5/16/2023 0 Comments Lucky strike missoulaThe board was willing to let demolition take place given the property's lack of material value.Įrickson said Woodbury has earned a solid reputation in Missoula for the work it completed at South Crossing on Brooks Street. Going the demolition route would save roughly $75,000 over the cost of deconstruction, MRA staff said. But the bowling alley has already been stripped of value, leaving a concrete block structure that holds little deconstruction value. The board expressed other concerns as well, including the outright demolition of the old bowling alley and adjacent car wash over deconstruction. ![]() “In order to go forward with sale to Les Schwab, we've got to demo the site.” “Woodbury has a significant investment already having just bought the site,” Erickson said. While that deal has likely fallen through, the list of other candidates is promising, including Kneaders, Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Wild Ginger and Corner Bakery, among others. He said several companies are interested in the property, most recently Texas Road House. ![]() Company representative Craig Erickson said that without completing demolition, it will be hard to market the remainder of the property to restaurateurs. Without the funding, however, Woodbury cannot begin demolition work. “We need to have some binding assurance that that's going to happen.” “In dealing on behalf of the city, we need some assurances that the Les Schwab building is built to the standards as shown,” said Karl Englund, chairman of the MRA board. The board declined to provide the project TIF funding without such guarantees. MRA's board of directors was pleased with the proposal, though it sought guarantees from Woodbury that Les Schwab would build the same building that was presented to the board. Les Schwab has proposed building a new eight-bay tire center along Russell Street value at roughly $2.5 million. While Woodbury now owns the property, it's looking to sell a portion of it to Les Schwab once demolition work is completed. Roughly $411,000 would be dedicated to phase one of the project. The cost includes roughly $235,000 in demolition work, $101,000 in asbestos abatement, $75,000 in utility work and $253,000 in right-of-way improvements. The applicant has included a list of potential tenants that includes Kneaders, Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Wild Ginger and Corner Bakery, among others.Woodbury is asking for roughly $664,000 in tax increment financing to complete the project. The developer is anticipating that the two building sites on the west end of the site will attract restaurant tenants, although tenants have not yet been confirmed. A planting bed between the sidewalk and the building will provide some buffering. To break up the extent of the rear façade along Russell Street, the developer is proposing a series of architectural elements including shallow “columns” and a decorative metal trellis and several panels of decorative screen mesh. This orientation focuses the building activity to the interior of the site and presents a large expanse of unanimated block wall along Russell Street. ![]() A glass-walled show room is located at the north end, at the corner of Russell Street and Dearborn Avenue. ![]() The developer is proposing to locate the new Les Schwab on the eastern side of the site with the eight service bays facing the interior of the site and the rear façade of the building on Russell Street. The tire store will be a Les Schwab franchise that will move from its current location on Brooks Street to this site. The proposed site design also includes curb, sidewalk and landscape improvements in the public right-of-way, including 29 new street trees at the perimeter of the site. The developer is proposing to deconstruct the 30,000 sf bowling center and 2,200 sf carwash and build an approximately 12,000 sf tire store and two 9,500 sf restaurant pads, with an associated 152-space parking lot. The car wash closed a few years ago.Īt its Jmeeting the MRA Board approved a request from the developer to proceed without prejudice with building deconstruction and site demolition. The casino/bowling alley closed in early 2016. The property currently contains the former Five Valley’s Bowling Center / Lucky Strike casino and a former car wash. Woodbury Corporation has purchased a property in Urban Renewal District III located at 1515 Dearborn Avenue, which is bounded by Russell and Washburn Streets and Dearborn and Fairview Avenues.
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