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Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is planning a $45 million capital project on its campus in Clayton that will create new student housing and facilities designed to modernize the campus and increase recruitment.
In addition to new apartment complexes and townhouses that will be built in the center of the seminary's 72-acre campus at 801 Seminary Place, planned projects include a welcome center, new green space and a common area and renovation of historic buildings, according to a news release from the seminary. The plan will give students access to new athletic facilities built through a land use agreement with the neighboring Washington University. The number and variety of student housing types will increase under the plan, the seminary said.

The project will begin at Concordia’s Gothic architecture-filled campus as soon as the seminary has city approvals and funding in place, according to the news release. The new student housing will require a conditional use permit from the city.
Funding will come from the seminary’s next fundraising campaign and its earnings from the land use agreement with WashU, the seminary said. Seminary officials did not give financial details of the pact.
The $45 million cost estimate covers the first three phases, with the welcome center as a future project not included in that total, the seminary said. The cost of the potential athletic facilities to be built by WashU is also not included in that total. Plans are in the "very early conceptual stage" for that part of the project, a WashU official said at a public community meeting held on the project Tuesday night.

Debaliviere91 wrote: ↑

Mar 11, 2024

I’m not aware of a Fontbonne thread, but posting here since WUSTL is involved.

Fontbonne will close in 2025 and sell their 16 acre campus to WUSTL.

Wash U officials confirmed Monday. The larger university will lease the 16 acres back to Fontbonne as the school winds down operations.
 
Wash U does not have further plans for the property, school officials said.

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Mar 11, 2024

I think this is bad news for medical campus growth in Cortex. 

framer wrote: ↑

Mar 12, 2024

I don't see how this would have any effect on the BJC/Wash U medical campus. That's a whole separate entity, located miles away.

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Mar 11, 2024

I think this is bad news for medical campus growth in Cortex. 

STLEnginerd wrote: ↑

Mar 12, 2024

OK so firstly this is clayton not the city.  They don't really need the tax revenue so short of a merger of the city and county or something i think its fine it stays part of an academic institution.

Secondly a bit of realism.  If develop the is zero chance this would be developed at high density.  The surrounding neighborhoods are some of the most elite in all of St. louis.  The NIMBY side of the force is strong here.  Best one could hope for is an extension of student housing from the South40 into the Fontbonne footprint and an overall expansion of enrollment.  Or maybe the baseball/softball field are moved to Fontbonne and campus buildings are built on that footprint.

Thirdly not too worried about the medical campus moving.  It's symbiotic with BJC.

aprice wrote: ↑

Mar 12, 2024

Ideally, they move a couple large departments down there and/or some grad and doctoral components that operate more independently of their undergrad affiliates. As nice as it would be to say "hey English dept, you have your own building now"  (I don't know if the English dept currently has their own bldg). You're then isolating that department from the library, student center, dining etc. of the main block of the Danforth campus.

STLEnginerd wrote: ↑

Mar 12, 2024

OK so firstly this is clayton not the city.  They don't really need the tax revenue