A Missoula developer has significantly scaled down a proposal for a large apartment complex in Missoula, and city officials say another massive proposed housing complex will also be revised down. On Thursday, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency approved plans for a scaled-down version of Bissinger Place, which was originally proposed in the spring of 2022 . An architectural rendering of what Bissinger Place was going to look like before being revised.
The concept has been scaled back now to three stories instead of four, but there was no updated rendering presented. Back then, the MRA board unanimously approved $269,000 in Tax Increment Financing for Bissinger Place to help the developers with asbestos remediation, deconstruction of aging homes on the site, utility relocation and right-of-way improvements. The board also approved $50,000 in Facade Improvement Program grant funds for paint removal, windows, doors, an overhead door replacement and awnings.
The project is located at 903 S. 1st W near Loyola High School's football field. Back in 2022, the project was proposed to be a 61,500-square-foot, four-story, mixed-use development with 42 rental housing units and commercial space.
The lot was deconstructed, but no construction has started on the project. Now, developers Frank Scariano and Mike Morgan of Bricks and Spurs, LLC have told the MRA that they're scaling down the project to be quite a bit smaller. It will now be reduced from four stories to three stories and there wi.
