Centene Plaza developers will submit final plans

From The ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 22, 2008
By Margaret Gillerman

CLAYTON - Developers of the proposed $190 million Centene Plaza are formally submitting their financial and development plans to the city this week in hopes of breaking ground in early November.

On Monday, Robert Wislow, chairman and CEO of U.S. Equities of Chicago, presented conceptual plans for the Centene headquarters expansion and office and retail development to the city Plan Commission/Architectural Review Board.

Tonight, the developers hope the Board of Aldermen will approve a redevelopment agreement that would clear the way for partial tax abatements and other financial arrangements.

On Wednesday, the developers - U.S. Equities, Clayco and Centene Corp. - will formally submit their plan to the city to be reviewed in time for an August meeting, where the developers hope to secure approval.

Plan Commission Chair Harold Sanger said after Wislow's presentation that he liked