The last building that was part of the historic Pevely Dairy complex won’t be standing for much longer.
ºüÀêÊÓƵ University last week filed for a demolition permit for the structure at South Grand Boulevard and Chouteau Avenue. A SLU spokesman said Monday demolition should begin in the next two weeks.
It’s not a surprise. In November, for the area targeted the 1915 structure for demolition. ºüÀêÊÓƵ had granted the university master-developer authority in a 400-acre swath of land encompassing its medical and academic campuses in the midtown area. in a key portion of the region’s central corridor expected to see an influx of investment, first and foremost with medical provider partner SSM Health.
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Those redevelopment powers, under Missouri’s Chapter 353 redevelopment statute, allow the university to bypass historic preservation review, which would otherwise be needed to tear down the historic structure.
For preservationists, the war had already been mostly lost when on the Pevely campus: the iconic smokestack with “PEVELY†spelled in white brick and the old milk factory. The red Pevely sign across the remaining building was also removed.
Plans for the site had mostly been on hold while SLU pursued a new medical partner and then set out to create the redevelopment corporation, which will act like the entities overseeing Cortex and the area around Washington University’s medical complex.
In place of the Pevely complex, SLU plans a “major new educational facility,†according to its plan. Officials have said it may house several medical disciplines and would be located just north of the new hospital.
According to the permit, the demolition is estimated to cost $886,600.
SLU’s plan also calls for the demolition of the Missouri Belting Building. It’s not officially a historic structure, but some preservationists had wanted to see it saved. SLU plans to apply next week for a demolition permit for that building, which is just south of the Pevely site.