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SeattleNative wrote: ↑

Aug 20, 2021

Just listened through the whole thing. She really has a raving review of the neighborhood. And I don’t think it’s marketing, I think she really believes it.


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There are actually some pretty awesome spots north of Delmar right around there.  Beverly Place just a block east is a cool private street with some great houses

quincunx wrote: ↑

Jul 08, 2022

StlMag - Ben Poremba to open Jewish Deli at former St. Luke’s Hospital on Delmar Boulevard

https://www.stlmag.com/dining/delmar-di ... wish-deli/

Construction is expected to begin later this year to add about 80 new apartments, additional offices and community space at Delmar Divine, located at the former St. Luke’s Hospital at 5501 Delmar Blvd. in the city of St. Louis’ West End neighborhood. That will add to the project’s initial $89 million phase, which included development of 150 apartments, office space for nonprofits and retail storefronts. Construction on Delmar Divine’s second phase is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024 and be completed in 2026, said Maxine Clark, the Build-A-Bear Workshop founder who has spearheaded Delmar Divine. Development costs are expected to range between $30 million to $32 million, Clark said. Bids are currently being sought for the project. Financing for the project is still being finalized but could include New Markets Tax Credits and state tax credits, Clark said, and the second phase includes the same partners and investor group as phase one, including Clayco Executive Chairman Bob Clark. Maxine Clark and Bob Clark aren’t related.
Delmar Divine’s initial phase, first announced in 2017, officially opened to residents and commercial tenants in 2022, and included developing 310,000 square feet of the former hospital complex’s 450,000 total square feet.
The remaining space to build out at Delmar Divine was St. Luke Hospital’s nursing school and dormitories, Clark said. The project’s second phase calls for adding about 80 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the upper floors, with the main floor adding about 20,000 square feet of office space at the site. The building’s former gymnasium will be turned into a community space, allowing community space located in the project’s initial development phase to become additional offices that will be rented out.
“This all connects via a main corridor and will be accessible to our amenities already created,” Clark said.

Tim wrote: ↑

Jul 02, 2024

^ I would certainly rather have these developments than not, but I'm guessing that she is also making $$$ on these investments. From what I recall, the rent isn't exactly cheap, and I think that all or most of the 1% earnings tax is abated at Build a Bear. So, I'm guessing there is more of an economic incentive than a philanthropic one. But, that's capitalism, can't do much about that!