Commission corrals Sun Peak hotel

By Tim Sullivan
The Park Record
November 24, 2001

Summit County Commissioners Tuesday approved a controversial hotel in the Sun Peak neighborhood but attempted to curb the consequent traffic that will flood the mostly residential area.

The commission stipulated in its motion that the developers of the Canyon Retreat Hotel will be able to build a maximum of 140 units, and though it wasn't explicit, the hotel won't have any lockout rooms that would boost the number of hotel keys.

Canyon Retreat Developer Brent Ferrin said he and his partners wanted the lockouts so they could rent out nightly hotel rooms -- the project will consist mostly of weekly timeshares. Ferrin said only 25 percent of units would have lockout rooms.

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