City Buys Former Mary Rents Building
Plan is to turn the property into a visitors center and transportation facility.
St. Charles is a step closer to building a visitors center and transportation facility at the intersection of Fifth Street and Boone's Lick Road. The city council last week approved the purchase of the former Mary Rents property at 453 Boone's Lick Road for $392,000 on an 8-0 vote. Council members Mary West, Ward-4, and Mike Weller, Ward-5, were absent. The property was owned by Carl and Regina Hoerman, who bought it in 1996 for $160,000.Its value had most recently been assessed in 2011 for $207,748. Mary Rents, a tool rental business, moved to their new location on North Second Street in June, which raised questions about whether the city would try to buy it as a possible location for a tourism center. The city plans to use the property …
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