A former hotel in Clive is being remade into permanent housing and developers expect the first renovated apartments to be available within about 60 days.
Jason Grove and Tina Smothers bought Clive Hotel and Suites at 11040 Hickman Road in December 2023 and are working to turn the property into a 119-unit apartment building with mostly studio and one-bedroom units, as well as a handful of two-bedroom units.
The six-story, more than 73,000-square-foot building with was built in 1974 and last remodeled at least 15 years ago, according to Polk County property records.
Grove told the Des Moines Register, “Tina and I, our background has been in finding properties in the right location that maybe need work or repurposing.”
The former hotel turned apartment building — to be known as The McCoy at 8035 — has a good structure and location, Grove said.
He and Smothers previously have partnered on two other apartment conversions. Units at The Village at Gray’s Lake are former dorms for what had been the AIB College of Business on Bell Avenue in Des Moines. And The Vibe at 8035 is the former Sterling Hotel and Suites at 11428 Forest Ave. in Clive.