St. Louis Mills


St. Louis Mills, also known as St. Louis Outlet Mall, was a shopping mall in Hazelwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Opened in 2003, the mall struggled with tenancy for many years before closing in 2019. The first redevelopment effort, a sports complex called the Powerplex STL, operated from 2019 to 2023. It was then redeveloped into the Hazelwood Business Park.

History

first proposed St. Louis Mills in August 2002. Typical of their properties, St. Louis Mills included a mix of outlet stores, big-box stores, and conventional shopping mall tenants. That year, the company acquired the site off Missouri Route 370 in the city of Hazelwood, Missouri for $20 million. St. Louis Mills opened its doors on November 13, 2003, and initially experienced a strong influx of visitors during its first few months.
Simon Property Group acquired the Mills Corporation in 2007. Five years later, Simon sold off the mall, which was renamed to St. Louis Outlet Mall. As of 2019, there was a sale of the bank asset to new undisclosed owners. On May 24, 2019, Namdar Realty Group announced the closing of the mall and gave the tenants 30 days to vacate the building. The mall closed in September 2019 with the exception of Cabela's, which is still operating as of 2025.
In 2019, plans were approved by the city of Hazelwood to transform the mall into a sports complex called POWERplex STL. In November 2022, Big Sports Properties sold 50% of the building to Industrial Commercial Properties. Powerplex STL closed on May 1, 2023.
Following a $30 million renovation, the building was officially renamed and opened as the Hazelwood Business Park in 2023.

Attractions

Ice Zone

Ice Zone is a 1,200-seat indoor ice arena connected to the Northwest section of the mall. The arena is open to the public for skating, figure skating, and local youth, high school hockey|high school] and adult hockey teams. It served as the official practice facility of the St. Louis Blues hockey team until relocating to the newly built Centene Community Ice Center. It offered free bleacher seating for fans during practice sessions.

The NASCAR Speedpark

The Speedpark included an indoor/outdoor go-kart race track and sometimes featured appearances by NASCAR drivers such as Kevin Harvick, having them meet with fans and sign autographs. NASCAR Speedpark closed on May 29, 2014.

Skate Park

The ESPN Skate Park opened with the mall in 2003; however, the mall did not have the correct copyright agreement to use the ESPN name with the park, which led it to be renamed the "St. Louis Mills Skate Park" in mid-2005. The park then closed in late 2006 and remained closed until 2007 when a new sponsor named Woodward announced that they would take ownership. Plans for that then fell through in late 2007 and the park continued to stay closed until it was re-opened with a new sponsor as "Plan Nine" in April 2009. The park closed once again in 2017.