ST. LOUIS-Cassidy Turley has invested further in its future byrenewing its property management contract with Edward Jones. Thefinancial services firm, based here, has almost 10,500 branchesthroughout the United States and more than 600 in Canada.

Cassidy, also based here, has worked with Edward Jones since1990, hired to manage the company’s headquarters campus. Sincethen, the firm has assisted in the opening of 10,000 new locationsfor Edward Jones, according to a Cassidy statement. In 2009,Cassidy delivered cost savings of more than $10 million, completingalmost 2,000 renewals, opening 696 new branches and relocating 192branches, according to the statement. A Cassidy spokeswomanreferred questions about this story to Edward Jones, who did notreturn a call for comment.

The contract includes services for new branch leasing, portfolioadministration, facilities maintenance, design and construction,furniture and signage and accounting for the Edward Jones branchoffices. Cassidy also provides on-site management of the 1.7million square feet of office headquarters space here and in Tempe,AZ. Further details of the new contract were not released.