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

He says CRA helped the company acquire the 1832 Scheutz property in 2005. The new building should be finished by June 2008, and the 16-acre site will provide enough room for a 300,000-sf expansion, Brophy says. The five-story building, including a lower level, will feature a fitness center, training rooms and a dining area. Duke Realty Corp. is the general contractor, and ACI/Boland is the architect.

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