MEP vetting redevelopment partners for Southgate Triangle project [Video]

MISSOULA — The Missoula Economic Partnership expects to present a short list of partners interested in and capable of redeveloping 13 acres near Southgate Mall later this month.

Julie Lacey, the economic development director with MEP, said more than two dozen potential partners have been briefed on the redevelopment opportunities hidden within the vacant parcel.

MEP is now working to find a development team fit for the project.

“We’ve created a brief that’s an outline of what incentives are available and a description of what the opportunities look like,” she said. “We know the goals are a public park and housing. We’re working with development teams to hone in on their vision and look at what they’re interested in putting forth to the city in terms of a redevelopment project.”

After negotiating with the property’s former owners — the Beech family and Southgate Mall Associates — the city purchasedthe property late last …