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LAWRENCE
GROUP BUYS MARQUETTE BUILDING
The Lawrence Group Architects Inc. has purchased the 19-story Marquette
Building on the corner of North Broadway and Olive Street for $4.9
million. The firm will spend about nine months in predevelopment
work, then 16 months renovating the 262,000-square-foot building.
STEPHEN SMITH
president,
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Stephen Smith, president of Lawrence Group, says the first floor
of the building will be retail; the second floor will house office
space; floors three and four will continue to be home to the YMCA;
and floors five through 19 will be residential.
The Lawrence Group also owns the 11-story Security Building, on
the same block. Smith said rehab work is progressing on the office
building. Also, Drury Development is building a 400-car parking
garage on the same block. When the block is completed, Smith said
the population should be around 200, with nearly 400,000 square
feet of mixed-use space.
DOWNTOWN GROCERY STORES TO OPEN DOORS
Two full-service grocery stores are being developed in downtown
St. Louis, ending a 20-year drought. In June, developer Craig Heller
will open City Grocers, a two-level, 6,100-square-foot store at
920 Olive St. At the same time, the McGowan Brothers Development
Corp. plans to launch a 1,500-square-foot market at 1232 Washington
Ave.
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President
George W. Bush throws out the first pitch for the
Cardinal’s Opening Day, April 5, 2004. Bush’s appearance
marked the first time a sitting president has thrown
a first pitch in the team’s 112-year history. |
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Jennifer
Welch-Babidge as Constanza and Gregory Turay as Belmonte
in the 2003 performance of The Abduction of Seraglio. |
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They’ve been called “magic on the Mississippi” (The Times (London))
and “a connoisseur’s festival” (The New York Times). Known
for world-class productions accompanied by members of the St. Louis
Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre of St. Louis (OTSL) is a national
company that attracts audiences from all over the world.
OTSL productions are sung in English, and the audience is close
to the action in the 987-seat Loretto-Hilton Center. This year’s
season runs from May 22 to June 27, featuring the all-time favorite
CARMEN, and four other shows. For information call (314) 961-0644
or visit www.experienceopera.org
ALLEGIANT BANK OPENS IN-STORE FACILITY AT
GRAVOIS PLAZA SHOP ‘N SAVE
A new in-store Allegiant Bank facility at the Gravois Plaza Shop
‘n Save opened on March 8. “We’re very excited and are sure that
customers will enjoy banking at the new facility,” said Nora Amato,
senior vice president of marketing at Allegiant. “Allegiant Bank
continues to expand, making the bank one of the most accessible
in St. Louis.”
$10 MILLION UPGRADE AT ADAM’S MARK ST. LOUIS
The Adam’s Mark St. Louis hotel has launched a $10 million refurbishing
program that will make over all 910 guest rooms. The improvements
will include new room décor, new bedding, bathroom enhancements,
high-speed Internet access, new business desks and ergonomic chairs.
The refurbishing program is scheduled to be finished in spring 2005.
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Colleen
De Reuck, of Boulder, Colo., celebrates after finishing
first in the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in St. Louis
on April 3. De Reuck, 39, had a time of 2:28:24, and
won one of three spots on the U.S. Olympic team. |
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ARMSTRONG TEASDALE EXPANDS INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY PRACTICE TO KANSAS CITY
Armstrong Teasdale LLP is expanding its intellectual property practice
to Kansas City, Mo. Evan Sotiriou, an experienced patent attorney
with a background in electrical engineering, will lead the expansion
of the Kansas City practice. Sotiriou has worked extensively in
preparing and prosecuting patent applications and is actively involved
in evaluating intellectual property portfolios in mergers and acquisitions.
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MOVES CLOSER
TO MEETING TAYLOR FAMILY CHALLENGE
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra announced that $35 million of
the $40 million needed to match the Taylor Family Challenge has
been raised. Jack and Susan Taylor, Andrew and Barbara Taylor, and
Jo Ann Taylor Kindle pledged $40 million to the Symphony in December
2000, challenging the organization to successfully match that amount
by Dec. 31, 2004.
In related fundraising news, the Symphony received a $300,000 annual
fund challenge from an anonymous couple who have been devoted Symphony
patrons for many years. This Friends of the Symphony challenge is
a dollar-for-dollar matching gift designed to encourage new and
increased gifts to the Symphony’s annual fund for operating expenses.
For every new or increased gift in 2004, this couple will donate
an equivalent amount to the Orchestra up to $300,000.
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