By Martin Kidston/Missoula Current Development activity over the first four months of 2017 remains in line with the same period last year, with 453 building permits issued across the city of Missoula for a value of $54.9 million, city records indicate. Unlike last year’s record, however, this year’s increase has been driven largely by an […]
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By Chuck Harvey/Construction Equipment Guide Old Sawmill District of Missoula, Mont., is being converted into a $125 million residential, retail and commercial development that will feature four condominium buildings under the name Polleys Square, and a mixed-use building offering high-end apartments for rent called Cambium Place. Future development in the 46-acre district is expected to bring […]
By Martin Kidston/Missoula Current As Costco hunts around for a new Missoula location, its final choice could hold implications for growth and development for years to come, with some suggesting that a move to a far-flung location could open the gates to urban sprawl. Backed by recent statistics and the latest growth plans passed by […]
The developers of the Old Sawmill District in Missoula have announced plans to break ground on a 213-bed boutique student housing project this spring and then follow up this summer with a new “gastropub” called The Sawmill Grill. Ed and Leslie Wetherbee, developers of the 45-acre former sawmill site near the Clark Fork River on […]
OLD SAWMILL DISTRICT PLANS TO BREAK GROUND ON SEVERAL NEW BUILDINGS IN 2017 MISSOULA – March 14, 2017 – Missoula’s newest neighborhood, Old Sawmill District continues to take shape with five buildings under construction in 2017. Ed and Leslie Wetherbee, developers of Old Sawmill District continue to bring their dream of building Montana’s first urban, […]
More than a decade ago, in the heart of downtown, stood the remnants of a ghost. Today, the long-known “mill site,” which had been left vacant since the early 1990s and been an eyesore for Missoulians, is the Old Sawmill District, a community within a community comprised of all kinds of residences, businesses, and amenities—exactly […]
See link below for Missoula Real Estate today with Diane Beck. Missoula’s only real estate radio show! Special guest this week is Leslie Wetherbee at Windermere Real Estate and also of the Old Sawmill District! In this episode, she is discussing the development occurring in the center of town and what impact it is making […]
By Martin Kidston/Missoula Current More than $100 million in construction is planned for the Old Sawmill District this summer, including a student housing facility, two additional condominiums, a high-end apartment building and a new restaurant, the developers said Wednesday. A new commercial building may also break ground this year, along with the start of a […]
By David Erickson/Missoulian In what marks the official transition from a polluted industrial site into a modern residential neighborhood in Missoula’s urban core, a ribbon-cutting ceremony opened the first Polleys Square condominium building in the Old Sawmill District on Thursday. The first residents of the 23-unit building on Wyoming Street also moved in, marking the […]
Article from Missoula Current. Read full article HERE By Martin Kidston Back in the 1930s when the Great Depression hit, Edgar Hobey Polleys and his son, Edgar Garwood Polleys, kept their lumber mill running on the edge of downtown Missoula. Despite the hard times, the two men also kept their staff employed, opting to pay […]