ST. LOUIS — The city planning commission on Wednesday is slated to review a request from St. Louis University to allow a “golf entertainment facility” to be built in Midtown.
SLU is seeking to rezone 14 acres at Chouteau and Compton avenues to allow for the construction of a 68,000 square foot, three-story “outdoor recreation and golf entertainment center,” according to plans filed with St. Louis. An operator was not disclosed in documents but Topgolf, which has a location in Chesterfield, has long eyed the property for a second location.
Officials with Topgolf and SLU did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
SLU currently owns the property, which has several vacant buildings, a parking lot and athletics facility, and said in planning documents that the redevelopment would “enhance Midtown and provide public benefit.”
There’s a slate of new development headed for Chouteau and Compton. Target Corp. plans to open in 2023 at The Edwin, a proposed 196-unit apartment project at South Grand Boulevard between Gratiot and Papin streets from local developer Pier Property Group. It will mark Target’s second location in St. Louis.
