CREVE COEUR, Mo.—Developers of a proposed 96-acre transformation of the former Bayer West campus in Creve Coeur into a mix of residential, retail and commercial uses passed an important hurdle this week with approval from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

Olia Village would include attached townhomes, commercial buildings, restaurants, hotels, ground floor commercial units with apartments on the upper floors, office and research space.

Some Bayer buildings would be repurposed into office and residential spaces as part of the plan. 

Developers agreed to several concessions after a series of public hearings, including a 50 foot minimum residential buffer zone from the property line when that property is next to a district zoned for single family residential housing. There will also be a new architectural bus shelter on Olive Blvd.

The project moves on to the Creve Coeur City Council, which will hear a first reading on the project Monday.