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Plans for a Killington ski village took a major step forward Tuesday when SP Land Co. filed its long-awaited Act 250 permit application for the first phase of its development at the base of the ski area.
The $133.4 million Phase 1 development includes 193 condominiums, nine single-family lots and 23 duplex lots, 31,000-square feet of retail space and a 77,000-square-foot base lodge, Steve Selbo, president of SP Land Co. said Tuesday.
The village master plan application, filed with the District 1 Environmental Commission, also includes upgrades to the water system to supply the village.
SP Land filed a separate Act 250 permit for a 1,276-vehicle parking lot. The new lot would be located just north of the Mountain Inn.
Selbo said Killington Road at the base area would be reconfigured to make way for the village core.
SP Land, which owns the property in and around the Snowshed and Ramshead base lodges, submitted an application that encompassed two voluminous three-ring binders.
Killington Resort is owned by Powdr Corp. of Park City, Utah.
Selbo said there is no timetable to begin construction.
“We have to get through the Act 250 process and appeals, and have a sound permit before we even start talking construction,” he said.
Along with the application, SP Land paid a $150,000 filing fee. Killington Resort paid a $10,000 fee for the parking lot application, Selbo said.
Selbo cautioned that the Phase One construction price tag is only an estimate.
Plans for a village have been in the planning or talking stages for a number of years.
“This is the largest project we’ve had since 1998 when Killington applied for a (village) master plan,” said William Burke, coordinator for the District 1 Environmental Commission.
Killington’s owner at the time, American Skiing Co., received positive findings on major sections of the conceptual village plan from the commission but never sought construction approval, Burke said.
Selbo said the master plan filed Tuesday varies somewhat from the conceptual plan submitted by American Skiing. SP Land’s Act 250 application not only includes a conceptual plan but also a detailed plan for Phase 1 construction.
He said Powdr Corp. had a “considerable amount of input” that was incorporated in the final plan.
“The configuration of the village did modify, it got smaller, because they wanted this ski beach on the south end of the village core, which now connects Ramshead with Snowshed much more efficiently than it does today,” Selbo said, referring to the new base lodge.
He said beyond Phase 1, conceptual future plans include an additional 2,050 housing units and another 169,000-square feet of commercial space.
Burke said he expects to hold a pre-hearing conference on the application in six weeks with a hearing on the merits of the application to follow. He said the entire Act 250 review should be completed six months from now.
Asked how he felt to have finally filed the long-awaited application, Selbo said he told those working on the project: “Now, it’s liftoff time. Now we start working.”
The Burlington firm of White and Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors are the Act 250 consultants on the project; Hart Howerton of Boston are the land planners and architectural consultants.
Plans for a Killington ski village took a major step forward Tuesday when SP Land Co. filed its long-awaited Act 250 permit application for the first phase of its development at the base of the ski area.
The $133.4 million Phase 1 development includes 193 condominiums, nine single-family lots and 23 duplex lots, 31,000-square feet of retail space and a 77,000-square-foot base lodge, Steve Selbo, president of SP Land Co. said Tuesday.
The village master plan application, filed with the District 1 Environmental Commission, also includes upgrades to the water system to supply the village.
SP Land filed a separate Act 250 permit for a 1,276-vehicle parking lot. The new lot would be located just north of the Mountain Inn.
Selbo said Killington Road at the base area would be reconfigured to make way for the village core.
SP Land, which owns the property in and around the Snowshed and Ramshead base lodges, submitted an application that encompassed two voluminous three-ring binders.
Killington Resort is owned by Powdr Corp. of Park City, Utah.
Selbo said there is no timetable to begin construction.
“We have to get through the Act 250 process and appeals, and have a sound permit before we even start talking construction,” he said.
Along with the application, SP Land paid a $150,000 filing fee. Killington Resort paid a $10,000 fee for the parking lot application, Selbo said.
Selbo cautioned that the Phase One construction price tag is only an estimate.
Plans for a village have been in the planning or talking stages for a number of years.
“This is the largest project we’ve had since 1998 when Killington applied for a (village) master plan,” said William Burke, coordinator for the District 1 Environmental Commission.
Killington’s owner at the time, American Skiing Co., received positive findings on major sections of the conceptual village plan from the commission but never sought construction approval, Burke said.
Selbo said the master plan filed Tuesday varies somewhat from the conceptual plan submitted by American Skiing. SP Land’s Act 250 application not only includes a conceptual plan but also a detailed plan for Phase 1 construction.
He said Powdr Corp. had a “considerable amount of input” that was incorporated in the final plan.
“The configuration of the village did modify, it got smaller, because they wanted this ski beach on the south end of the village core, which now connects Ramshead with Snowshed much more efficiently than it does today,” Selbo said, referring to the new base lodge.
He said beyond Phase 1, conceptual future plans include an additional 2,050 housing units and another 169,000-square feet of commercial space.
Burke said he expects to hold a pre-hearing conference on the application in six weeks with a hearing on the merits of the application to follow. He said the entire Act 250 review should be completed six months from now.
Asked how he felt to have finally filed the long-awaited application, Selbo said he told those working on the project: “Now, it’s liftoff time. Now we start working.”
The Burlington firm of White and Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors are the Act 250 consultants on the project; Hart Howerton of Boston are the land planners and architectural consultants.
Throw in POWDR and the ugliness is just beyond repair I think...
