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Gallatin committee agrees to extend Project Phoenix exclusivity while council weighs city hall options
Summary
Councilors voted to forward an amendment extending developer exclusivity for Project Phoenix through Sept. 8 and began a substantive discussion about whether to retain, retrofit or rebuild city hall as the development’s design input.
The Gallatin City Council Committee voted April 8 to forward an amendment extending exclusivity for the Boyle Group on Project Phoenix through Sept. 8, allowing the developer additional time to complete schematic design and reach a potential project agreement with the city.
Project Phoenix is a multi‑phase, mixed‑use downtown redevelopment proposal that would occupy the City Hall block and adjacent blocks, replacing and adding retail, hotel, multifamily housing and other uses. Economic impact figures presented by economic development staff showed large long‑term totals: Rosemary Bates told the committee that an independent economic impact assessment projects nearly $1.5 billion in total economic impact over a 20‑year period, with annual city property tax receipts estimated at about…
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