Construction Fences Go Up At Park City's Main Street Mall
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013, by Ryan Dunfee of Curbed Ski
The Park Record is reporting that construction fences have gone up around the Main Street Mall in Park City in anticipation of a sizable renovation that will
redo the Main Street facade while converting the upper three floors to residential units, with floorplans ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 square feet and a top-
story penthouse. Eight retail storefronts will remain on the first floor facing Main Street, but the interior retail spaces that had so much trouble pulling
customers off of Park City's main boulevard will go.
Local architects Elliot Workgroup have been hired for the project, and has announced they'll be putting in a rooftop pool along with gardens and patios.
The Main Street Mall redevelopment marks another significant renovation for Park City's Main Street, following in the path of others like the Silver Queen
Hotel who are similarly converting existing building into a mix of retail, condos, and penthouses.
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Long-sought remake of the Main Street Mall starts
The project will include storefronts and 15 condominiums upstairs
Jay Hamburger - The Park Record
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Developers have started work on what will be a major redo of the Main Street Mall building that will include condominiums on the upstairs floors and
storefronts below.
The building will no longer operate as a traditional mall. Businesses had moved out of the mall previously. Construction fences went up in recent days,
signaling that work will be occurring.
City Hall officials have found that the designs meet the historic district's strict guidelines and have issued a permit to demolish the interior walls and the
architectural features on the outside walls. The overall project has been approved, but officials have not issued a building permit.
The project will entail 15 condominiums ranging in size from 1,350 square feet to 3,500 square feet. There were no residences in the building when it
operated as the Main Street Mall. There will be retail space on the Main Street level and a lower level. Eight storefronts are planned on the Main Street
level with doors opening to the sidewalk.
The condominiums will be built in the two upstairs levels. One additional level will be built for a penthouse unit. That level, though, will not stretch across
the full footprint of the building.
A pool, gardens and terraces are planned for the rooftop.
The Main Street Mall was long seen as an underperforming commercial property as stores struggled to attract people inside from the sidewalk. There have
been ideas to redo the building for years, but none of them advanced until the current one.
The building is owned by a firm known as AG-WIP 333 Main Street Owner, LLC, according to Summit County property records. The records show an address
in care of an entity in New York City called Angelo Gordon & Co. LP. The County Courthouse values the building and the land it sits on at nearly $6.2
million. A representative did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.
Kirsten Whetstone, a City Hall planner assigned to the project, said officials will require the developers submit a report from an arborist detailing any trees
that will be removed from the Park Avenue side of the building during the work.
A neighborhood meeting is planned later in August to discuss what might happen to the trees and outline a proposed plan for the landscaping, Whetstone
said. The date for the neighborhood meeting has not been set.
The work at the building will continue a streak of heavy investment along Main Street in the period since Park City emerged from the depths of the
recession. Other buildings have undergone major renovations and work is continuing or planned on a few more.
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