| Railway Exchange Building | |
| Location: | 600 Locust St., St. Louis, Missouri |
| Coordinates: | 38.6306°N -90.1894°W |
| Architect: | Mauran, Russell & Crowell |
| Builder: | Korte Co. |
| Architecture: | Early Commercial |
| Added: | June 11, 2009 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 09000411 |
The Railway Exchange Building is an 84.4m (276.9feet), 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell. The building was the city's tallest when it opened, and remains the second-largest building in downtown St. Louis by interior area, with almost 1200000ft2 of space.[1] [2]
The building was long home to the flagship store of the Famous-Barr chain of department stores - and the headquarters of its parent company May Department Stores - until Macy's purchased the brand; the store was rebranded as Macy's in 2006.[3] Macy's sold the building in 2008[4] and closed the store in 2013.[5]
In January 2017, Hudson Holdings, a National Historic Property Developer based in Delray Beach, Florida, purchased the building for $20 million.[6] [7]
The city of St. Louis was granted an emergency condemnation on 4 Jan 2023, and proceeded to kick out people who appeared to be squatting and board up the building. [8]