The Boo Cats defeated the Vin de Setters in the competition to buy and renovate the Bevo Mill.

Put another way, Pat and Carol Schuchard — owners of the Boo Cat Club and Majorette event spaces — are the preferred redevelopers of the Bevo Mill, the windmilled restaurant at 4749 Gravois Avenue in south St. Louis.

The city’s Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, Bevo Mill’s owner, decided Tuesday to go with the Schuchards’ plan over a competing proposal from Paul and Wendy Hamilton, the couple who own restaurants Vin de Set and 1111 Mississippi. The LCRA board’s vote for the Schuchards was unanimous.

Otis Williams, executive director of the St. Louis Development Corp., said that in a tight competition the Schuchards edged out the Hamiltons by proposing to redo the Bevo Mill with few tax incentives. The LCRA’s staff had recommended the Schuchards’ plan.

Work to refurbish the building will begin after the couple buy the landmark from the LCRA. Pat Schuchard said he and his wife agreed to pay the agency’s asking price of $500,000.

Schuchard said the plan is to have a beer garden open this fall and carry out $4 million to $5 million in improvements over the next five years. He said the LCRA has maintained the building well.