For the week of May 29 - June 4, 2002

Ketchum Korral cabins now long-term rent units

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By GREG STAHL
Express Staff Writer

One of Ketchum’s most nostalgic old lodging properties has been removed from the short-term market this spring.

Cabins at Ketchum Korral, which changed owners last year, are advertised for long-term rent—first, last, deposit and all.

"They decided they didn’t want to keep it in the overnight lodging business," said Tim Eagan, who managed the property until early May. "They thought there was more of a need for the affordable housing component."

Cabins advertised in the Idaho Mountain Express classifieds two weeks ago will rent at between $550 and $650 per month.

Eagan would not disclose the names of the property’s new owners, and phone calls placed by the Mountain Express responding to the classified ads were not returned.

But according to a press release from Eagan, "The long term plans for the property are being evaluated, but it is hoped that at least a portion of the property will remain as one of Ketchum’s enduring landmarks."

However, renovation plans for the property were scrapped this spring without much explanation, and a scheduled planning and zoning commission hearing was canceled.

The plans would have just about doubled the number of units on the existing property and on an adjacent lot, Ketchum Senior Planner Harold Moniz said. They would have maintained the same motif, and probably would have maintained or added to the city’s shrinking short-term rental stock.

 

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