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Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)
The Railway Exchange Building is an 84.4 m (277 ft), 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell. The building was the city's tallest when it opened, and remains the second-largest building in downtown St. Louis by interior area, with almost 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m) of space.

The building was long home to the flagship store of the Famous-Barr chain of department stores — and the headquarters of its parent company May Department Stores — until Macy's purchased the brand; the store was rebranded as Macy's in 2006. Macy's sold the building in 2008 and closed the store in 2013.

In January 2017, Hudson Holdings, a National Historic Property Developer based in Delray Beach, Florida, purchased the building for $20 million.

The city of St. Louis was granted an emergency condemnation on 4 Jan 2023, and proceeded to kick out people who appeared to be squatting and board up the building.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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  4. ^ "Railway Exchange Building". Built St. Louis. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  5. ^ Brown, Lisa R. (28 October 2009). "Bruce, Yackey seek TIF for Macy's overhaul". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  6. ^ Bryant, Tim (May 20, 2013). "Macy's to close downtown St. Louis store". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. ^ Bryant, Tim (January 31, 2017). "Developer buys Railway Exchange Building downtown". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Hudson Holdings - National Historic Property Developer". hudsonholdings.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  9. ^ Lloyd, Gloria (11 January 2023). "City condemns, boards up historic Railway Exchange building downtown". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
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