The company believes in being the owner of its own buildings,says Bruce Brophy, a principal with CRA. The insurance firm, asubsidiary of Delphi Financial Group, has owned and operated outits two buildings at 2029 and 2043 Woodland Parkway in MarylandHeights. "They're moving from those buildings in a consolidation,"Brophy tells GlobeSt.com. The 63,000-sf 2043 building is for salefor $7.8 million, and the 16,000-sf 2029 building is being offeredfor $1.9 million, he says.

He says CRA helped the company acquire the 1832 Scheutz propertyin 2005. The new building should be finished by June 2008, and the16-acre site will provide enough room for a 300,000-sf expansion,Brophy says. The five-story building, including a lower level, willfeature a fitness center, training rooms and a dining area. DukeRealty Corp. is the general contractor, and ACI/Boland is thearchitect.

Mayor Mike Moeller said in a statement that the development willrevitalize a site that has sat idle for years. The property, wherethe former Wirtz School had been, was purchased by Safety Nationalfrom the Special School District of St. Louis County.