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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Vail Resorts mega-, mixed-use, green resort plans announced

from yesterday's GlobeSt. --

Vail Resorts Details Green Aspects of Ever Vail
By Brian K. Miller

"BROOMFIELD, CO-Six months after announcing the project, Vail Resorts Inc. is revealing more detailed plans for the $1-billion Ever Vail project, believed to be the largest LEED-certified, multi-use resort development project in the nation. The locally based public company plans to convert its 9.5-acre West Lionshead brownfield site into a ski resort.

The property currently houses Vail Mountain's vehicle maintenance shop yard and warehouse, a gas station, and a retail and office complex. The new resort is slated to include 150 to 250 whole ownership condominium units, 75 to 125 fractional ownership condos, a 100,000-sf hotel, a 100,000-sf mountain operations facility, and 100,000 sf to 150,000 sf of retail, office, and restaurant space.

The project will also feature a public parking garage, a new gondola, a related skier portal and public park, and affordable housing. In total the new resort will encompass approximately one million sf and include between 600,000 sf and 700,000 sf of saleable residential and commercial space.

First announced in March, the project was accepted into the pilot program for LEED's new "Neighborhood Development" certification program in June, putting it on the path to becoming the largest LEED-certified project for resort use in the nation. Vail Resorts anticipates that the sales aspect of the project won’t begin until at least 2009 because plans must still be approved by the Town of Vail." ...

for the complete story see:
http://www.globest.com/news/999_999/denver/164292-1.html

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