909 Chestnut Street

The Beacon on Chestnut (stylized as THE BEACON on Chestnut, formerly One SBC Center, One Bell Center, One AT&T Center, and 909 Chestnut) is a 44-story building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri at 909 Chestnut Street on the Gateway Mall. It is Missouri's largest building by area with 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2).[5] The building is currently vacant, and is currently planned to be redeveloped into a residential building.[6]

909 Chestnut
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Former namesOne AT&T Center
One Bell Center
SBC Building
Southwestern Bell Telephone Building
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Location909 Chestnut Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38.6277°N 90.1946°W / 38.6277; -90.1946
Completed1986 (1986)
CostUS$150 million
OwnerSomeraRoad, Inc.
Height
Roof179 m (587 ft)
Technical details
Floor count44 [1]
Floor area1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators24
Design and construction
Architect(s)Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
Main contractorMcCarthy Construction, St. Louis, MO
Other information
Public transit accessBus interchange MCT
Bus interchange MetroBus
Light rail interchange  Red   Blue 
At 8th & Pine station
References
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The building was built to replace the Southwestern Bell Building as the Southwestern Bell world headquarters. However, in a series of mergers, the headquarters moved to San Antonio, Texas and was later renamed AT&T.

In 2006 Inland American Real Estate Trust bought the building for $205 million. AT&T then signed a 10-year lease to be the sole tenant.[7]

When AT&T announced, in 2013, that they would be vacating the building in 12 months and that they would be not be renewing the lease when it expired in 2017, the number of employees in that building had fallen from a high of 4,800 to 2,000 through layoffs, outsourcing and remote work.[8]

The building was ultimately foreclosed by US Bank after AT&T's departure and, on April 25, 2022, the building was sold for $4.05 million to SomeraRoad, a New York–based developer. [6]

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