Andy Gunion is the managing partner of East West in the Roaring Fork Valley. East West Partners has developed some of the world’s top resort and urban communities, hotels, and office buildings. They’ve earned a reputation for innovation and design, from the famed escalators of Beaver Creek to the iconic train canopy at Denver’s Union Station. Andy has been with the company for 17 years and took over the Snowmass Base Village development 4.5 years ago. During that time, the Limelight Hotel and residences was completed anchoring an entirely reimagined village core and community gathering place. Under Andy’s leadership, the team at East West and Slifer Smith & Frampton sold-out the Viceroy residences, Lumin condos, The Havens, One Snowmass East and West, launched a new residence club, and most recently broke ground on Electric Pass Lodge. In our conversation we covered the vision, partnership, and opportunity it took to resurrect the unfinished Base Village development. While not every resort warrants a village, those that do, should carefully heed lessons from the past combined with the right lifestyle components, residential units, and local operators focused on the true user experience. Finally, we talked about what it took to engineer and launch Electric Pass Lodge – a groundbreaking all-electric, ski-in/ski-out condo residence 100% powered by renewable energy.
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