Express Scripts, Inc.
In 2005, Express Scripts, Inc., one of the nation's leading managers of pharmacy benefit plans, announced it would build its corporate headquarters on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis in north St. Louis County. Not only is it the largest Fortune 500 company to locate its headquarters on a university campus, it also is located on the region's largest redevelopment, NorthPark.
Phase I - Express Scripts' LEED-certified, 320,000 square-foot facility was completed in 2007 and houses approximately 1,000 employees.
Phase II - Completed in 2008, Phase II includes a 181,000-square-foot office building and expanded parking capacity. It houses 900 employees for departments such as information technology and financial services.
Phase III - Express Scripts finished its third building in 2010. The Technology & Innovation Center, responsible for dispensing 110,000 prescriptions per day, will create another 300 quality jobs.
Phase IV - The company's fourth expansion in five years will increase its operating efficiencies, secure 1,300 current positions and create 150 new jobs. Additions include a data center, pharmaceutical dispensing line, filler pharmacy, and expanded parking capacity.
- 5,906 jobs
- $732 million in payroll
- $25.5 million in taxes generated
- $902 million in spending by the company and its suppliers
- Only Fortune 500 located on a university campus
