Basaltines finally will get to engage in a long-anticipated discussion about development on the former Pan and Fork Mobile Home Park site and how a proposed hotel fits the vision.
Lowe Enterprises, a resort developer with extensive experience in Aspen and Snowmass Village, will unveil its plan for 52 condominium units and a 60-room boutique hotel at the Basalt Town Council meeting today. The hotel discussion is scheduled to begin around 6:45 p.m.
Lowe Enterprises President James DeFrancia of Aspen has been upfront about the general plan, but more specifics are expected to be unveiled for the council. The council won’t vote on the project. It’s an informal setting designed to provide information. The council is scheduled to give feedback April 14.
The public will be allowed to speak at today’s meeting if time allows, but it’s not a public hearing, according to a memo to the council from Town Manager Mike Scanlon and Town Planner Susan Philp. A public open house will be held Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., giving interested members of the public a chance to weigh in.
Lowe Enterprises’ site plan and development plan will be posted at www.ourtownplanning.org after today’s meeting, according to the town staff memo.
The conceptual proposal is to build the project over three to five years.
A memo from DeFrancia to the town said Lowe is proposing to build 40 residential condominiums. He previously said those would be aimed at year-round residents.
Lowe also wants to build a 60-room hotel with 12 adjoining luxury condos that would have service from the hotel.
“A restaurant is also planned in the hotel, opening on to the eastern side of the site, together with moderate meeting, function and gathering spaces in the hotel,” DeFrancia’s memo to the town government said.
The conceptual proposal is to build the project over three to five years, according to DeFrancia. Lowe hired Cottle Carr Yaw Architects to work on the site plan.
The former Pan and Fork site is just west of downtown. It is between the intersection of Two Rivers Road and Midland Avenue and the construction site where Rocky Mountain Institute’s new office and innovation center is being constructed.
Half of that site is owned by the town government and is being converted into a park along the Roaring Fork River. The developable portion of the 5-acre site is owned by the nonprofit Roaring Fork Community Development Corp. Lowe Enterprises has a contract with the nonprofit.
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