Construction Begins on Forsyth Pointe Mixed-Use Development in Missouri

Construction has started on Forsyth Pointe, a mixed-use development in the central business district of Clayton, Missouri, the county seat of St. Louis County. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the construction manager overseeing all construction work, including the delivery of self-perform concrete services on the cast-in-place building foundations, elevator cores and parking structure.

Developed by US Capital Development and totaling nearly 1 million square feet, the Design-Build project includes two Class A office towers—the east tower at 10 stories and 265,000 square feet and the west tower at eight stories and 210,000 square feet—with more than 20,000 square feet of street-level retail space that will enliven the development’s street presence.

The steel-framed glass structures rest atop a post-tensioned concrete-framed, seven-level parking structure that will connect both buildings and extend 2.5 levels underground. At the top level of the parking structure, a 45,000-square-foot open-air garden terrace will serve as a signature amenity and be available for public events.

Other planned amenities include a 10,000-square-foot fitness center and a ground-floor arts and entertainment venue.

From the project’s early design phase, the contractor initiated an integrated virtual design and construction process with the owner, designer and trade partners to drive efficiencies throughout the project. This includes the use of cloud-based Building Information Modeling collaboration platforms accessible by all team members. Specific VDC applications include model-based design review, model-based field layout, 3D building systems coordination, laser scanning of as-built conditions and aerial drone photogrammetry to monitor and survey construction progress.

The project team also includes Christner Architects (design architect, architect of record and landscape architect); CEDERGREEN, LLC (design architect); Alper Audi (structural engineering); Stock & Associates (civil engineering); G&W Engineering (mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering) and Randy Burkett Lighting Design (lighting design).

The project is expected to be completed in summer 2022.