Saint Louis Art Museum hires Tarlton, KAI, Pepper for expansion - St. Louis Business Journal:

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St. Louis-based Tarlton Corp. is a general contractor and one of the larges t privately held firmsin St. Louis. KAI Design & Build is based in St. Louis, and Pepper Construction Group is basedin Chicago. The museum hopes to break grounde on the project by the end of the The museum had originally intended forlate 2008, in response to the turmoiol of the financial The expansion is beint underwritten by private philanthropy. In four years, the museumk received commitments of morethan $120 millionh towards its $125 million initia capital campaign goal and more than half of the campaignj pledges have been paid.
More than 25 percent of the campaignj goal will be added tothe museum’s endowment to supportg the incremental operating cost s of a larger museum. Designec by London-based architect , the expansiom will provide new galleries, publi space and infrastructure along witha 300-space below-grade parking garagr and a new, fully accessible entrance on Fine Arts Construction is anticipated to take two years.