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 1974.
Follman spoke with Built St. Louis on February 4, 2026.
MD Building, 8631 Delmar – 1963
Clayton-Big Bend Professional Building, 6744 Clayton Road – 1962
The Oxford Building, 141 N. Meramec – 1965
The Milton Building, 2025 S. Brentwood – 1963
Chesterfield Mall and Surroundings
Crestwood Plaza – 1957
Northwest Plaza – 1968
501 N. Broadway – 1985
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. 4th 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 508,277 sf.
Earth City, Carrollton Industrial Park and Brown Campus
Plaza 1 Building, 502 Earth City Plaza – 1973
13789 & 13795 Rider Trail North – 1973 Common-lobby office-warehouse buildings.
Merchants Laclede – 1889
St. Louis Place, 200 N. Broadway – 1983
The Bank of Commerce (aka Chamber of Commerce) Building, southeast corner of Broadway & Olive – 1902
Post Dispatch (aka Lutheran) Building, 200 Block of N. Broadway – 1902
Veterans Administration Building (originally an annex of the Bank of Commerce) – 1908
The three were demolished for a parking lot in 1977. That lot 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
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