{"id":24977,"date":"2019-06-06T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/footes-rest-hotel-returns-to-frisco-town-council-aims-for-august-groundbreaking\/"},"modified":"2019-06-06T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T00:16:00","slug":"footes-rest-hotel-returns-to-frisco-town-council-aims-for-august-groundbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/footes-rest-hotel-returns-to-frisco-town-council-aims-for-august-groundbreaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Foote\u2019s Rest Hotel returns to Frisco Town Council, aims for August groundbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rendering of the proposes Foote’s Rest Hotel on Main Street Frisco.<\/strong>
Courtesy Kelly Foote<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Almost three years after the project first emerged into the public light, construction on the proposed Foote\u2019s Rest Hotel in Frisco finally may be in sight.<\/p>\n

The project kicked off in earnest in 2016 with the sale of the historic Staley House<\/a> to developer Kelly Foote, who decided to construct a new hotel on the property while preserving the historic structures on-site. The Frisco Town Council approved a development agreement on the project in March 2017 and an amendment to the agreement in January<\/a> 2018. Now, Foote is hoping the council approves a final amendment to the project this month, with plans to break ground on the hotel in August.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on this project for so long, and we\u2019re excited to get it built for the community,\u201d said Foote, who owns the Foote\u2019s Rest Sweet Shoppe next door and whose family has been rooted on the property since the 1940s. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be very positive for the community. We\u2019re bringing in things Frisco doesn\u2019t have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project \u2014 initially beset with concerns from former council members<\/a> with regard to parking and noise \u2014 seemed to have fallen stagnant over the past couple of years. Foote cited rising construction costs as the reason for the hotel\u2019s slow development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were going to break ground in June last year, but the construction costs just skyrocketed,\u201d Foote said.<\/p>\n

Construction estimates rose more than $10 million from January to September last year, he said, a considerable bump for the $75 million project. Now, with a new contractor and construction costs returning back to earth, Foote and his team are ready to push forward.<\/p>\n

Foote detailed the project again for the Frisco Town Council at its regular workshop last month, outlining a number of minor changes to the agreement. The hotel \u2014 to be located between Fifth and Sixth avenues on Main Street \u2014 was originally slated for 65 rooms, including six employee-housing units. The new agreement would increase the number of rooms to 75 and move employee housing to another location down the road on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Teller Street Alley. The new employee-housing plan also should increase the number of employee units, reserving a primary house with seven bedrooms and a single-family cabin on the lot.<\/p>\n

Notably, the dimensions of the structure won\u2019t be changing from what previously had been approved. Foote said the additional 10 rooms were added in part from the six units previously set aside for employees along with four units identified as \u201clock-off\u201d rooms inside suites that can be booked separately. In addition to the 75 hotel rooms, Foote said he\u2019s also planning to rent a pair of cabins on the west side of the property \u2014 with their own courtyard area \u2014 bringing the total number of rentable rooms on the property to 80.<\/p>\n

On top of the cabins, a number of other historic structures on the land will be getting a facelift. The Staley House will be relocated to the west side of the property, the Blacksmith shop will be rebuilt into the Blacksmith Saloon, and the greenhouse is being donated to Frisco Elementary School. The hotel will take up the east portion of the block, on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Main Street.<\/p>\n

While the hotel is obviously the main feature of the structure, Foote said his team designed the building to serve as an amenity for community members in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cFoote\u2019s Rest, since my grandparents owned it, has always been a community gathering place,\u201d Foote said. \u201cWhen we opened the sweet shop, we wanted to continue that legacy. I want to continue that now but expand it with even more options and more amenities and things for the community to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hotel will include an entertainment venue with a bowling alley, arcade and shuffleboard. There also will be a restaurant and bar, a rooftop pool and deck, a banquet facility and more. The development will include 71 spaces of on-site parking, five more than required by the town\u2019s code.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the amenities we have on our property will be open to the community,\u201d Foote said. \u201cWe\u2019re keeping it a community gathering place, and we\u2019re going to have all the fun stuff for families and visitors to do that doesn\u2019t exist here yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The finalized development agreement is expected to head to the Frisco Town Council for first reading June 11. If the council decides to approve the updated plans, Foote said he hopes to have the hotel open by summer 2021.<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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