BRIDGETON, MO. — The Junior College District of St. Louis, dba St. Louis Community College, has acquired the Marcasco Building, which is located at 3221 McKelvey Road in Bridgeton. Situated on approximately 9 acres, the 149,553-square-foot property sold for $5.5 million. The college plans to invest $3.6 million in renovations to the building, including a first phase upgrade of 27,000 square feet. The instructional space will include dedicated-purpose labs, eight to 10 classrooms, conference/meeting/seminar breakout rooms, a multipurpose room, computer training labs and a Prometric/Ceriport testing center. The college's phased move-in is scheduled to begin in spring 2011. Stephen Gwinnup of Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA represented the buyer; Cassidy Turley represented the sellers, Crusader LLC and Regions Bank, in the transaction.
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