STEAMBOAT SPRINGS —Robin Craigen is tired of passing an abandoned building on his rides home.
He thinks a new, eight-story condominium complex near the intersection of Burgess Creek Road and Storm Meadows Drive at the base of the Steamboat Ski Area would be a welcome replacement to the daily “eyesore.”
“Anytime you have a developer wanting to come in and make an investment, it deserves some serious consideration,” Craigen told the Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday night as he voiced his support for a base area project that has garnered a lot of attention in recent weeks.
The new development, called Ski Time Lodge, moved one step closer to reality last week after the council unanimously endorsed the conceptual design of the proposal. If the final design is approved, Ski Country LLC plans to demolish the Ski Country Enterprises building and replace it with a 74-unit condo complex estimated to cost $40 million.
But where Craigen and members of the council see opportunity and community benefit in a new base area development, others see a tall monstrosity that could cast shadows over nearby condo units and create a fire danger on a narrow mountain road.
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