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Two West St. Louis County companies are relocating to the same Chesterfield office space, joining forces to provide complementary financial services.
The America Group, a financial advisory company, and Chas. W. DeWitt Insurance Agency, a business and personal insurance solutions provider, will be moving to 390 S. Woods Mill Road, according to JLL, who represented the firms on their search for new office space.
The companies will move into the shared 12,000-SF office in August, after renovations are complete. The companies’ goal is to create a hub of financial planning and insurance experts — a one-stop shop where clients can find answers in all areas of financial support and planning.
Advisors with the firms offer financial planning, tax planning, business and personal insurance, employee benefits and health/Medicare insurance, allowing clients to align their financial decisions in those areas and avoiding conflicts or gaps in coverage.
“The benefits of shared office space can be quite valuable, particularly for companies working in the same or complementary industries,” said David Steinbach, managing director of JLL St. Louis. “For DeWitt and The America Group, they will benefit from shared expenses and more efficient communication, but even more importantly their clients will benefit from having these services aligned in one central location.”
Chas. W. DeWitt Insurance Agency was founded in 1925 and is currently located in Ballwin, Mo. DeWitt started its business relationship with The America Group in 2011 when Ross Pfeifer, DeWitt’s vice president, began offering financial planning services to clients of DeWitt through The America Group.
In January 2021, Pfeifer, Aaron Stewart and Jeff Seeburger became co-owners of The America Group. Seeburger, who now serves as president, admires the numerous advantages of the new space —including its size, location and their ability to integrate services to clients.
“The workspaces and office layout as well as the kitchen are Class A space,” Seeburger said. “We stepped into a practically turnkey, Class-A situation thanks to JLL.”
Renovations are underway on new office headquarters for Arcturis, a St. Louis-based national design firm, who plans to move to the 13th floor of the former Peabody Plaza building, which now serves as a focal point of the new Gateway Plaza at 701 Market St. in downtown St. Louis.
Arcturis partnered with Tarlton Corp. to serve as construction manager of the 11,500-SF, build-out project - adding to the award-winning portfolio of the two, women-owned businesses.
The dynamic duo previously collaborated on the build-out of the new Spire corporate headquarters which earned LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and was recognized with an Edwin F. Guth Award for interior lighting design from the Illuminating Engineering Society.
Slated for completion by the end of this year, the renovations and tenant build-out include the demolition of existing office space; installation of new partitions; high-end, industrial-look finishes and MEPFP design-build enhancements.
An impressive glass-wall storefront, fabricated and installed by Missouri Valley Glass, welcomes employees and visitors into the office suite. The storefront features one-half-inch-thick clear tempered glass sections situated within a span that is 9 feet tall and 22 feet long. The entry doors are flanked by two wide sections on each side, with sleek, brushed stainless hardware and trim completing the modern design.
In addition, the office space incorporates a wellness area featuring a lounge and cafeteria, as well as a “light laboratory” that Arcturis design teams will use for fixture testing and to simulate different light conditions in project designs for clients.
The Tarlton project team includes Joe Scarfino, project director; Diane Grimsley, senior project manager; Beth Barton, superintendent; and Joe Carr, cost engineer.
