The Devil Is in the Details For Massive Restoration
On a day in late January 2012, as members of Plymouth, Minn.-based Dominium Development gathered outside the 116-year-old brick and terra cotta Chemical Building, an empty St. Louis high-rise they were considering converting to housing, one of them eyed another empty, historic high-rise across the street, the gothic-styled Arcade Building, a 16-story brick and terra cotta clad structure built in 1913.
"Oh, that building's available, too, and I have the plans for it," said Paul Hohmann, a project manager with St. Louis-based Ebersoldt + Associates Architects, who was assisting the developer team in its evaluations.