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Canyon Development May Return, but Not Anytime Soon

FLAGSTAFF, AZ-A $330-million development planned for the southern rim of the Grand Canyon that was defeated in the November election may return in a altered form, but it won't be anytime soon, says the managing partner.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on January 16, 2001

FLAGSTAFF, AZ-Voters defeated a proposed $330-million development on the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. The developer may resurrect the project in a smaller form, but nothing is likely to happen this year.

Voters in Coconino County, which is encompasses much of northern Arizona and includes the Grand Canyon, rejected a proposal in the November election that would have allowed a 700-acre parcel near the southern rim of the Grand Canyon to be rezoned. The rezoning would have allowed development of a 900-room hotel, 240,000 sf of commercial space and up to 2,500 residential units.

“It was too complex an issue to place before the voters,” Tom Depaolo, managing partner of the Canyon Forest Village development group, tells GlobeSt.com. The CFV developers are now regrouping and determining just how to proceed, he says.

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