One Metropolitan Square

Office skyscraper located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri
38°37′39″N 90°11′23″W / 38.6275°N 90.1896°W / 38.6275; -90.1896Completed1989; 35 years ago (1989)Owner601 West Associates, LLC.ManagementJones Lang LaSalleHeightRoof180.7 m (593 ft)Technical detailsFloor count42Floor area88,559 m2 (953,240 sq ft)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Hellmuth, Obata & KassabaumMain contractorMcCarthy/Kwame ConstructionReferences[1][2][3]

One Metropolitan Square, also known as Met Square, is an office skyscraper completed in 1989, located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. At 180.7 m (593 ft), it is the tallest building in the city and second tallest building in Missouri.

Major tenants include law firms Bryan Cave and Evans & Dixon, the Bi-State Development Agency and Greater St. Louis Inc.[4]

The building was designed by the architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum and was constructed by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the largest general contractor in St. Louis. In early May, 2014, a DJI Phantom quadcopter drone crashed into the building.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Emporis building ID 127235". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "One Metropolitan Square". SkyscraperPage.
  3. ^ One Metropolitan Square at Structurae
  4. ^ "How 4 tenants inside one of the region's largest office buildings are coming back to work". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  5. ^ Moffitt, Kelly (8 May 2014). "Police investigating drone crash into Met Square building". St. Louis Business Journal.
  6. ^ Calhoun, Michael (8 May 2014). "Drone Strikes Downtown St. Louis Building". KMOX.

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