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Ocean Hospitality is opening a sales office in one of the vacant retail spaces at Union Station. They manage Hotel properties, like Ramada Inn. None of their properties are in St. Louis unless the Hyatt is in the process of switching hands. Here's their website, but there is nothing about the St. Louis location.

http://www.oceanhospitalities.com/. I was told 6 months ago that the management at Union Station was looking at turning much of Union Station into offices, but did not want the retailers to know this, especially on the second floor.

Property Description of Union Station On Jones Lange & LaSalles website, please note the inaccuracies that I have highlighted

Property Type: Retail Total Space Available: -

Secondary Type: - Max Contig Space: 10,000 SF

Building Size: 659,475 SF Annual Rent: Negotiable

Land Area: 500,940 SF % Leased: 97.0%

Lot Dimensions: - Stories: 2

Elevators: - Ceiling Height: -

Year Built/Renov: 1894 / 1985 Typical Floor Size: 411,187 SF

Parking: 1590 Surface Spaces are available

Amenities: Food Court, Adaptive Reuse, Center Mixed Use, Center Enclosed

P r o p e r t y H i g h l i g h t s



When it opened its doors in 1894, St. Louis Union Station boasted the largest and busiest passenger rail terminal in the world servicing more than 100,000 rail passengers a day. In its prime Union Station was also known for its eatery that revolutionized rail dining as well as introduced the renowned "Harvey Girls" waitresses who delighted patrons with their Midwestern hospitality. The same girls were the subjects for MGM's memorable 1946 movie, The Harvey Girls starring Judy Garland. However operations as an active train terminal ceased in 1978. Not until 1985 and after nearly $150 million in restorations, did Union Station reopen its doors as a center for retail, dining and entertainment. The architecture of St. Louis Union Station is an eclectic mix of Romanesque styles. The Station's interior and exterior details are a combination of both Richardsonian Romanesque tradition and French Romanesque or Norman style. Equally impressive to Union Station's grandiose architecture is the 539 room Hyatt Regency Hotel. The hotel completed a $7 million renovation on the guestrooms and is recipient of the AAA Four Diamond Award. St. Louis Union station also features luxury offices, a lake, four active train tracks, over 90 retail shops and restaurants, and a plaza for festivals, concerts and other special events. • A National Historic Landmark of unsurpassed beauty and elegance. Once the largest and busiest passenger rail terminal in the world. Today, Union Station is consistently ranked as one of the top three attractions in St. Louis along with shopping and the Gateway Arch • Anchored by the recently renovated AAA “Four Diamond” 539-room Hyatt Regency Hotel, which boasts the highest RevPar index of all hotels in downtown St. Louis as well as one of the top five in the Hyatt chain • The Station enjoys annual traffic of nearly 7 million persons per year • 16.7 million visitors and tourists spending $3.8 billion make their way to the city of St. Louis annually • More than 90,000 people are employed in the 2.91 square miles that comprise downtown St. Louis • More than 2.7 million people live in the St. Louis MO-IL MSA making it the 18th largest metropolitan area in the United States • Investments in downtown St. Louis in the past five years total over $2.6 billion and includes 912 lofts to date with 660 additional lofts and condos planned this year • Union Station shares its downtown location with the 70,000 capacity Edward Jones Dome, 57,000 capacity Busch Stadium and 20,000 capacity Savvis Center • St. Louis Union Station is being positioned for a major redevelopment - Hyatt Regency Hotel is 472,328 sf

'Here today, gone tomorrow' or 'Now you see it and now you don't'. It's is like magic at St Louis Union Station. Saturday Urban Elements, a hip hop clothing store, was open and Sunday they were gone. Cleared out, sneaked out, in the middle of the night.