"'Topping Out' Exective Building: Ironworkers swing the last steel beam into place atop the Executive Office Building, new 20-story structure going up at Sixth and Olive streets. The beam carried an American flag and a Christmas tree for ceremonies Tuesday marking completion of the building's framework. The $9,000,000 project is the first major office building to go up in the downtown area in
"Office building sold -- The 19-story Executive Office Building, 515 Olive St., has been sold by First National Bank in St. Louis to Edward K. Love Realty Co. of St. Louis. Clarence C. Barksdale, chairman and chief executive officer of First National Bank in St. Louis, and Laurence A. Schiffer, president of Love Realty, announced the sale. Barksdale said the sale was part of First National's real
"Downtown building in St. Louis hands: Ownership of one of the major new buildings in downtown St. Louis was transferred entirely into St. Louis hands for the first time Thursday. In what is considered one of the biggest real estate transactions in the downtown area in recent years, First Union Inc., has agreed to buy the Executive Building at 515 Olive st., David R. Calhoun, chairman, and James P. Hickok, president, announced."