The plastics company run by former ºüÀêÊÓƵ Mayor Jim Conway is leaving its longtime home in the Central West End for a midtown location near Sigma-Aldrich Co. headquarters.
ACI Plastics, a distributor and fabricator of plastic sheet products, is relocating from 3945 West Pine Boulevard, just west of ºüÀêÊÓƵ University, to 3001 Spruce Street. The company plans to complete the move this spring.
Sigma-Aldrich is selling ACI its new facility, which is across Spruce from the Sigma-Aldrich HQ.
On West Pine, ACI has grown from a 4,000-square-foot building it acquired in 1970 to several buildings in the 3900 block.
Conway, who was mayor from 1977 to 1981, said in a statement his company needs room to grow. On Spruce, ACI will have more than 54,000 square feet of space and nearly new offices.
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Envoy Commercial Real Estate represented ACI in the deal and is marketing the company's facilities on West Pine. Jeff Winzerling, a principal of Envoy Commercial, also is a developer in the area west of SLU.
His Laclede Lofts, a 50-unit apartment project in a 1940s factory at 3965 Laclede Avenue, is scheduled to open in March. Winzerling said the ACI property could be suitable for residential rehab or new construction.