KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – A major resort developer is reviving a plan that could bring up to 1,400 homes and condominiums to the slopes of Killington.

Centex Destination Properties has resorts in Hawaii, Florida, California, Texas, Nevada and North Carolina. It is examining plans developed years ago by the resort for a slopeside village consisting of time-share hotel rooms and suites.

Killington Ltd. sought Act 250 review for the plan in 2000, but it stalled when the ski area couldn’t find a hotel to anchor it. Last year, the ski area’s parent company, American Skiing Co., sold the 469 acres for the proposed village to SP Land Co. of Dallas.

Centex is considering reviving the original, but thinks condos and single-family homes might be more appropriate for the site.

“Our role is to look and see if it makes sense in today’s market. Quite frankly, we’re still in the looking mode,” said Ed Brisson, vice president of Centex Development Properties Northeast.

Brisson, who is setting up a Vermont office, said Centex is working with American Skiing and SP Land on updating plans for the land.

“Killington spent a long time and a lot of money and we’re trying to pick it up from there to see what needs to be done and not reinvent the wheel,” he said. “Personally, I’m very excited. I used to ski here and I think it has tremendous potential.”

Norman Holcomb, chairman of the Killington Select Board, said Centex representatives have approached town officials in recent months to talk about what kinds of private roads might be allowed in the proposed development.

When the project was first proposed in the 1990s, it drew some local opposition, but Killington worked to address those concerns in its master plan, Holcomb said.

“The community sentiment I’m hearing is that most folks would be glad to see some positive movement,” he said. “Since it was initially proposed, (American Skiing Co.) essentially went bankrupt and a lot of the cash flow infused into ASC through their financing went to (other) development.”

The slopeside village approved by Killington town planners in 2000 would have included more than 1,200 hotel rooms and suites, 160 townhouses and 180,000 square feet of retail space. It would have been built over 15 years at an estimated cost of $717 million.

Ski area spokesman Tom Horrocks said the village concept has continued to be part of the resort’s long-range planning.

“It never died; it was always on the table,” Horrocks said. “Obviously there were some financial things we had to look at.”

He said the resort would continue to solicit public comment if the plan goes forward.

Even other hotel owners in Killington, including one on the Killington Road leading to the resort, seem to support the prospect of a slopeside village.

Ed Stevens, general manager of the Inn at Six Mountains, said that if the developers stick with the ideas brought forward five years ago, the village will enhance the entire resort.

“There’s great skiing, they do a great job taking care of the mountain, and there’s some great nightlife on the mountain. But when you get situations with children and families, there’s not a lot to do,” he said. “That family atmosphere, activities for people to do, the village feel, that’s the missing piece.”