The developer planning to demolish the Hotel Lenado in Aspen will have to go back to the architectural drawing board. Elected officials last night voted for more scrutiny. Carolyn Sackariason reports.
The new owners of the 17-room lodge plan to redevelop the property at the corner of South Aspen and Main streets. It would be a mixed-use building with four lodge units, plus, affordable housing and free-market residential.
The city planning and zoning commission unanimously approved the conceptual design last month. But community development staff recommended denial, citing the proposed building doesn’t fit in with the surroundings.
Councilwoman Ann Mullins agreed with her colleagues that the project should go before the board for further review.
"I would suggest we have fewer and fewer lots in town that are being developed and every one needs to be optimized,” she says.
Council will review a revised plan early next year.
In other downtown commercial development news, council considered the conceptual designs of two buildings developer Mark Hunt is proposing.
