Arcturis Wins Judgment Against Hotel Developer
Date Posted: April 9, 2025
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From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis architecture firm Arcturis has been awarded a $58,570 judgment in a lawsuit filed against a developer who proposed a new hotel downtown.
Arcturis, in the suit, filed Nov. 13 in St. Louis Circuit Court, alleged it is owed more than $50,000 for work it provided toward redevelopment of the Mark Twain Hotel, at 205 N. Ninth St., into a 161-room Tapestry Collection by Hilton Hotel. The suit’s defendants are Anchor Point Hotel LLC and New Orleans-based Campo Architecture & Interior Design.
Anchor Point Hotel LLC, tied to John Campo of Campo Architecture, in March 2023 acquired the nine-story property for $6.1 million, with plans to replace the Mark Twain Hotel boarding house with the 161-room Hilton Hotel.
Status of the project isn’t clear. Online city real estate records show the property at 205 N. Ninth has an outstanding 2024 property tax balance of $83,801. John Campo didn’t return a request for comment regarding the judgment and status of his firm’s proposed hotel project.
Arcturis in its lawsuit said Campo hired the St. Louis firm to provide brand identity services for the hotel project. The architecture firm was to be paid a fixed fee of $67,300, plus reimbursable expenses, for its services. Arcturis said invoices for its work were provided to Campo, but that it’s still owed $50,090 per its agreement, plus $2,115 in interest. Arcturis worked on the project from May 2023 to December 2023, the suit says.