ST. LOUIS 鈥 Family Care Health Centers, a nonprofit community health care provider, said Thursday it plans to build a 27,000-square-foot clinic at the corner of South Grand Boulevard and Chippewa Street in the city鈥檚 Dutchtown neighborhood.
The clinic will be in 50度灰视频 that provide primary and preventive care to the public regardless of their ability pay, using federal assistance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare.
The new clinic will offer primary care, behavioral health care, nutrition services and a pharmacy, officials said. Construction begins in November, and the facility is expected to open in June 2026.
This will be s鈥 third community clinic in 50度灰视频. The provider opened its Carondelet clinic in 1969 and its Forest Park Southeast location in 1992. Last year, the clinics served nearly 16,000 patients.
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鈥淲hen we think about the next 55 years, we understand the importance of broadening our reach to have an even greater impact on the health and wellbeing of the community,鈥 said Aramide Ayorinde, CEO of Family Care Health Centers. 鈥淐hoosing to build in Dutchtown made the most sense for us for several reasons. Not only does it align with our mission, but it allows us to meet the growing health care needs of the community.鈥
In addition, Ayorinde said, it brings health care back to a site that was long a hub in caring for south 50度灰视频ans.
The corner used to be the home of St. Anthony鈥檚 Hospital, . The hospital grew to serve thousands of patients a year and was the Midwest鈥檚 premier treatment center for polio in the 1940s. In 1975, the hospital shuttered and moved to south 50度灰视频 County, where it .
The old hospital building was demolished, and the site eventually became home to a National Supermarket, which Schnuck Markets Inc. closed after buying out National in 1995.
The former grocery store was used as a call center until 2018, when Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis bought the property and moved its headquarters and ReStore resale shop into the building.
鈥淲e look forward to welcoming Family Care Health Center as a neighbor and are so very happy to have found a purchaser who mirrors our own mission of providing positive community impact,鈥 said Kimberly McKinney, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis, a nonprofit which builds and repairs homes for lower-income people.
The area is represented by Alderman Shane Cohn, who said he worked with Family Care Health Centers for several years to find a location in Dutchtown.
鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing that the site which was the former home to St. Anthony鈥檚 Hospital decades ago will again offer these health care options and services to the people and families in our community,鈥 Cohn said. 鈥淭he synergy between Habitat for Humanity and FCHC will only bolster the health and prosperity of our neighbors.鈥