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5.21 Glen Lyon Office Building
The Glen Lyon Office Building is a 1.8 acre site with frontage on both Red Sandstone Creek and Gore
Creek. The site also has a common boundary of over 800 feet in length with the South Frontage Road. The Glen Lyon Office Building site was developed under SDD # 4, Cascade Village.
Physical improvements that currently exist on site are a three-story building with 10,829 square feet of general office space and a surface parking lot as originally approved in the
late 70’s. Subsequent approved development plans have since expired.
5.21.1 Relationship to the South Frontage Road
The current development scenario for West Lionshead (Ever Vail)
entails the relocation of the South Frontage Road to a location adjacent to Interstate 70. This would eliminate direct access to the Glen Lyon Office Building and create a common property
line with the proposed Ever Vail development. Due to the loss of the buffer of the existing South Frontage Road between the Glen Lyon Office Building and the Cascade Crossing and Vail
Professional Buildings the existing improvements are not compatible with the Ever Vail proposal. A redevelopment of the site would be appropriate.
5.21.2 Relationship to Red Sandstone
Creek and Gore Creek
Red Sandstone Creek lies to the east of the Glen Lyon site and Gore Creek lies to the south. While the natural riparian corridor of these streams needs to remain
protected and preserved, the physical and visual relationships and references between adjacent development and the stream tract should be strengthened. The potential for integration
of this property into the overall site planning with Ever Vail would allow for a better overall development plan. Any redevelopment of this parcel should consider how the creeks can
be enhanced and made an asset and amenity of the area.
Development Considerations
Consistent with its location at the western edge of West Lionshead and with respect to the extensive
frontage with Gore Creek it is appropriate to recognize certain development limitations and opportunities beyond the LMU-1 and LMU-2 Zone Districts. Building heights should be consistent
with Figure 5-25, West Lionshead Building Massing and Height Limitations. Because of these limitations, density should be restricted from that allowed under the LMU-1 or LMU-2 Zone
Districts to 45,000 square feet of GRFA. Consistent with the plan’s desire for no net loss of office space the existing 10,829 square feet of office space should be replaced on-site
or within West Lionshead. All Employee Housing Requirements associated with the Glen Lyon site should be met on-site or within West Lionshead. This site may provide a good opportunity
for the location of garden level and first floor office space and residential uses.