by Michael R. Allen
Just the other day, I saw new boards on the three-story brick commercial building at 1508 St. Louis Avenue. The for-sale sign that had graced the vacant building as long as I could remember was gone. There is a new owner, I guessed.
And, I am right: VHS Partners LLC purchased the building in November. They sure know how to pick buildings to board up, I’ll tell you. From 1508, one can almost see the vacant lots at 1314, 1321 and 1414 St. Louis and the boarded two-story commercial building at 1311 St. Louis that their shared-address allies at Blairmont Associates LC own.
Their plans and identity are uncertain. The condition of these properties is pretty bad by any standards this side of St. Louis Centre.