Laclede Gas Building

Laclede Gas Building
Laclede Gas Building, May 2018
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural style
International style
Location720 Olive
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′42″N 90°11′32″W / 38.6282°N 90.1922°W / 38.6282; -90.1922
Completed
1967 - 1969
OwnerBrandonview LLC
Height
Roof122 m (400 ft)
Technical details
Floor count31
Floor area434,912 sq ft (40,404.6 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectEmery Roth & Sons
Other information
Public transit
Bus interchange MCT
Bus interchange MetroBus
Light rail interchange  Red   Blue 
At 8th & Pine station
References

The Laclede Gas Building is a 31-story, 122 m (400 ft) skyscraper located at 720 Olive Street in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was designed by the Emery Roth & Sons architecture firm, and was built between 1967 and 1969 for the Laclede Gas Company, which had outgrown its 10-story building at 1017 Olive Street. The Laclede Gas Company vacated the building in March 2015, after 45 years in the space. The building has since been converted to mixed-use, and presently consists of both office and residential spaces.

Uniquely, all power for the building is generated in-house using natural gas burning generators, and therefore is not interconnected to the Ameren power grid.

The building also houses one of the eastbound entrances to MetroLink's 8th & Pine subway station.

As of January 2025, the building is for sale.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Emporis building ID 127162". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Laclede Gas Building". SkyscraperPage.
  3. ↑ Laclede Gas Building at Structurae
  4. ↑ "'Iconic' downtown St. Louis skyscraper is for sale". ksdk.com. May 17, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ "St. Louis Historic Preservation". dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ Ihnen, Alex (September 12, 2014). "Hayden Buys Laclede Gas Building, Renovation to Include 111 Apartments". NextSTL. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ Rubbelke, Nathan (January 7, 2025). "Asking price revealed for downtown St. Louis tower that hit the market last year". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2025.