The city of Clayton, Missouri, hasn’t seen a new hotel open in more than 20 years. Now the team of Concord Hospitality, Homebase Partners, Koplar Properties and Midas Construction is targeting an early 2024 opening for the 11-story, 207-room AC Hotel Clayton, which broke ground on Sept. 13, 2022.
The hotel, designed for business and leisure travelers, will have a rooftop bar and restaurant open to the public. The $50 million project plans to revitalize a historic, underutilized site that once hosted the former headquarters for the Clayton Police.
The City of Clayton began looking for a way to repurpose the site of the former Clayton police department at 227 S. Central in 2011 after the police department moved into its new headquarters on South Brentwood Blvd. In 2018, the development team proposed the AC Hotel and was ready to start construction in March 2020 when the pandemic halted the travel and the hospitality industry.
This year has seen a resurgence in travel, stimulating hotel occupancy rates to levels not seen since the pandemic began. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Travel Association there was continued strength in summer travel this year since the pandemic shut everything down in 2020. It noted “travel spending was roughly at 2019 levels in July,which marked the fourth consecutive month that spending, was at, or above, 2019 levels” As the summer travel season got underway, Hospitality.net noted a continued rebound for hotel occupancy.
Designed by DLR Group, the AC Hotel Clayton will feature a number of signature elements. This includes the AC Lounge where patrons can connect and socialize while enjoying craft beer, hand-crafted cocktails, and tapas-style small plates and the AC Kitchen, an onsite restaurant offering a European-inspired menu. The rooftop bar and restaurant will be the only one of its kind in Clayton and will offer comfortable seating and spectacular views.
Other amenities include:
- Flexible meeting and events spaces with premier views of the St. Louis city skyline;
- Complimentary Wi-Fi in meeting spaces and guest rooms;
- Amenities offered by the Marriott Bonvoy Loyalty Program;
- 207 well-appointed rooms which will feature sleek furnishings, curated artwork and intuitive technology to inspire and connect guests.
