Pearl at JacksonSubmitted by Plan One/Architects Pearl at Jackson is a three-story, mixed-use building with nonresidential flex space on the ground floor and condominiums, including affordable housing units, on the second and third floors, with below-grade parking.
When designing the building, the architect and developer envisioned a cutting-edge building that would enable tenants to live in a prime urban location with mountain views and an environmentally friendly design. However, in fall 2008, an economic downturn resulted in a major shift in Jackson Hole’s local real estate landscape. Before the downturn, plans for the project had progressed relatively smoothly through a yearlong design and entitlement phase and broke ground on schedule in May 2008. Four months later, with the foundation, steel superstructure and floor decks in place, the project was placed on hold, as regional real estate values fell by more than 35%. To keep the project alive, “on-the-fly,” second-generation value engineering was conducted, resulting in a revised design and the elimination of more than $300,000 from the project cost. Construction resumed after a six-week hiatus.