ST. LOUIS 鈥 The landlord for a downtown nightspot shut down by the city asked a judge Tuesday to evict Reign Restaurant and make it pay more than $130,000 in damages.
Kansas City-based Copia Acquisition LLC filed suit against the nightspot at 1122 Washington Avenue in October 2020, saying it had failed to pay rent for several months.
Reign disputed the claim and continued operating. It eventually drew the scrutiny of City Hall, first for masking and social distancing violations and then for violent crime in its vicinity.
A city hearing officer on Oct. 1 ordered Reign鈥檚 space closed and boarded up for a year, citing a series of shootings around the nightspot in late August and early September. Reign has to be out of building by the end of the month, and Reign attorney William Dailey told the court his client could be out by 11:59 p.m. on Halloween.
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Copia said that鈥檚 not enough.
鈥淲e want the property back and we want our damages,鈥 said attorney Justin Ladendorf.