City Club Missoula – Downtown Missoula hotel, Drift events center, housing on track for September start

Plans to redevelop several blocks in downtown Missoula will break ground later this year, launching a multi-phased project that will generate hundreds of construction jobs followed by 200 permanent positions with an annual payroll of $3.3 million.

But the economic impacts of the project go beyond employment and are expected to ripple across the downtown district, boosting spending and visitation while putting Missoula squarely on the nation’s entertainment map.

“We’ll have a world class events center in the city of Missoula that will attract the kinds of artists we want to attract in this community,” said developer Nick Checota with Clark Fork Riverfront Properties. “We estimate the venue will generate 28,000 attendees a month in downtown Missoula. We feel this will be a development catalyst for the entire Riverfront Triangle.”

By Martin Kidston

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Developer shows new renderings of “The Drift” hotel and events center