A $250 Million Lodge for Tahoe
Monday, December 19th, 2011
The Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved a scheduled-for-2014 opening of an entirely revamped base village for Homewood. The 1,253-acre village will include a 75-room hotel, 70 condos, 25,000 square feet of retail and a lot of pedestrian chill space. Local and environmental opposition seems to have tapered since the developer plans to use a combo of solar, geothermal and hydroelectric energy and will include expanded water taxi service and the use of hybrid/electric vehicles for shuttling guests. Part of the plan also includes a new 15,000-square-foot, mid-mountain lodge served by eight-person gondolas.

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