Building gone, Lake Tahoe now visible
The Alta Mira building. Photo/Bill Kingman
The building being razed Sept. 15. Photo/Provided
The pile of debris. Photo/Provided
The Alta Mira building on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe came down Sept. 15 in less than two hours.
The California Tahoe Conservancy bought the 0.55-acre property.
This area is the end point for what started as the 56-acre project. Beautification from this parcel to El Dorado Beach would complete the Lakeview Commons project. That will take more than $4 million to complete. No money is in the bank to start it. (Lakeview Commons cost more than $6 million.)
The remaining acreage in the bigger project is across the street and includes Campground by the Lake.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Don’t forget the $3 million plus we taxpayers paid for the building. The CTC is funded by tax dollars.
Is that view worth $3 million ? I’m sure that condo project next door loves it and it didn’t cost them a dime !
Who was the selling owner of the building ?
Slowroller your looking backward those decisions are done. The same bad decision just like the one that gave city employees and their depedents free medical care for life, a terrible decision that has cost the residents in many ways. There are many who would argue redevelopment was and is key for the future, that debate is for a different day. That being said what is your proposal moving forward? Raise taxes, cut services, both? Or something else? At this point we need a fix what is it?
Won’t miss this old building…worth every penny to open another view to our beautiful lake.
how is putting a parking lot in and extending the commons conserving the lake any more that old building?
Nice. Now lets move meeks lumber yard out to meyers. I know it’s a reach but that would really open up the view down the meadow to the lake.
ol Dusty made out like a bandit.
he was never going to do the ADA upgrades or fix the Mold problem.
This purchase will be a great long-term investment for public access (visual and physical) to the Lake. So the facts are straight: the purchase price is $2.5 million and ultimately the cost is shared by the Tahoe Conservancy ($2.0 million) and the California State Lands Commission ($0.5 million). Escrow closes when the owner, at their expense, completes the building demolition, removal of an underground fuel oil tank, remediation of any contaminated soil, and closes the four ground water monitoring wells. In the interim the pavement remains. Once the future public uses for the site are determined the pavement may not remain.
Steve. The California Tahoe Conservancy gets a lot of it’s funding from a variety of sources; public and private. Quite a bit of the funding comes from California Propositions approved by voters.
Are you claiming that there is some impropriety with this project?
Mike. Meyers doesn’t want anything and they have a lumber yard now. But, the spot across Hwy 50 by the “airport” might work for a lumber yard.