Mayor Barry Glantz Sells Architecture Firm To McBride & Son

McBride & Son, a Chesterfield based homebuilder announced Friday that it has reached agreement to acquire the residential architecture firm owned by Creve Coeur Mayor Barry Glantz, Glantz & Associates.

Glantz's firm has been McBride's primary architect for 25 years, making the move a logical fit, John F. Eilermann Jr., CEO and Chairman of McBride & Son Companies said in a statement. “Now we can walk over to his desk instead of setting a meeting. This collaborative team will lead to more efficiency and in the end provide the best product for our customers,” he said.

Glantz will become a Vice President of Architecture Services under the deal. Of the eight people who work at Glantz & Associates' North Lindbergh Blvd. office, three employees will not make the move to McBride. Glantz said he would work to help them moving forward.

Glantz told Patch Friday that it was an emotional decision, as his father started the firm in 1956 and was a source of counsel in making the decision.

McBride says the deal should close by the end of May. Glantz said the firm is aware of his commitments to the city of Creve Coeur as Mayor.

The move may make it easier for him to navigate situations where his civic and business lives intersect. "If there's any perceived conflict of interest, I'll recuse myself, " he said, adding that instead of having multiple homebuilding clients that he would now have just one.