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Breckenridge
Transforming Edison Brothers Warehouse into Hotel and Condominium
Complex
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Developer
Don Breckenridge and R.G. Brinkmann Construction
Co. are transforming the landmark Edison Brothers
Warehouse in downtown St. Louis into The Breckenridge,
a $66 million building, which will host a Sheraton
Hotel & Suites and 80 condominiums.
The
atrium at The Breckenridge will encompass more than
1.2 million cubic feet.
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Noted St. Louis
developer Don Breckenridge’s vision of an upscale hotel and condominium
complex to serve downtown St. Louis is underway. R.G. Brinkmann
Construction Co. has begun transforming the landmark Edision Brothers
Warehouse on 14th Street at Highway 40 into The Breckenridge, which
will host a $66 million Sheraton Hotel & Suites.
The one-million-square-foot, 13-story project is the largest private
hotel rehabilitation project in Missouri history. The first phase,
consisting of 292 hotel suites, will be completed during summer
2001.
Built in 1929, the Edison Brothers Warehouse is a familiar sight
to St. Louis commuters. Located immediately north of Highway 40,
the building’s façade features a trompe l’oeil mural depicting
scenes from the 1904 World’s Fair.
As designed by architect Hemni and Associates, the renovated building
will retain its distinctive exterior and add a porte-cochere at
its main entrance on 14th Street. The elegant interior will be a
creation of Diane Breckrenridge Interiors.
The hotel will be centered around a large rectangular atrium—the
largest ever built in Missouri. Encompassing more than 1.2 million
cubic feet, the skylight-topped atrium will stretch from the fifth
to the 13th floors. Hotel rooms, suites, and condominium units will
wrap the atrium.
The lobby of the Sheraton will be accessed by an oversized revolving
door clad in satin bronze and have marble floors, columns, a cove
ceiling and trompe l’oeil panels on the walls.
The hotel rooms will be located on the fifth through eighth floors.
Guest amenities include a grand ballroom to host up to 800 people,
additional banquet and meeting rooms, a health club open to public
membership, an indoor pool and spa, a business center and 423 indoor
parking spaces.
The 80 condominium units range in size from 1,500 to 4,000 square
feet and will be built on the top four floors of the building. The
selling agent is Lynette Broeg of Gundaker Realtors.
The project is more than 90 percent privately funded. Approximately
$60.7 million of the $66 million total is coming from private sources,
with the remaining $5.3 million funded through tax increment financing.
First Bank of St. Louis and Miller & Schoeder Financial of Minneapolis,
Minn. are project lenders.
Tarlton Completes Newest YMCA Branch
Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction
management firm, recently completed work on the new $5.5 million
South City Family YMCA on Sublette near Sublette Park and Arsenal
Street. The 45,000-square-foot, two-story structure opened in December
2000 and offers an extensive array of YMCA programs to the surrounding
neighborhood.
The new
South City Family YMCA
features this five-lane swimming pool. |
The new South City Family Y features a five-lane swimming pool,
indoor running track, multipurpose rooms, gymnasium, 4,500 square
feet of fitness space, locker rooms, office space and outdoor soccer
fields.
The YMCA of Greater St. Louis now has 20 branches and more than
450 program sites throughout the area. The new South City Branch
replaces and enhances member facilities that were at the South Side
YMCA, which is now under renovation. Plans call for moving YMCA
metropolitan offices from their current location in the Downtown
YMCA branch to the South Side building after renovation.
Joining Tarlton team members on the YMCA project were Mackey Mitchell,
architect; Alper Audi Inc., structural engineer; and McClure Engineering,
mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer.
Paric Completes Renovation and Expansion at Visitation Academy
Above:
Master stained glass artist Lea Koesterer designed
the multi-dimensional window that distinguishes
the new main entry at Visitation Academy.
Right:
The new main entrance at Visitation Academy is
one of several recent renovations Paric Corp.
has completed for the school.
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Paric Corp. has completed the renovation and expansion of Visitation
Academy of St. Louis at 3020 North Ballas Road in Town and Country.
Designed by Christner Architects and Planners Inc., the $6.7 million
project expands classrooms and extracurricular service facilities.
