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A.J.
Brown Transforms Office Space Into Work of Art for Kirkwood
Marketing Firm
A.J. Brown, Inc. recently completed the construction of
a 2,800-square-foot office for Two-forty-seven Direct, a direct-response
marketing firm located in the Kirkwood Bend Building. A. J.
completed the project on time within a five-week construction
schedule.
With assistance from O’Toole Design Associates, Skibbe-Uhlig,
Inc. and Novus Development, the empty space was transformed
into a creative work environment, featuring radius walls and
soffits combined with unique borders in the paint, carpet and
vinyl floor tiles.
In addition to overseeing the construction process, A.J.
Brown was responsible for the installation of specialty items,
including all the casework and drywall throughout the office.
Advanced Solutions Leases TRiSTAR’s Corporate Woods III
Advanced Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of SBC Communications,
has leased a four-story, 141,423-square-foot office building
at 125 Corporate Office Drive in Earth City. The $20 million
structure, Corporate Woods III, is the third and final building
at Corporate Woods Office Park, a $50 million, 424,000-square-foot
development of TRiSTAR Business Communities. Clayco Construction
Co. is the design/build contractor of Corporate Woods.
Advanced Solutions will base broadband and data business
operations related to “Project Pronto” at the building. The
$6 billion initiative will promote the use of high-speed voice,
data and video services via Digital Subscriber lines (DSL) to
a potential 77 million customers in the United States. Approximately
800 to 900 people will work in the building.
The building’s sophisticated systems include advanced fiber
optics; enhanced electrical service to meet “computer-at-every-workstation”
loads; a direct, digitally controlled energy management system;
and three high-speed elevators.
Like its predecessors, building III is a contemporary-styled
structure with an exterior of buff-colored architectural concrete
ringed by bands of green-tinted punch windows. Four green reflective
glass curtain walls—one on each end and two at the center—further
ornament it. Clear anodized sunshades top the fourth floor windows.
Anodized aluminum, granite, fresco and glass are primary interior
finishes.
TRiSTAR began work on the 30-acre Corporate Woods tract
in early 1998. The first building in the park—the 128,000-square-foot
world headquarters of national grocery wholesale/retailer Save-A-Lot,
Ltd.—was completed in the fall of 1998. Corporate Woods II followed
in spring 1999 with major tenants including Group Health Plan,
The Earthgrains Co., Chrysler Financial Co. and State Farm Insurance
Cos.
McCarthy/Interface Partner To Build St. Louis City Justice Center
With extensive experience in construction of correctional
facilities across the country, McCarthy, in a joint venture
with Interface Construction Corporation, is building the $65
million St. Louis City Justice Center. The pre-trial detention
facility, which is scheduled for completion the end of 2001,
will house 732 inmates.
In addition to an aggressive construction schedule that
required McCarthy to pre-plan extra time to ensure that the
glass curtain wall arrived on time, another challenge was to
install the complex security system.
“When constructing a correctional facility, McCarthy builds
the cell areas from inside-out beginning with plumbing and electrical
systems, followed by cell walls and floors,” says McCarthy senior
vice president of Operations Kevin Kuntz. “This requires detailed
planning and coordination to confirm systems are operating each
step along the way.”
Replacing an existing justice center constructed in the
early 1900s, the new 260,000-square-foot, five-story facility
is located across from the new Thomas F. Eagleton United States
Federal Courthouse. The structure will contain intake and holdover
processing facilities for pre-trial and short-term-sentenced
residents. Inmate housing will be located on the upper three
levels; administrative offices will be on the first floor; and
the kitchen facility will be in the basement.
Kennedy Associates Incorporated is prime architect and engineer
for the facility’s design. Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum is an
associate in the design.
Interface Construction Corporation is a 21-year-old, full-service
general contracting firm and a Minority Business Enterprise.
Interface specializes in projects valued between $1 million
and $10 million. McCarthy and Interface have completed several
local construction projects as joint-venture partners.
Paric Corp. Completes $3 Million WingHaven Clubhouse
McEagle Development has completed a $3 million clubhouse
at WingHaven, its master-planned development in O’Fallon, Mo.
An outdoor pavilion with a junior Olympic-size swimming pool
and tennis courts accompany the 15,000-square-foot building,
which serves the 300-plus members of the WingHaven Golf and
Country Club.
Paric
Corp. has completed the $3 million clubhouse for the
WingHaven Golf Course and Country Club in O’Fallon,
Mo |
Kuhlmann Design Group, Inc. designed the stately two-level
clubhouse, featuring a porte-cochere at the entrance. The façade
blends an orange and rose colored brick with cream-colored smooth
stucco. Topping the building is an octagonal cupola ringed with
windows that bathe the lobby and reception area in natural light.
The
stately foyer of the clubhouse features ceramic
granite tile floors and rich, stained-wood molding,
trim
and casing as evident throughout the building.
