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Can Union Station be 'in' again? Marriott makeover: Renovation to eat up some struggling retail space. Luring new stores: City official says 'big-time marketing' is needed.

Publication: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Publication Date: 27-SEP-09 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Can Union Station be 'in' again? Marriott makeover: Renovation to eat up some struggling retail space. Luring new stores: City official says 'big-time marketing' is needed.(Business)

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Byline: Tim Bryant tbryant@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8206

It has been 31 years since the last trains left Union Station. And 24 years since its $140 million renovation as a hotel, shopping and entertainment spot on Market Street. But today the station is a shell of what it once was.

Banana Republic? Gone. Talbot's? Gone. Body Shop, Brookstone, Nature Co.? Gone, gone, gone.

The space formerly occupied by Nature Co. is a gift shop called Fat Sassy's. Nearby, a shop that calls itself a newsstand has one magazine rack near the front door and several shelves of liquor behind the counter.

But don't write of this downtown landmark just yet.

A large expansion by Marriott, which in December took over the station's hotel from Hyatt, is about to get under way. Marriott will move the front desk to the atrium...

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