Cortex Innovation Community
| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Washington University BJC HealthCare UMSL Saint Louis University Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Type | Tax-exempt 501(c)3 Non-profit |
| Focus | Land use, land development, redevelopment, placemaking, marketing, startups, financing and fundraising. |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 38°38′05″N 90°15′04″W / 38.63465415°N 90.25115899250936°W |
Area served | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Members | 22 directors |
Key people | June McAllister Fowler, Board Chair, Sam Fiorello, President and CEO, William Henry Danforth, John Dubinsky |
| Employees | 18 |
| Website | cortexstl |
Formerly called | Cortex West Redevelopment Corporation |
Cortex Innovation Community, Cortex Innovation District, or Cortex is an innovation district in the Midtown neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. A 200-acre hub for technology and biological science research, development, and commercialization, Cortex is a main location for the city's technology startup companies. It is near Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Cortex officials say their master plan calls for $2.3 billion of construction, producing more than 4.5 million square feet of mixed-use development to house 13,000 jobs in technology.
Cortex 3.0, a $170 million expansion, was completed in fall 2018.