Clayco recently hosted a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening ceremony for Delmar DivINe, a mixed-use redevelopment of St. Louis’ former St. Luke’s Hospital resulting from a partnership between Clayco and Build-a-Bear Workshop Founder Maxine Clark.
The 310,000-square-foot building is now home to 150 apartments, space for 33 nonprofit tenants and retail storefronts along Delmar Boulevard. The mission of its revitalization is to encourage community development and social improvement, and act as a meeting place for talented social innovators and local organizations.
Public tours were granted to attendees to an event in late November. The recently completed first phase involved the conversion of the long-neglected St. Luke’s Hospital campus built in 1904. The second-oldest general hospital building in St. Louis, it has been reinvented as a hub for social innovation and enterprise, with housing for young and diverse career professionals, and convenient retail environments previously inaccessible to the neighborhood.
The apartment building contains studio, one- and two-bedroom units, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, a dog park, resident lounge and courtyard. The two nonprofit towers have separate courtyards and shared common areas.
Clayco collaborated with developer CRG, architect Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC) and many local subcontractors. A considerable feat, Clayco managed the project for 563 days without a recordable injury on the commercial project and 215 days on the residential project.
