ST. LOUIS — A university with multiple campuses has purchased a former grocery store site near Lafayette Square for $4 million.
A.T. Still University, a health sciences university and medical school based in Kirksville, purchased 1500 Lafayette Ave., the site of one of the locations of local chain Fields Foods, which shut down last year, in January, according to sales data from Reonomy. The seller was St. Louis Food Hub LLC, which is organized by Chris Goodson, the owner of Fields Foods.
In addition to A.T. Still's Missouri campus in Kirksville, the school operates locations in Mesa, Arizona, and Santa Maria, California, according to its website.
The university operates seven total schools, including a dental school in St. Louis, the Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health, at 1500 Park Ave.
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