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County Council Shares Ideas For Downtown Areas
From top left: Los Alamos County Council Chair Randall Ryti, Council Vice Chair James Robinson and Councilors Sara Scott and David Izraelevitz. From bottom left, Councilors David Reagor, Denise Derkacs and Sean Williams. Courtesy/LAC
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos County Council passed on purchasing the CB Fox and Reel Deal Theatre properties but the goal to revitalize the downtowns in Los Alamos and White Rock is not abandoned.
The councilors shared with the Los Alamos Daily Post a variety of ideas for the path the County should take to get more housing and businesses in these downtowns areas.
Letter To The Editor: Regarding Tonight’s Council Work Session
Los Alamos
Richard Skolnik, in his logical March 7 letter to the Los Alamos Daily Post (link), asked on what basis I expressed approval of the County Council’s proposal to purchase the CB Fox and Reel Deal buildings with the stated purpose of being able to provide, by legal means, for redevelopment by a developer willing and able to (1) contract with the County to alter the structure or the site, in order to make the most of the opportunity to fill unmet community needs.
Mr. Skolnik wondered, in effect, whether I had data “the rest of us haven’t seen”; and why I was “so approving” of the County proposal to purchase the CB Fox and Reel Deal buildings.
Reagor: Purchase Of Commercial Properties By County
Los Alamos County
The county has proposed to purchase two properties in Los Alamos, the CB Fox department store and the Reel Deal Theater. We’ve seen an extraordinary number of business closures in Los Alamos, and White Rock is even worse.
Can we buy up all the empty space and make use of it? Of course not, so why start with these two properties?
Some needs have been identified for these properties, perhaps as a food bank or a tween center. There are empty properties all over Los Alamos, and White Rock is even worse. Just rent some of these empty properties. There is rhetoric about a vision for the future, but we don’t actually have a sensible plan for what you’re going to do with the buildings. The CB Fox building is mostly past its useful lifetime.
Letter To The Editor: Council Should Consider Extending Due Diligence Period On CB Fox And Reel Deal Buildings
CB Fox
I was surprised and disappointed by a recent study estimating the cost of replacing the CB Fox building. Building costs seem high, but I have no experience with a multistory commercial building. However, resulting costs for someone to own a part of it seem REALLY high.
Maybe think about a different approach? Perhaps LAC could remodel the building into business condos: primarily shopfronts and offices. Since the building is more than 10 years old, it may not run afoul of current difficulties with newly built condominium buildings.