Breckenridge Grand Vacations has submitted a master plan application to the town of Breckenridge to develop the North Gondola and Gold Rush lots. Included in this plan are a hotel and condos in the North Gondola Lot, condos in the South Gold Rush Lot and a large 1,040 space parking structure in the North Gold Rush Lot. The plans also include erecting a new connecting gondola on top of the parking structure to transport people over Park Avenue to and from the main gondola base. A roundabout with four pedestrian crosswalks is planned for the intersection of Park Avenue and French Street.
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The proposed Breckenridge Grand Vacations development on the North Gondola, North Gold Rush and South Gold Rush lots has made its way to the Breckenridge Planning Commission. A preliminary hearing for the project is scheduled at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 20. The planning commission meeting will be held via Zoom and can be accessed at Bit.ly/3dylT6J
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, the proposed master plan for the lots includes density of 143 single-family equivalents a unit of measure used in the planning process that indicates a building has the average characteristics of a single-family home in the area. The site area is just under 24 acres.
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Breckenridge Town Council is working to alleviate a housing shortage for residents but is losing units to the short-term rental market faster than new ones can be built.
At the Town Council work session Tuesday, March 9, Housing Manager Laurie Best talked about the pressure on the local housing market.
“The market is crazy and locals trying to get units is extremely difficult, and I think the employers are feeling it with not being able to hire,” Best said.
Best brought up the next workforce housing project the town has in the works, which will be south of the existing Blue 52 workforce housing complex. Best said the Town Council previously gave a thumbs up to two buildings in the new development, which the housing department plans to bring before the Breckenridge Planning Commission in May, but asked council if they would be interested in adding a third building. The additional building would add nine units to the development for a