Tentative deal: Butte Council OK’s Missoula media production company Media Studios getting former Northwestern Energy building complex

A detailed transfer pact is still pending, but commissioners have verbally agreed to let a media production venture with operations near Hamilton take ownership of the long-vacant NorthWestern Energy complex in Uptown Butte.

With the council’s OK Wednesday night, Bitterroot Gateway Development LLC of Missoula plans to restore the historical facades at 40 E. Broadway and turn the complex into the headquarters for a media production company called Montana Studios.