By Brent Gardner-Smith
Aspen Times Staff Writer
March 20, 2001
The Grand Aspen Hotel is scheduled to be demolished April 16, although there are many who will only believe it
when they see it.
The demolition of the hotel, across the street from the Rubey Park bus station in downtown Aspen, has been put
off at least four times in recent years. But the new owners of the hotel, Four Peaks Management, fully expect the
hotel to come down next month.
“The neighbors would like us to get it down and out of there as soon as possible,” said Scott Writer, a local partner
in Four Peaks, which purchased the hotel in February as part of a $30 million deal.
In anticipation of the demolition, Four Peaks is inviting nonprofit organizations to go into the hotel and take
away whatever they might need beginning Friday, April 6.
“There are 150 rooms full of beds, dressers, desks, toilets, sinks, doors and windows,” said Writer, who also said
the hotel’s front desk and a bar are available for the taking. “All we ask is that they make a list of what they
take.”
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