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12-story tower proposed in downtown Billings

Would replace YesterYears antique shop

By: Andrea Lutz
Posted at 7:30 PM, Nov 28, 2023 and last updated 8:37 PM, Nov 28, 2023

BILLINGS- It’s been a low-profile project that could have big implications in downtown Billings, changing the landscape and the housing dynamic.

Plans are moving forward to build a new 12-story high-rise tower in downtown Billings, and architects are calling it the Futurity Tower.

It's a catalyst mixed-use residential project in the current site of YesterYear’s Antiques shop, with two floors of retail, restaurant and office space topped with 10 floors of one and two-bedroom apartments.

Katy Easton with the Downtown Billings Alliance says it’s not a project that’s final. Its aim is two-fold: re-inventing a prime downtown core location, while also setting up the antique mall for its own new prime location under Skypoint.

In 2016, the Downtown Billings Partnership purchased the building to be developed later.

“YesterYear’s is a long beloved community asset that we have,” said Easton, adding that it brings hundreds of visitors to the location each day

As for the tower, she says it’s still in the early phases.

“It’s hard to say much more knowing that the project hasn’t been fully designed yet, but we are really excited to see what happens as that design comes to fruition,” she said.