Skip to content
1111 Main Street, Kansas City, MO

Corporate photography at 1111 Main

Thirty eight stories at the northeast corner of Twelfth and Main, rebranded from Town Pavilion, with a sky bridge over Walnut to 1201 Walnut. Floors here are still being fitted out, so which one is finished gets confirmed before the date.

1111 Main is the tower long known as Town Pavilion, thirty eight stories and 802,071 square feet at the northeast corner of Twelfth and Main. It was completed in 1986 and is the second tallest building in Kansas City and the third tallest in Missouri. A sky bridge crosses Walnut Street to 1201 Walnut next door, so the floors of two towers connect without anyone going outside. The building sits in the Class A core on Main inside the Downtown Loop, a block from the Power and Light District and a short walk from the Crossroads.

On public record the building holds Bank Midwest, the FDIC and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. HNTB is moving its national headquarters here from 715 Kirk Drive in a phased relocation, with one floor completed in January 2026 and the remainder targeted for the middle of 2026. That mix of a national engineering headquarters, a bank and two regulatory bodies gives the tower a wider range of brand standards than most single industry buildings.

A tower in transition takes a little more confirming than a settled one. Floors are being fitted out, so we check the floor, the freight elevator and the dock hours with your office manager the week before rather than assuming last year's arrangement still holds. Names go to the security desk in advance. On the floor, a conference room of roughly ten feet by eight with an outlet is enough, and the sky bridge makes a program that spans this building and 1201 Walnut a single indoor day.

We photograph on site, in your own office. If your team is in this building, the notes below are what the day looks like. Nothing here is a claim to a past session in it, and no tenant named is a client unless it says so elsewhere on this site.

Corporate portrait on a studio backdrop, the standard a session at 1111 Main (Town Pavilion) would be held to
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session
Corporate portrait from the same studio session

Sample work, photographed at other clients' offices rather than in this building. It is the standard a session here would be held to.

See Kansas City coverage

Height
Thirty eight stories, 802,071 square feet
Distinction
Second tallest in Kansas City, third tallest in Missouri
Completed
1986
Also known as
Town Pavilion, rebranded 1111 Main
Address
Northeast corner of Twelfth and Main
Connection
Sky bridge over Walnut Street to 1201 Walnut

Working in 1111 Main (Town Pavilion)

The practical side of a shoot in this building, so the day runs on schedule.

Names to the desk

Give the security desk the crew names and the arrival window before the day. A tower this size does not improvise a visitor list, and an unannounced crew spends the first half hour in the lobby.

Freight and loading

The freight elevator and the dock hours get confirmed with building management or your office manager the week before. Everything moves up in one trip on a cart.

Fit out in progress

Floors here are still being finished and occupied. We ask which floor is ready and which is not, because a half built floor is a noisy neighbor for an interview recording.

One room, all day

A conference room of about eighty square feet with one power outlet. Ask for a room on the outside wall, and on these floors there are plenty to choose from.

Across the sky bridge

Teams in this building and in 1201 Walnut can share a production day without anyone going outside, which is the practical argument for scheduling them together.

One visit, two deliverables

A brand film or an executive interview records alongside the portraits rather than on a second date. The floor is disturbed once and the day returns both a cut and a still library.

1111 Main questions

What teams in this building usually ask first.

Is this the building formerly called Town Pavilion?
Yes. The tower at the northeast corner of Twelfth and Main was known as Town Pavilion and was rebranded 1111 Main. Both names still turn up in directories, so we confirm the address with the booking.
Can you photograph teams here and at 1201 Walnut on the same day?
Yes. The sky bridge over Walnut connects the two, so a program across both runs as one indoor booking with one setup and one standard.
How do you work around building security and loading?
Names to the security desk in advance, freight elevator and dock hours confirmed with your office manager, and the equipment list and arrival window sent the week before. The kit is built to move in one trip.
We are moving floors this year. When should we shoot?
Once everyone is in and the space is finished, and before the website relaunch that usually follows a move. That way the new imagery arrives when the site needs it instead of months after it goes live.
How many people fit in one day?
Forty to sixty on a booked schedule, and the sky bridge means that list can be drawn from both towers without anyone having to leave the building to reach the room.
Can new portraits sit beside the ones we already have?
Yes. The existing set fixes the look, down to background tone and how much retouching a face gets. The Kansas City additions then sit in the firm directory beside everyone else.

Your team is in 1111 Main?

Tell me the headcount, the floor and the dates. A proposal follows a short conversation, and questions are answered within one business day.