The Paul Brown Loft Apartments are now pre-leasing!



The 16-story Paul Brown building will have 222 loft-style apartments once completed- occupancy expected for summer 2005. Amenities include a rooftop swimming pool and club room and street level retail.



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Paul Brown Building

St. Louis, Missouri



KPFF Consulting Engineers provided structural engineering services for the renovation and conversion of the historic Paul Brown Building in downtown St. Louis. The 16 story, 1920s vintage office building was vacant for many years until it was rescued by Pyramid Development Company, who is spending approximately $30 million to convert it into approximately 220 loft-style apartments.



Structurally speaking, the project included many challenges. Since very limited existing drawings were available, the various existing structural systems throughout the building had to be field investigated. Because the floor load capacity of the archaic framing systems was indeterminate, KPFF devised a load test program to confirm that the structure was suitable for the intended re-use.



Three levels of parking and connecting ramps were inserted into the lowest levels of the structure, which required careful planning and coordination with areas to be demolished such that no column was left unbraced. A swimming pool and terrace was added on top of the building, which is supported by a structural steel framing system from the existing columns. A new floor was inserted in the tall story between the sixteenth floor and the roof, creating very dramatic two-story lofts.



Pyramid Development Company is the owner, Pyramid Architects is the design architect, Rosemann & Associates is the architect of record, and Paric Corporation is the general contractor.

I can't wait for this project to be completed - 220+ new downtown residents will really help fuel more retail!

Thank god this building is finally being renovated. My only gripe is I wish they did condos instead of apartments, but I'll take it.

If you can get your hands on the latest edition of the West End Word, check out the Spring House Tour Guide. It has an ad for the Paul Brown Lofts that features a rendering, and it looks awesome. There will be lots of lighting added to the facade, and it will really be an impressive sight at night!

Check out the new website for the Paul Brown. There are some great pics including renderings of the finished project.

midcountyguy wrote:Check out the new website for the Paul Brown. There are some great pics including renderings of the finished project.

Yes... those look great. I am sure this is what DeBaliviere saw in the West End Word.

Very nice indeed.

Pyramid has gone above and beyond what I expected. They have done a great job. That rendering is truly beautiful. It is amazing what lighting can do to enhance an already very well designed building. I wonder what type of shops they will attract to the retail spaces?



Now I can't wait to see what they do with the Arcade and Wright buildings.

That picture is an absolute f-ing knockout. I saw it a few weeks ago on a postcard mailer that Pyramid put together. Unbelievable!



Look how high the ceilings look in the first floor retail space. That is going to be prime space when it's ready!

18-20' in there, that is huge. But I love it.

you know how much it would cost to duplicate that building today? too much! STL is blessed with an outstanding historic building stock.

Wow! I can finally visualize what the view will look like as I park my car in the new parking garage.



(seriously- it does look very sharp)

While touring the Paul Brown Building during the downtown housing tour today, a guy showing us the roof told us that they had already lined up a coffee shop, a BBQ restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, and a bank for part of the retail space in the building. He also told us that redevelopment of the Arcade Building (next to the Paul Brown) was going to start soon. I can't wait to see it all finished.

Thats great news, to hear that the retail space is being filled and that the development will be sucessful enough that pyrmid can get going on the Arcade.

Construction has been completed...

the Paul Brown Building is now open!



Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

818 Olive Street, 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Wow, that was quick. I walked by there last week, I love the glass on the ground level. It seems like yesterday you couldn't even walk around the block because the sidewalk was blocked off. Does anyone know the occupancy rate?

I, too, personally love the exerior retail street level area - the tall glass is very contemporary and looks like a perfect fit for upscale clothing stors/bookstores - anything. I can see Gap/Old Navy/Borders or even more upscale in there.

Seeing this pic, with the random residential lighting, really speaks to the life residential buildings give the city. I usually think of residential adding to the street life, but it adds so much more. Office buildings are either dark at night or have lighting that isn't random. This street will be transformed overnight because every window will have a different light. Different lamps, different window treatments, etc. It goes without saying that the new retail space changes everything on this block. This is driving me crazy. I need to make a trip out there soon and check things out. My list of things to check out grows everyday.

This was on the online site of the St. Louis Business Journal today. It's about a new bank coming to the Paul Brown Building.



http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stor ... ily44.html

New pic added to the web site:

Hmm, I'm a little surprised that no one has said anything, but isn't anyone else on this forum extremely disappointed that the anchor tenant of the Paul Brown is going to be A BANK?! The space at Ninth & Olive, which is where I assume this bank will be, is where the Borders should go. A bookstore, record store, clothing store. SOMETHING other than a bank.



Banks are the one customer service downtown has in abundance--and they're closed more often than any other type of business. I think that this is a huge let down.