Concordia Proposes New Homes and a Clayton School, Instead of WashU Ball Fields
Date Posted: June 23, 2025
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Concordia Seminary is proposing a new residential subdivision, and maybe a new elementary school, on its campus here after Washington University withdrew a controversial plan to put new athletic fields on the site.
The seminary is pitching single-family homes on 27 acres of its west campus along Big Bend Boulevard, to replace student housing it is moving east near its chapel. And the Clayton School District is considering building a new elementary school there, too, to replace one or more of its three existing grade schools.
Officials said no decisions had been made and no details set. But if advanced, the project would be Clayton’s first new residential subdivision in decades.
“New housing means more people, more potential kids in the school district, more property taxes,” Mayor Bridget McAndrew said. “It’s exciting but it’s a very preliminary discussion and I’m sure there will be a lot discussions with the community moving forward.”
Both Concordia and the Clayton School District announced their ideas for the site this week, months after WashU withdrew a request to rezone the site for an athletic fields complex that residents complained was vague in its details and would cause traffic, noise and light disturbances.