ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A St. Louis County agency on Thursday selected commercial real estate firm CBRE to handle the marketing of the old Jamestown Mall site.
The St. Louis County Port Authority board of commissioners selected CBRE, a global firm with offices in the St. Louis area, from four applicants through a request for proposals for broker consulting services. The Port Authority took ownership of the site in 2017.
The 1.2 million-square-foot mall sits on roughly 142 acres in the middle of a North County subdivision. Officials are seeking to redevelop the mall, which closed in 2014, but political controversy and resident opposition have slowed plans.
Eight years ago, the agency made a tentative deal with a developer but that fell through when then-County Executive Steve Stenger was indicted on corruption charges.
Then in 2021, the board selected a $76 million redevelopment plan that would have transformed the site into a distribution center. But officials nixed that plan after opposition from the councilwoman for the area, Shalonda Webb, who said residents preferred retail.
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County officials weren’t able to move forward with demolition until 2023.
With CBRE, officials are hoping to identify other redevelopment opportunities that both residents and market conditions support. The firm also will be tasked with selling the site.
Its compensation was capped at 6% of the total purchase price, records show.

Elected officials, neighbors, and other dignitaries watch and record as heavy machinery is used in a symbolic demolition act on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, to mark the coming months-long demolition project for the long-shuttered Jamestown Mall. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

The long-sought demolition of the vacant Jamestown Mall continues Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, north St. Louis County. The empty million-square-foot mall, near Florissant, opened in 1973 and closed in 2014, leaving it a target for crime and vandalism. The site is currently owned by the St. Louis County Port Authority, which hired South Carolina-based Target Contractors to carry out the demolition. The work is expected to be finished by next summer.

The long, slow demolition of the Jamestown Mall continues near Florissant on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Demolition of the long-vacant property began in September and is expected to be finished by mid-2024.

Only piles of rubble remain as demolition continues on the former Jamestown Mall in north St. Louis County on Monday, March 4, 2024. Demolition began in September 2023. Photo by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
Elected officials, neighbors and other dignitaries gathered for a ceremony marking the beginning of a long-awaited, months-long demolition project for Jamestown Mall.