Gills Propose Luxury Hotel, Apartments for Historic Building
Date Posted: January 11, 2016
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A luxury boutique hotel and apartments are planned for a nearly empty downtown St. Louis office building opened in 1893 and designed by renowned architect Louis Sullivan.
Developers and spouses Amy and Amrit Gill hope to begin construction on the $47 million project in August. If the project at 705 Olive Street proceeds as they hope, hotel guests and building residents could be sipping cocktails at a new rooftop bar in July 2017.
Through their Restoration St. Louis, the Gills are longtime developers who focus on renovations of old buildings. They have many projects in the St. Louis area and, in 2010, completed the $46 million restoration and renovation of the Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport, Iowa.
Amy Gill said Friday that the “concept” for 705 Olive was Hotel St. Louis. She said the project would be, in part, an homage to Sullivan, the famed Chicago architect who pioneered the use of steel-frame construction in skyscraper design.