JG St. Louis West Ltd. Liability Co. v. City of Des Peres

MARY RHODES RUSSELL, Judge.

JG St. Louis West Limited Liability Company, owner of Chesterfield Mall, and taxpayers from Des Peres and Kirkwood (collectively “Plaintiffs”) appeal from a judgment in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County in favor of Des Peres (“City”) and West County Center, LLC (“shopping mall”). Plaintiffs challenge the trial court’s findings that ordinances passed by City, calling for the use of tax increment financing (“TIF”) to redevelop shopping mall, were duly enacted and not arbitrary. We affirm the judgment in that City’s approval of the TIF project was not arbitrary,…