Office Building Planned Next To Viking Lodge In Sunset Hills

04/06/2001 - Plans to build a four-story office building next to the Viking Lodge and Restaurant at 10709 Watson Road are in the works.

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen, at its meeting of 27, unanimously voted during a first reading to rezone from E Commercial District to PD-2 Planned Development District for 6.42 acres at the northwest corner of Watson Road and Lindbergh Boulevard.

The second and final reading is expected at the board's April 10 meeting.

By rezoning the property, developers of the office building will share parking space with The Viking Lodge and Restaurant. Lower level parking at the new office building will total about 105 spaces, said Daniel Steuber, construction manager for the project. Steuber is executive vice president at A.J. Brown, Inc. in Creve Coeur.

Steuber said the office building would need 451 parking spaces in all. The Viking Lodge needs 352 parking spaces, Steuber said.

"The shared parking should work," Steuber told the board.

Roger Kroutz, who owns The Viking Lodge and Restaurant, is one of the developers of the 74,000 square foot office building, Steuber said.

Steuber told the board that the office will have hours from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Steuber said the project would begin in June and it would take nine months to complete.

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Office Building Planned Next To Viking Lodge In Sunset Hills