The ?Art of Living? Building - 1141 South 7th Street

[urbanstlouis]

I saw this on the <A HREF="http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/">St. Louis Commerce Magazine</A> website in the "Construction Roundup" section. It will be called the ?Art of Living? building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. I have been in there when it used to be Mercantile Sales and they were selling sporting goods. It is hard to believe it looks the way it does now.



Moloney Building

Location: 1141 S. 7th Street, St. Louis, MO

General Contractor: G. Mark Disper

Leasing Represented by: Schmitt Properties

Developer: Disper Schmitt Properties

Engineer: Norton Schmidt

Cost: $8 million

Completion Date: August 2005

Size: 52,00 square feet

Architect: The Lawrence Group Architects Inc.



Description:

The Moloney Electric Building, built in 1903, was originally the home of a pioneer electrical supply company, which provided AC, generated power components. Schmitt Properties purchased this building located at 1141 S. 7th Street in September 2004, and has transformed it into a state-of-the-art collaborative business center. It has undergone total restoration and includes a rooftop mezzanine, with a tremendous view of the downtown skyline, thousands of square feet of original maple flooring, many conference rooms and offices, and a theater room. Inside spaces were designed so every workstation would have a window view. The building, which will be called the ?Art of Living? building, was completed ahead of schedule in August 2005 and will eventually offer space available for lease.

[urbanstlouis]

EXCLUSIVE REPORTS

From the December 9, 2005 print edition



<A HREF="http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2005/12/12/story7.html">Schmitt fires up old factory</A>

Lisa R. Brown



Dan Schmitt has spent $8 million to buy and rehab the former Moloney Electric building at Seventh and Hickory streets just south of downtown to serve as a small-business incubator.



Schmitt purchased the three-story building from developer Rick Yackey in 2004 for $3 million. Yackey made some major improvements to the building before selling it. The Lawrence Group completed renovating the building this fall, and Schmitt moved his business -- Anthony, Allan & Quinn -- there from Earth City in October.



<A HREF="http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2005/12/12/story7.html">read more</A>

[Expat]

Loud applause for moving from Earth City to STL. Sounds like an interesting project.

[urbanstlouis]

Here is the Art of Living building at Seventh and Hickory Streets...

[DeBaliviere]

^

Beautiful. I hope we see some more density in that area sometime soon - that building is a great start!

[Marmar]

Great looking and very well done rehab...wish there was something other than the parking lot there, though.

[MattnSTL]

I agree, the renovation is really nice. With the other buildings in the immediate area, maybe we will see new construction on the surface parking lot that is in the pics.

[SMSPlanstu]

Just will they give up the parking lot?



Very spiffy work!

[DeBaliviere]

BTW, this building right across the street from the Art of Living is undergoing a massive renovation - the building has been completely gutted, and the back wall was even removed. There are braces keeping the remaining walls from falling over, and it looks like they're building a new interior frame for it:



(pre-construction)

[urbanstlouis]

BTW, this building right across the street from the Art of Living is undergoing a massive renovation - the building has been completely gutted, and the back wall was even removed.

Yeah, I got a pic of that back in January also... I am sure it is a lot farther along now. Very cool building...

[brickandmortar]

^I don't have any pictures, but I drove by earlier this week. It still looks pretty rough, but it no longer looks like it's on the verge of collapse anymore.

[SoulardD]

^I don't have any pictures, but I drove by earlier this week. It still looks pretty rough, but it no longer looks like it's on the verge of collapse anymore.

I drive by it everyday, and I'm amazed at the amount of work they've put into saving it. I think it's great.

[irocktheparty2000]

^

Beautiful. I hope we see some more density in that area sometime soon - that building is a great start!

Here are some long overdue pics of the interior of The Art of Living Building. I think you'll all agree that this is a stand-out!

[Framer]

Very nice.

[TheWayoftheArch]

Impressive. Most impressive.