252-unit housing project slated for Missoula

An Idaho-based construction company has gotten building permits to begin work on a 252-unit housing project called Snowfarm on the western edge of Missoula.

The developers are going to pay about $401,000 in impact fees for their project to the Mullen Special Transportation Impact Fee fund.

The developer, a company called Hellgate Meadows LLC, will get reimbursed about $133,000 from the city to build sidewalks and bike paths. The construction contractor for the project is Headwaters Construction Company, based in Victor, Idaho.

A rendering of what Snowfarm may look like according to the developers.

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In late September, the Missoula City Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee approved reimbursing the developer.

“It’s multifamily units between apartment buildings and townhomes,” explained city engineer Troy Monroe in a presentation to city council members.

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