved up at 3325 Chouteau or should we expect a fast food joint to scoop that up?
I would have thought they would want the parking closer to the head house, and just about any business including fast food would rather be at the corner of Chouteau and Compton.  Not only is it more visible from multiple direction but you are in direct line of sight of everyone playing top golf.

It makes the site plan pretty weird.  Do they not own that parcel?

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PostOct 10, 2022#231

^ Geo STL has some Denali LLC owning that corner parcel.  The rest of the site is under control of an affiliate of St. Louis University.

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PostOct 10, 2022#232

sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
^ Geo STL has some Denali LLC owning that corner parcel.  The rest of the site is under control of an affiliate of St. Louis University.
LuxLiving owns that site. Doubt they’ll get rid of it and doubt they’ll actually build on it.

PostOct 10, 2022#233

sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Forever_Lou wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Nice catch!  Where did you find that?
MSD's public permitting website https://aca-prod.accela.com/STLMSD/Default.aspx
Thanks, nice sleuthing too!

Great to see this finally show up in this form. First it was me laying out the pole locations and now we can see the true, finalized layout. Why need an official announcement when you have all of us on UrbanSTL? Just give us time and we’re sure to find the stuff we want.

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PostOct 10, 2022#234

Jeez; I didn't realize it was thisclose to Steelcote Square.

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PostOct 11, 2022#235

chriss752 wrote:
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LuxLiving owns that site. Doubt they’ll get rid of it and doubt they’ll actually build on 
That's baffling as those are the two options where they actually make money.

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PostOct 11, 2022#236

Apparently this is a rendering of the entrance for the Midtown location.
https://www.stlmag.com/family/midtown-topgolf/

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PostOct 11, 2022#237

Its not a rendering - that's a photo of a different Top Golf location.

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PostOct 11, 2022#238

400 jobs? That's more than the Ikea.

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PostOct 11, 2022#239

^during construction?  Not too familiar with the business but seems like for permanent jobs 40 is a closer number.

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PostOct 11, 2022#240

STLEnginerd wrote:
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^during construction?  Not too familiar with the business but seems like for permanent jobs 40 is a closer number.
Nah these things have a wild amount of people working for them.  Probably 40 at a time and alot of these I would guess would be part time jobs/hourly.  I would guess maybe 150 jobs after they open

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PostOct 11, 2022#241

40?

You’re thinking just 40 people are going to wait on 102 bays, bartend, cook, run the check in desk, the gift shop, etc? That seems like a super low number. Plus I’d imagine they have more than one shift.

There are a ton of these, they probably have a good idea of how many employees they expect to hire to operate.

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PostOct 11, 2022#242

If it helps for reference, I just recently attended an event at the Chesterfield location for a group of about 30. They had 2 bartenders, 2 food servers, a technician and a host dedicated to just us. If they dedicate 6 people to a small group I’d be willing to say there’s minimum 60 staff in the building at all times. When I walked through the door there were 4 people just at the welcome desk.

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PostOct 11, 2022#243

For a 102 bay facility if all are open you can have a max of 612 players and let’s say each bay has 2 people that are there but don’t play for a total of 816, which means they probably have a staff of about 120-150 at any given time, the kitchen alone probably has 15-20

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PostOct 12, 2022#244

Block over from what I realized. I’ll drive by it dropping off and picking my kid up from school. Will be fun to watch its progress.
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PostOct 12, 2022#245

dbInSouthCity wrote:
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…which means they probably have a staff of about 120-150 at any given time, the kitchen alone probably has 15-20

My daughter works at a Top Golf in Augusta, Georgia…a smaller venue but I hear stories of staff per group…

As db said 120-150 per day/shift. My daughter works 4-5 days a week, open to dinner. Yeah, 400 to cover 7 days/2 shifts is totally plausible.

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PostOct 12, 2022#246

sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Forever_Lou wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Nice catch!  Where did you find that?
MSD's public permitting website https://aca-prod.accela.com/STLMSD/Default.aspx
Thanks, nice sleuthing too!

Your graphic was used in the KSDK story tonight. Some neighbors are concerned about traffic and displacement. Better to have vacancy I guess.

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 878baf0a10

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PostOct 12, 2022#247

quincunx wrote:
sc4mayor wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
Forever_Lou wrote:
Oct 10, 2022
MSD's public permitting website https://aca-prod.accela.com/STLMSD/Default.aspx
Thanks, nice sleuthing too!

Your graphic was used in the KSDK story tonight. Some neighbors are concerned about traffic and displacement. Better to have vacancy I guess.

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 878baf0a10
Traffic and displacement? Man wait till they hear a target will also be going in nearby. They’ll go nuts. NIMBY tunnel vision per usual.

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PostOct 12, 2022#248

I think those are both reasonable concerns and definitely not NIMBY-esque. They didn't say it shouldn't be built, just that they hope they procedures are put in place to prevent increased traffic incidents and displacement of longtime residents. This is a pretty weird location for a TopGolf. While that area on Chouteau is very industrial, one block south and you're in a completely residential neighborhood. I've been to the TopGolf in Birmingham a lot (also an urban TopGolf), and the traffic from it really spills out into the surrounding area and people end up parking on the street blocks away because these parking lots are never big enough. This definitely has the potential to drastically change The Gate – that doesn't mean people want vacancy, they just want their concerns to be met too. 

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PostOct 12, 2022#249

Looks to me that there is loads of street parking nearby not in front of anyone's residence. Also every homeowner has their own land to park their own car on.

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PostOct 12, 2022#250

shadrach wrote:
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dbInSouthCity wrote:
Oct 11, 2022
…which means they probably have a staff of about 120-150 at any given time, the kitchen alone probably has 15-20
My daughter works at a Top Golf in Augusta, Georgia…a smaller venue but I hear stories of staff per group…

As db said 120-150 per day/shift. My daughter works 4-5 days a week, open to dinner. Yeah, 400 to cover 7 days/2 shifts is totally plausible.
Well i won't argue something i have so little direct knowledge in.
I wasn't thinking along the lines of multiple shifts and i was assuming this was more of a Friday Sat evening business so i likely way undershot.  I probably have always underestimated the back of house staffing for service industry venues anyway since i have never worked that personally and i haven't been to the chesterfield location either to see how it works either.  So based on the feedback I'll assent to the 400 figure.

Even if they are mostly lower wage part-time jobs, 400 is a solid gain.

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