Decision on Missoula Mercantile must come by June 7- A permit was approved Thursday for the Missoula Mercantile.

In a presentation to the city council Wednesday, Missoula Development Services director Mike Haynes clarified the ins and outs of historic preservation demolition permits. Such a permit was approved Thursday for the Missoula Mercantile.

Matt Gray By Matt Gray, Meteorologist/Reporter, [email protected]

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Preservation commission faces ticking clock on Mercantile’s future

A team of developers looking to invest $30 million in downtown Missoula continue to work on plans to construct a new branded hotel on property currently occupied by the Mercantile.

The project’s future rests in part on decisions pending before the city’s Historic Preservation Commission and the City Council’s lawful powers to overturn the commission’s actions.

On Wednesday, the City Council’s Committee of the Whole received legal insight to a rarely used ordinance that covers demolition and the historic commission’s powers to grant or deny a permit.

While the meeting was informational only, the Mercantile played a central theme in the discussion. The property’s current owners, Octagon Capital Partners and HomeBase – the property’s buyers – have already filed a demolition permit.

By Martin Kidston/MISSOULA CURRENT

Full Story: http://www.missoulacurrent.com/growth-and-development/2016/03/1491/