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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Consignment Store is the Latest Addition to Chesterfield Retail Scene

Now and Again on Olive Boulevard sells new and consigned home furnishings and opened on Thursday.

Chesterfield's newest store is adding a high-end consignment compoment to the bargain hunting that is becoming big business in the West County area.  Now and Again home furnishings officially opened on March 7 at 14015 Olive Blvd., although the sign above the door still reads "Suburban Leisure Center." The previous occupant of the building closed in 2011, after being in business since 1951.  Furniture was the focus at the store on Friday with easy chairs, couches and beds covering the showroom floor. As previously reported by Patch, the store will focus its consignments on higher quality furniture and will also sell new items.  The new consignment store means shoppers in the area looking to hit up re-sale shops will have plenty of options…

Kathryn

11:42 am on Sunday, May 5, 2013

Would be helpful to publish hours, phone number and website for the new store.   more ›

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Consignment Store to Take the Place Of Suburban Leisure Center

After being vacant for more than year, the building will soon be home to Now and Again, which will sell new and consignment furniture.

A sign reading "Suburban Leisure Center" is still posted above the door for now, but the former lawn and garden business on Olive Boulevard will soon be home to consighment furniture store Now and Again.  Workers were busy preparing the store for its new life on Dec. 19. It will focus on "high-end" consignment furniture as well as new items, but an official opening date has not been announced yet. City officials said the owners of Now and Again received approvals for occupancy and to do some interior work, but have not yet applied for a business license.  The store has been vacant since September, 2011, when the Suburban Leisure Center closed after being in business since 1951. A portion of the property was acquired by the Chesterfield …

Ryan Dreisewerd

12:54 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The store opens on Thursday March 7th   more ›

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Suburban Leisure Center To Be Vet Expansion

Listing shows sale price drop from $2.3 million to $975,000 over a year.

Chesterfield Veterinary Center is going to take over the former Suburban Leisure Center that closed in September 2011 after 50 years. The group of four vets have been located nearly next door, at 14161 Olive Blvd., for many years. There are no firm dates or prices on the deal, according to the vet center or property sellers. It was unclear whether it was a sale, or a lease. The buildings on the 1.11 acres are advertised as 16,800 square feet, built in 1952, is listed at $975,000 or $58.04 a square foot, as of the end of 2011. In September, the same property was listed at $1.31 million. A year ago, it was listed at $2.3 million. (See video of store with this article.) Listings showed an option to lease part or all of the property. Sale …

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Suburban Leisure Center to Close

The outdoor furnishings store has been in business 50 years.

Suburban Leisure Center, which sells all things needed for an enviable backyard, will close in mid-September.  The store has begun marking down merchandise. Most prices have been cut by 50 percent, manager Tom Dimmercurio said. This year was the store's 50th anniversary. "We've been in business a long time. But the economy's tough nowadays," said Dimmercurio, who has worked at the store for 10 years. "A lot of people are doing this same thing." The decision to close was made a few months ago, Dimmercurio said. Neon-lettered signs announcing the closure and advertising the sale paper the windows, letting passersby know of the store's fate. The store hopes to sell everything by the time it shuts its doors on Sept. 11, Dimmercurio said. …

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