Vision Electric & Systems LLC recently completed the Design-Build project named "Moonrise Hotel"! 


Vision Electric & Systems LLC recently completed the Design-Build project named "Moonrise Hotel"! A unique $23 millon, 88,512-square-foot boutique hotel in the Delmar Loop shopping and entertainment district for St. Louis visionary, Joe Edwards.  The seven-story, 125-room hotel  includes signature features, such as a limestone archway that graced the original structure, an iridescent lobby wall that changes color and a one-and-a-half ton rotating moon on top.  
 Edwards, owner of Blueberry Hill and the guiding force behind the revitalization of The Loop, is the developer of the Moonrise Hotel.    
“The Moonrise Hotel is a truly unique, independent hotel, which is already adding to the vitality of the bustling Delmar Loop,” said Edwards.  “The area’s first full-service boutique hotel includes an upscale restaurant and bar, 2,000 square feet of meeting space and a rooftop patio, where you may relax and actually watch the moon rise,” said Edwards.
The hotel’s Eclipse restaurant is decorated with fiber optics and moon memorabilia and offers all-day gourmet dining at street level.  The ten suites are named for members of the St. Louis “Walk of Fame.”


Vision Electric’s President and CEO, Douglas Brewer found the tight site a challenge.  “We had to relocate existing primary electric power while construction was underway on the post-tension design within a very tight footprint,” said Brewer.  While that was the biggest challenge, he said more visitors notice the unusual L.E.D. lighting, dramatically-angled light-changing staircase, or the illumination of the “soon to be landmark” revolving moon on top of the hotel.  
“The input and cooperation of all parties involved in this project resulted in a 100 percent accident-free project completed on time and within budget,” said Brewer.
Hotel guest rooms are outfitted with 32-inch flat screen HD televisions, iPod docking stations, high-scale bathrooms and pillow-top beds with luxury linens and oversized pillows.  The Loop was named one of the “10 Great Streets in America” by the American Planning Association, and is located near MetroLink, St. Louis’ light rail system, which links to Clayton, the Central West End, Downtown St. Louis and Lambert International Airport.


Comments:

"Vision's exceeded all expectations from the early design build stages of this post-tension concrete structure, to putting the finishing touches on the complex LED lighting applications."

Mark Kreikemeier
Senior Project Engineer
Paric Corporation


"A truly exciting & fast track project.  The use of new, innovative products, dedicated men & women and the entire construction team’s willingness to achieve the same goal proved to be a plan for success.  A dynamic effort with stellar safety results”    

Matt Kahrhoff
Project Manager
Vision Electric & Systems