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The lobby and reception area are clad with ceramic granite
tile floors and are ornamented with the rich, stained-wood molding,
trim and casing evident throughout the building. The main level
of the facility houses administrative offices, a pro shop, men’s
and women’s locker rooms and a fully equipped fitness center
that overlooks the 18th green of the Nicklaus Design golf course.
The lower level hosts the Mixed Grill dining room, which features
large windows overlooking the green and French doors leading
to a canopied outdoor dining area.
Adjacent to the clubhouse, the pool features a sand covered
beach-style entry and a 6,000-square-foot pool house with locker
rooms and snack bar. The pavilion also is designed to provide
prime viewing for golf tournaments. The clubhouse is programmed
to ultimately double in size, with banquet facilities to be
added in the planned expansion.
Situated at the juncture of eastern Missouri’s two major highways,
the WingHaven master development is to include one million square
feet of high-tech, research/service center space; 400,000 square
feet of retail space; 2,000 homes, apartments and townhouses;
miles of hiking and biking trails; schools; a wellness center;
a hotel; restaurants; and a daycare facility.
When completed, the development is projected to employ more
than 9,000 people and generate an economic impact of more than
$50 million annually.
Metropolitan Design & Building Renovates Crown Loft Building
Metropolitan
Design & Building Co. Inc. is renovating a 1907 building
originally designed by George Hellmuth, one of the founders
of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., into a Classical
Revival loft structure with 36 luxury apartments. |
Metropolitan Design & Building Co. Inc., a St. Louis-based commercial
and residential design-build firm, has begun work on the Crown
Loft renovation, at 4264 Laclede Avenue in downtown St. Louis.
George Hellmuth, one of the founders of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum,
Inc., originally designed the building that was constructed
in 1907 for Sanitol, a mouthwash and dental products manufacturer.
This Classical Revival loft structure is being converted to
36 luxury apartments that will feature refurbished hardwood
flooring and millwork, 14-foot ceilings and interior lofts.
Amenities will include a swimming pool and covered parking.
The developer on the project is Owen Development and the architect
is Trivers Associates.
Alton Center Business Park Represents City’s Largest Redevelopment
Project
Alton Mayor Donald Sandidge and Clark Properties President Michael
H. Clark operated twin 100,000-pound trackhoes that pulled down
an 80-foot-long section of brick façade to pave way for the
new Alton Center Business Park.
The demolition kicked off the largest redevelopment project
ever in Alton—one that is expected to bring 1,000 jobs to the
city. Clayco Construction Co. is targeting a year-end completion
for the first phase project—the rehabilitation of 450,000 square
feet of space.
The $50 million, 153-acre Alton Center is built on the site
of the former Owens-Illinois glass-making plant, which closed
in November 1992. Clark Properties is the developer on the project,
which includes the razing of more than a dozen dilapidated buildings
to make more than a million square feet of office, retail, warehouse
and high-tech manufacturing space.
Conrad Properties “Tops Off” 23-Story Clayton On the Park
Clayco
Tops Off Shaw Park Plaza in Clayton. St. Louis-based
design/build contractor Clayco Construction Co. lifts
the final I-beam into place atop the 11-story Shaw Park
Plaza located at Brentwood Boulevard and Forsyth Avenue
in downtown Clayton. Clayco is on schedule to complete
the $53 million project this October. Trammell Crow
Co. is the developer. |
Conrad Properties Corp. has “topped off” Clayton on the Park,
a 23-story mixed-use residential building overlooking Shaw Park
in Clayton. When it opens later this year, the $40 million building
will combine 115 one- two- and three-bedroom apartments on floors
11 through 23 with 98 specialty hotel suites on floors two through
10. A restaurant will occupy 8,000 square feet at street level.
“Clayton on the Park embodies a cosmopolitan living concept
that is popular in other major cities and one that we’re excited
about introducing to St. Louis,” says Robert Saur, president
and CEO of Conrad Properties. “Apartment residents enjoy à la
carte access to the services normally available only at the
world’s finest hotels.”
A total of 14 apartment floor plans are offered, ranging in
size from 740 to 1,810 square feet. In addition to panoramic
views from floor-to-ceiling bay widow walls, the apartments
will feature cable and high-speed Internet access; nine-foot
ceilings; private fully equipped laundries; kitchens with maple
cabinets, all appliances and built-in wine racks; island cook
centers; and walk-in closets in select plans.
Hotel suites, which range in size from 450 to 1,200 square feet,
will have fully equipped eat-in kitchens and private laundries
complete with washers and dryers. Hi-speed Internet access,
private phone numbers and voice mail also are featured.
Building amenities include a rooftop gathering spot called “The
Vernada,” a health club with personal trainers and a nutritionist,
a business/conference center, limousine service, valet parking,
grocery shopping and delivery, housekeeping, door-to-door laundry
and dry cleaning services, personal computerized messaging,
24-hour security, a convenience shop, a private screening room
and catering for large gatherings.
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