Before Breckenridge Councilwoman Wendy Wolfe can support a 150-room luxury hotel with 50 wholly owned condos at the base of Peak 8, the project must be fully vetted by the community, she said.
On Monday, the development team pursuing the hotel project — which they’ve framed as Breckenridge’s best chance to “finish Peak 8 the right way” — offered the most detailed look at the proposal yet after kicking open the doors of the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center for an open house. One of at least three elected officials in attendance, Wolfe said this was exactly the kind of community forum she had been hoping for.
“They’ve done a really nice job,” she said during the event. “I really think they’ve responded very well to our requests, and I hope that the second time of talking about this project is going to go better than the first time.”
Leading the development team, Breckenridge Grand Vacations has been working with the Miami-based firm Lionheart Capital to build a branded, four-star hotel with 50 condominium units at the base of Peak 8, where a Vail Resorts administration building currently sits.
The biggest holdup has been a question of density, as the developers’ are seeking to shift density from the gondola parking lots in town, also owned by Vail Resorts, which runs Breckenridge Ski Resort, to the property on Peak 8.
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