The Park City municipal government and a partner have crafted a timeline for an ambitious development concept in Bonanza Park that envisions important steps later this year that would lead to a groundbreaking in 2027.
The two agencies collaborated to publish the information on a website dedicated to the idea for the project on city-owned land that stretches inward from the southwest corner of the intersection of Bonanza Drive and Kearns Boulevard.
The timeline is one of the intriguing sections of the website. It covers the period from May to late 2029. The upcoming entries include:
- November 2026, when a predevelopment agreement is anticipated and the construction documents will begin to be drafted.
- December 2026, when the plans will be submitted to secure a building permit and a financing process is anticipated to begin.
- December 2027, when construction is projected to start.
- The winter of 2029, when a grand opening is anticipated.
The timeline is dependent on the approval process. The Park City Planning Commission is at the beginning of reviewing the application. The panel review sometimes takes months or longer for large projects like the one the municipal government and partner Chicago-based Brinshore Development have proposed.
A step like a submittal for a building permit would not occur without an overall approval for the development, as an example.
The timeline appears to line up with a separate schedule, covering the Planning Commission review, that was recently publicized by the municipal government. That schedule calls for Planning Commission meetings on July 8, Aug. 12 and Aug. 26.
The plan indicates a vote could be cast on Aug. 26 or Sept. 9. A Planning Commission vote in late August or early September would seem to lead to the November and December progress of the timeline on the website.
The Planning Commission is not bound by the schedule.
“Like any major project, there is a working project schedule to coordinate resources, consultant work, and identify future milestones. The timeline on the site is a planning tool, not a guarantee, and should not be interpreted as project approval or as an indication of any future decision by the Planning Commission or, if applicable, the City Council. The project will continue to follow the city’s established processes,” said Clayton Scrivner, the communications director for the municipal government.
The concept involves a large ratio of workforce or otherwise income-restricted housing, with a mix of other uses. Details include:
- 88 units of income-restricted rentals.
- 18 rentals without income restrictions.
- More than 30,000 square feet of space for tenants like retailers, restaurants, cafes and art spaces for not-for-profit organizations.
- A childcare location.
- 2 acres of open space.
There is organized opposition to the concept. There are also calls from some in the community to instead create a park at the location. The first Planning Commission meeting about the concept, held in late June and introductory in nature, was cordial. Upcoming Planning Commission meetings are expected to be more tense as the panel addresses topics like traffic and the designs of the project.
Park City leaders see a development as advancing the efforts to create housing options for people otherwise priced out of Park City’s resort-driven real estate and rental markets. There are benefits to the housing work, supporters say, such as increasing socioeconomic diversity and reducing commuter traffic.
Park City acquired the land with the intention of creating an arts district with the Kimball Art Center and the Utah offices of the Sundance Institute as the anchors. That vision collapsed with the Kimball Art Center opting for a location in the Snyderville Basin and amid mounting costs years before the Sundance Film Festival itself left Park City for Colorado.
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