Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Ketchum fills slate with hotel projects

P&Z to review 3 proposed projects this fall


By JON DUVAL
Express Staff Writer

Ketchum planning officials will be busy this fall sorting through three hotel development projects.

Community and Economic Development Director Lisa Horowitz announced in a press release that the next few months will feature meetings on Sun Valley Resort's River Run annexation request, the Warm Springs Ranch Resort design review and a development application for the Bald Mountain Lodge.

"I am pleased to see these hospitality projects move forward and believe they are essential for the long-term health of our community and our local economy," Ketchum Mayor Randy Hall said in the release.

The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a pre-application design review on the Warm Springs Ranch Resort on Monday, Sept. 14.

The planned-unit development application and annexation request for the project were approved by the City Council in February. The design review process will flesh out details of the 77-acre resort, which will include a five-star hotel with a minimum of 120 rooms, a nine-hole golf course, spa, event house, villas, estate lots and workforce housing for 93 employees.

Last week, Sun Valley Co. submitted its proposal for the annexation and development of a 140-acre piece of property at the River Run base of Bald Mountain. If approved, the project would include a luxury hotel with up to 200 rooms, a spa, conference space, restaurants, retail, an "ecological park" and up to 650 residential units.

The P&Z is slated to hold a meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to determine if any more information not included in the application is needed for the decision process. This meeting will be followed by a series of public hearings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 27-29.

The design review and planned-unit development applications for the proposed Bald Mountain Lodge have yet to be scheduled, but the applicant has stated an intention to submit plans by mid-September.

Seattle-area developer Steve Burnstead's project would include a five-story luxury hotel on the west side of Main Street between First and River streets. It would be operated by Rock Resorts, a subsidiary of Vail Resorts, and designed by Seattle-based architecture firm Callison.

The project would include 82 high-end hotel rooms, 26 residential units on the top two floors, about 8,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, a restaurant, bar and spa. There would be two levels of underground parking.

During the first week of September, the P&Z will hold a special meeting to "virtually visit" the base areas of other Western ski resorts.

Jon Duval: jduval@mtexpress.com

Meeting schedule

Week of Aug. 31: Special P&Z meeting to "virtually visit" the base areas of other Western ski resorts (date TBD).

Monday, Sept. 14: Warm Springs Ranch Resort pre-application design review with P&Z.

Wednesday, Sept. 30: Kickoff meeting with the P&Z on Sun Valley Co.'s River Run annexation request.

Tuesday-Thursday, Oct. 27-29: P&Z public hearings on River Run annexation request and planned-unit development application




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