Avison Young Tapped to Market 48-Acre Montana Basecamp Development Opportunity in Kalispell, Montana.

KALISPELL, Mont. — Global commercial real estate advisor, Avison Young, announced today it has been tapped to market Montana Basecamp, a 48-acre development opportunity in Kalispell, Montana, one of the fastest-growing communities in the state. The site is being offered at $25 million.

Avison Young’s Leslie Brown, Chris Kilcullen, Mason Bodie, and Michael Agnew are leading the marketing of the property on behalf of the seller.

Located between Whitefish, Flathead Lake and the entrance to Glacier National Park, Montana Basecamp offers a rare combination of scale, location and entitlements. The property is fully serviced with city water, sewer, natural gas, power and fiber optic, with a PUD and B2 Commercial zoning already in place. The site also has 330 RV entitlements, including 62 paved RV slips currently operating as a resort that opened in 2020.

“Kalispell is an incredibly desirable place to retire, with low state income tax and access to recreation, and Montana Basecamp sits right in the middle of it,” said Leslie Brown, Senior Vice President at Avison Young. “With B2 zoning already in place, this is a rare chance to deliver a Continuing Care Retirement Community along with housing, retail and medical space that this community urgently needs, without the years-long entitlement process most sites in the Mountain West require.”

Chris Kilcullen, Principal, Hotel Group, at Avison Young, added, “You simply don’t find fully entitled parcels of this size like this anymore that are serviced and positioned between Glacier National Park and the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi. It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a hospitality destination that captures both the millions of visitors drawn to Glacier each year and the trophy real estate appeal of the Flathead Valley.”

Avison Young is positioning Montana Basecamp for a range of potential development strategies, including:

• Outdoor hospitality: A hotel, glamping and entertainment destination incorporating resort amenities and the property's existing RV infrastructure.
• RV and retirement resort: A lifestyle-focused community for the 55-plus market, potentially including RV lots, independent living, assisted living, memory care, medical services, dining and wellness amenities.
• Mixed-use development: A combination of retail, multifamily housing, hotels, medical and professional services, and other commercial uses supported by the property's B2 zoning.

The property was acquired by the private owner, Andy Matthews, in 2018. Recognizing the area's growth and demand for lifestyle-oriented development, Matthews transformed the former farmland and low-density residential site into a mixed-use development opportunity and worked with the City of Kalispell to establish the site's current zoning and entitlements.

Montana Basecamp is also supported by significant infrastructure investment, including a new interchange from U.S. Highway 93 and approximately 25 miles of paved bike trails connecting the property with Kalispell and Flathead Lake.

The site is expected to attract developers and investors with the vision and capability to bring a transformative project to the property.