Episode 2: Burt Follman

Burt Follman’s journey through the world of St. Louis real estate started with Sachs Properties in 1962 and included stops at Hycel Properties and the Linclay Corporation before starting Follman Properties in __________.

Follman spoke with Built St. Louis on February 4, 2026.

MD Building, 8631 Delmar – 1963

Clayton-Big Bend Professional Building, 6744 Clayton Road – 1960

The Oxford Building, 141 N. Meramec – 1965

The Milton Building, 2025 S. Brentwood – 1963

Chesterfield Mall and Surroundings

Crestwood Plaza – 1957

Northwest Plaza under construction – 1968

501 N. Broadway – 1985 and 555 North Fourth Street – built 1901, renovated 2013

One Financial Plaza, today home of Stifel Financial, was built by Edison Brothers Stores to serve as its headquarters. The retailer moved to the new tower from the building that’s now Gallery 400 apartments.

201 Progress Parkway – 1968

The Cotton Belt Building, 111 N. 4^th Street – built 1894 as the Planters Hotel, demolished 1976

Ted Jones’ daily commute from Williamsburg, Missouri to the Cotton Belt Building was 90 miles each way.

Boeing Building 270 (the Quadrangle Building), 5775 Campus Parkway – 1973

According to St. Louis County, the building is 508,277sf

Earth City, Carrollton Industrial Park and Brown Campus

Plaza 1 Building, 502 Earth City Plaza – 1973

13789 & 13795 Rider Trail North – 1973

Merchants Laclede – 1889

St. Louis Place, 200 N. Broadway – 1983

Chamber of Commerce (originally Bank of Commerce) Building, southeast corner of Broadway &

Olive – 1902

Post-Dispatch (later Lutheran) Building, 200 Block of N. Broadway – 1902

Veterans Administration Building (originally an annex of the Bank of Commerce) – 1908

In 1977, the three were demolished for a parking lot that became the site of St. Louis Place in 1983.

500 N. Broadway – 1969

Le Chateau Village, 10375 Clayton Road – 1968

Ballas Place, 425 N. New Ballas Road – 1980

Old Town Executive Office Center: I, 168 N. Meramec – 1982, II, 165 N. Meramec – 1986 & III, 150 N. Meramec – 1989

Timberlake Corporate Center, 1350, 1370 & 1390 Timberlake Manor Drive – 1998 & 1999