Visitation hosts an all-girl college preparatory high school with
capacity for up to 425 students as well as an elementary school
and co-ed Montessori pre-school that can serve up to 250 children.
The project involved renovations to the school’s theater, adding
154 tiered seats, and classrooms as well as five major additions.
Newly created areas include a 33,000-square-foot science wing, 11,000-square-foot
gymnasium, 7,000-square-foot lower school wing, a new main entrance
and six new tennis courts and renovated playing fields.
Master stained glass artist Lea Koesterer created the arched stained
glass window highlighting the new main entrance. New interior ramps
and a new elevator provide better accessibility for persons with
disabilities.
Joining Paric and Christner on the project were Ibrahim Engineering
Corp., structural engineer; Frontenac Engineering Group Inc., civil
engineer; Austin Tao & Associates, landscape architect; Heideman
and Associates, MEP design criteria; and Code Consultants Inc.,
code compliance.
McCarthy Constructing Lab and Learning Center for Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma
LST Center in downtown St. Louis will
be complete in December 2001. |
McCarthy recently broke ground on a $57 million laboratory and learning
center for Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, in downtown St. Louis. The
new Life Science Technology Center is slated for completion in December
2001. McCarthy is serving as the construction manager and general
contractor on the complex.
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality
organics and biochemicals for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical
and industrial markets.
The project includes construction of a 133,000-square-foot laboratory
building with three stories above grade and one level below grade.
The center of the building will feature a three-story atrium with
an architectural staircase and glass-backed elevator. Lab and office
space will be located around this atrium. In addition, McCarthy
also is constructing an attached one-story, 12,000-square-foot learning
center with an auditorium. The laboratory building has a concrete
frame and the learning center has a structural steel frame. Both
buildings will feature brick exteriors with limestone trim. The
complex designers are Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum Inc. and Lockwood
Greene; both firms are based in St. Louis.
Clayco Completes Summit Development Warehouse Expansion
Clayco Construction Co. has completed a $15 million expansion of
a warehouse at I-170 Distribution Center for Summit Development
Group LLC. The project is part of Summit’s redevelopment for the
complex at 8525 Page Blvd. In Vinita Park, Mo. The other major component
was renovation of an office building.
Designed by St. Louis-based Forum Studio, the warehouse addition
has 32-foot clear height ceilings and contains 153,000 square feet–88,000
of which are refrigerated. The exterior of the structure features
a combination of gray-tinted tilt-up concrete panels used at the
freezer and cooler. Topping the new wing is a loose laid membrane-ballasted
roof.
Clayco demolished 110,000 square feet of existing warehouse to create
room for the addition.
Saint Louis University School of Business Expansion Complete
The three-story
atrium is the center of
Saint Louis University’s new Cook Hall, which
houses the MBA program. |
An expansion and renovation at the Saint Louis University School
of Business and Administration is complete and open to students.
The project includes the new John and Lucy Cook Hall and renovation
of the existing Davis-Shaughnessy Hall.
The University expanded the facility to ease crowding and to accommodate
a new full-time MBA program. Cook Hall houses the graduate and undergraduate
classes program, the business ethics program, women’s leadership
program and the service leadership program.
Architectural designer The Lawrence Group sought to meet the University’s
need for open, interactive educational facilities blended with the
traditional buildings on the campus. The sister firm, The Lawrence
Group Colors provided interior design services. J.S. Alberici Construction
Company is the general contractor.
At the center of the new Cook Hall is a 40-foot, three-story atrium
bordered by six classrooms, a café, a 348-seat auditorium and 30
study nooks and meeting rooms. The new building is topped with a
25-ton, 114-foot tall steel neo-Gothic towers designed to match
the north tower of the adjacent Davis-Shaughnessy Hall. The entire
building is finished with brick and hand-carved limestone to blend
with the existing building.
Cook Hall also features the latest technology with individual classrooms
wired for network and Internet connections. The facility has more
than 700 computer outlets, computers in each classroom and computer
projectors in the ceilings.
The 65-year-old Davis-Shaughnessy Hall also was renovated as part
of the project and continues to house the University’s School of
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