NFL Player and Real Estate Agent Buy UWT Land

Former St. Louis Rams player Raonall Smith and real estate agent Sterling Griffin have purchased property at the northwest corner South 21st and Fawcett Ave. on the UWT campus.  The land was purchased for $854,000 under the name Student Housing, LLC.  The approx. 15,000 square feet of land is zoned Downtown Mixed Use and allows residential and commercial use. In 2007 the State Senate passed a bill banning the 10/12 year property tax abatement for multifamily housing from being used by private property owners in the 46 acre campus. I don’t think the UWT will be to happy about this purchase.