A developer’s plan to build dozens of new downtown apartments failed. He blames the city.

A developer’s plan to build dozens of new downtown apartments failed. He blames the city.

This is a drawing of the proposed Gastineau Lodge Apartment complex in downtown Juneau. (Courtesy/City and Borough of Juneau) A project meant to bring more than 70 units of new workforce housing to downtown Juneau is dead before it could even break ground. The developer blames the city for stopping it. The city says the project was a risk to public safety. In late 2023, the city’s planning commission approved a conditional land-use permit for th…