Not one, but two 22-story towers are now planned for West El Paso
Not one, but two 22-story towers are now being planned for West El Paso.
The Meyers Group Shadow Mountain project is set to be built near the intersection of Sunland Park and Mesa streets, near the existing 10-story Coronado tower.
The company faced backlash from some nearby residents fearing the luxury high-rise condominium tower — now towers — would block their view and increase traffic.
Instead of one large building that would have included a hotel, condos and retail space, there will be two 22-story condominium towers and a stand alone 10-story boutique hotel.
Richard Lamondin is the executive vice president of the Meyers Group. He said the towers will be sleeker, smaller with more open space.
“When we had all the public meetings, we heard a huge number of comments about the size of the building, it’s a gigantic building. We took that to heart. And we sat down with our architect and then split it into two smaller buildings and with space between them. We took the hotel out of the towers and we are doing a small boutique on the side also,” Lamondin said.
Each tower will include 80 condominiums with a price tag of at least $1 to $2 million each. The penthouse condos could go for $5 million.
The company hopes to start taking reservations next week.
“In a week to ten days the fence surrounding the site for the towers will be covered in banners talk about what is going there and we will have a phone number at that time that people can call,” Lamondin said. “There is absolutely nothing in El Paso that will come close to it.”
The initial plan called for 40,000 square feet of retail space. That number has now been cut in half.
The amenities for future residents have not changed.
The condos will include concierge service, private theater, gym, salon, coffee shop, dry cleaners, valet parking, business center, private elevators, spa and a resort-style-pool.
Lamondin said the company needs about 40 reservations before moving forward. Construction is not expected to begin until Spring 2018.
The company reports a tremendous amount of out-of-town interest.
“We have a gentleman who is from El Paso. We he saw the information he called and said, look I live in New York now. A million dollars is not a whole lot of money to me and I want to move back to El Paso, but I don’t want to live anywhere but a condo,” Lamondin said.
