St. Louis / Chesterfield service center

[STLEV]

Drove by the former Kemp auto museum that Tesla is converting to their St. Louis facility and demolition of the out building has begun. The entrance was blocked so I didn't look inside the main building.

 

[WhiskySTL]

I had no idea about this! So is this an additional facility, or will the one at 170 & Olive be moving there?

 

[efusco]

I had no idea about this! So is this an additional facility, or will the one at 170 & Olive be moving there?

This will be the new showroom, at least. I would assume the service center would stay where it is, but perhaps there's enough room to have both the showroom and service in this one new facility.

 

[Jmuessig]

They told me everything is moving there.

 

[jsrawa]

Any update on when this location will open? I’d love to get my 3 at this location instead of the current dump they are in. Renderings of this new store look great, it’s a nice way to revive this building.

 

[jsrawa]

It’s been 5 months since the first post about the new location but I stopped by today to take a look because I happened to be driving past. I have to say I’m disappointed, it looks like there is still a lot of work to be done. I walked all the way to the front doors but I couldn’t tell if there has been any work done inside. There is a sort of entry way and then more doors to the interior and I couldn’t see in but there were a bunch of tools and garbage inside the doors. I had never visited the museum when it was operational but this space is huge compared to the current facility, plenty of room for sales and service for the entire city for now at least. I took some pics but sorry they are so dark, it was dusk. All things aside I think this will be a great location for Tesla.

 

[kook43]

Parking lot paving going on, as I passed by at lunch today. - Won't be done in time for my delivery sadly. Hoping it will include Superchargers on-site, or at least some second gen city-chargers. Great I-64 locale for it.

 

[jbabb]

The parking lot paving looks complete, but still some work to be done at the entrance.

There are 5 conduits that look to be the size for wall connector chargers (too small for a supercharger)

 

[TomServo]

Cool thanks for the update.

 

[tpm1999]

Any new updates on this dealership/service center?

 

[PLUS EV]

Any new updates on this service center?

FYP!

 

[TomServo]

Had nothing to do today so I drove over to check on any progress. Wish I could say there was a lot of activity, sadly it looks like there is no construction taking place. Bummer. But if they ever finish it and it opens it'll be a fantastic site. From where I live in the Belleville/Swansea area it's about a 38 mile drive. Traffic on I-64 during rush hours could be brutal but welcome to St Louis. I went round trip in about 75 minutes on a Sunday with almost NO traffic or accidents.

 

[mwesterheide]

Drove by today. Hopefully they are working on the inside of the building. Not much going on outside.

 

[TomServo]

The weeds are taller.

 

[zippy]

I drove by here recently, work seems to have strangely come to a stop. Even though the University City location is obviously bursting at the seams.

 

[jsrawa]

I wonder if they have halted projects like this until they show profitability, this has to be a large expense. There still appears to be a lot of work to be done to the exterior, at the very least a new paint job. I can’t believe they are still functioning out of University City and deliverying Model 3s!

 

[smsiegel33]

I drive by there periodically on my way to church and nothing ever seems to change now that the lot is done. When i went to test drive a Model 3 to curb my appetite while we wait for ours the sales person said he would anticipate that we would be picking up from the Chesterfield location (we are a Sept - nov delivery). I would agree with jsrawa that they have put all unnecessary expenses on hold until after at least Q3. I hope they move soon. That U City location is way too small and dumpy for them.

 

[bhawkins4194]

Last I heard when talking to them at SC was Oct/Nov timeline to move in. Their time is limited because U City is giving that property to Costco.

 

[stlmizzoufan]

Where exactly is this location in Chesterfield?

FWIW, when I was at the U City location last week, I asked and they said “after the first of the year”.

 

[smsiegel33]

They are supposedly moving to the old Kemp auto museum which is just east of Boone’s Crossing between 64/40 and Chesterfield airport road. Basically on the south side of 40 across from the new Top Golf.