One Metropolitan Square
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 behind the One Kansas City Place in Kansas City by only 31 feet.
| Metropolitan Square | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1 Metropolitan Square St. Louis, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.6275°N 90.1896°W |
| Completed | 1989 |
| Owner | 601 West Associates, LLC. |
| Management | Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Height | |
| Roof | 180.7 m (593 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 88,559 m2 (953,240 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum |
| Main contractor | McCarthy/Kwame Construction |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
Major tenants include architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, which also designed the building, the Bryan Cave law firm, the Evans & Dixon law firm, the Brown & Crouppen law firm, and the Better Business Bureau.
The building 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.[4][5][6][7]
References
- "Emporis building ID 127235". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016.
- "One Metropolitan Square". SkyscraperPage.
- One Metropolitan Square at Structurae
- Moffitt, Kelly (8 May 2014). "Police investigating drone crash into Met Square building". St. Louis Business Journal.
- Calhoun, Michael (8 May 2014). "Drone Strikes Downtown St. Louis Building". KMOX.
- Jonsson, Patrik (8 May 2014). "Whose drone is it? St. Louis high-rise crash heralds age of private drones". The Christian Science Monitor.
- Murphy, Kevin (8 May 2014). "St. Louis police seek owner of drone that crashed into high-rise". Reuters.
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