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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 25-28, 2014 City Beat A-3 REAL STEAK REAL SEAFOOD CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649-9014 EXT. 111 | citynews@parkrecord.com Studio could open in 2014 REAL PARK CITY COURTESY OF PARK CITY FILM STUDIOS (435)649-8060 The Park City Film Studios will be built at Quinn's Junction after the developer reached an agreement with Park City leaders for the project. The studios opened a temporary informational setup on Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival to showcase what facilities will be available. Prospector Square 2093 Sidewinder Drive www.grubsteakrestaurant.com grubsteakrestaurant@xmission.com Reservations gladly accepted Developer wants to start construction when ground thaws JANUARY WHITE SALE By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record When Hollywood returns to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival's 2015 edition, a future festival entry could be under production not far from the hubbub of Sundance. By the time Sundance 2015 has started in January, a developer hopes to have built and opened the first buildings in a movie-studio complex planned along Park City's S.R. 248 entryway. It would be a milestone in the long-running efforts to locate a studio complex in the Park City area, and it is not clear whether the developer, a firm called Quinn's Junction Partnership, will have made that much progress by the time Sundance opens next year. Greg Ericksen, whose family trust owns Quinn's Junction Partnership, said in an interview during Sundance he anticipates the first soundstages could be operating by the fall of this year. The developer last fall held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site with state political, business and filmindustry leaders, and Ericksen said this week construction is expected to start when the ground thaws. The facility will be called the Park City Film Studios. It will be located on a little more than 29 acres at the southwest corner of Quinn's Junction, where U.S. 40 and S.R. 248 meet. The City Hall approval allows 374,000 square feet of development. The largest building at the site will be a little more than 90,000 square feet in size and primarily house lodging space, a recording studio and a spa. The second largest of the buildings - 73,000 square feet - would primarily consist of soundstages. There are also plans for a building to PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER REEVES Park City Film Studios last October held a ceremonial groundbreaking involving the developers, government officials and others. Construction at the Quinn's Junction site is expected to start when the ground thaws. be used for entertainment purposes, a building for an effects stage, a studio store and studio tours. The developer earlier reached an agreement with Raleigh Studios, a Hollywood company that bills itself as the nation's largest independent studio operator. Raleigh Studios is expected to anchor the studio in Park City. Quinn's Junction Partnership has said Raleigh Studios signed a 20-year lease with a renewal option after the first 20 years. Quinn's Junction Partnership last year inked a deal with a state-run Chinese firm known as National Film Capital of China that will bring an international presence to the Park City Film Studios. The supporters of the studio see it as a facility that will be important as Park City further diversifies its tourism-heavy economy, citing the prospects of job creation, among other benefits. They also say that Park City Film Studios will be a nice addition to Utah's film industry. There is also a chance, it seems, of some sort of partnership involving Park City Film Studios and the organizers of Sundance. 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