The headquarters of a clothing company will return to Talent after being burned out by the 2020 Almeda Fire.

Sunday Afternoons, producer of upscale hats and other apparel, has a site review in process with the city for a location on South Pacific Highway just a few blocks from where the old place was destroyed.

A 13,836-square-foot, two-story building is proposed for 510 S. Pacific Highway. The facility would serve as an administration and design center and be involved in producing prototype clothing patterns, but not in manufacturing. Up to 50 employees would work there.

Heiland Hoff, architect and agent for the project, said, “After the Almeda Fire they had moved into a rental space. They got a substantial insurance settlement. We have been toying with many different locations, but finally decided to rebuild in Talent.”

The firm has applied for grants to help with the recovery process.

“We have top-notch designers that chose the fabrics and the colors and design the hats here,” Hoff said.

Patterns are sent overseas, where manufacturers produce prototypes, then get approval to produce them from the Talent headquarters.

The firm rents space in Ashland, but the space isn’t large enough to house all employees, so some have been working from home, Hoff said.

“My job is to make sure that the building is fantastic so that everyone wants to come to work,” Hoff said. Those who want to continue working from home will be able to do so.

The center will have 30-foot-tall ceilings and natural lighting. The roof will have solar arrays. The site plan shows a variety of plants and shrubs that will be installed on the 1.2-acre lot.

The site is located between Flywheel Bicycle Solutions, which rebuilt after the fire, and the Masjid Al-Tawheed Mosque. Sunday Afternoons’ old location was on the corner of Arnos Street and South Pacific Highway. The company has a retail shop in Ashland.

Sunday Afternoons is one of several new businesses either being built or proposed for Talent.

National Heating &Air Conditioning is seeking site review approval for a new building at 821 S. Pacific Highway. The firm currently rents space at 1006 S. Pacific Highway.

Owner Carl Ost purchased the business in 1999. It had been at 821 S. Pacific — the once and future site — when Ost joined the firm in 1990, but the company moved to the rental location a year later.

The building at 821 S. Pacific, which did not contain National Heating property, burned in the Almeda Fire.

The return to the same site, Ost said, is “just a lateral move to get our own place,” Ost said.

The company purchased the lot and had the land, which was in Jackson County, annexed into Talent. The building will be 4,200 square feet on a 0.23-acre lot.

“There’s a little less room, but the new one will be laid out a lot better since we can design from the ground up,” Ost said. The new building will be one level, unlike the current two-story structure. The company has 10 employees.

Ridge Line Construction will be the contractor. Plans are being drawn up, and once the city approves the site plan, Ost hopes to start construction within two to three months and perhaps be finished by the end of summer.

Talent Travel Center is under construction at 249 W. Valley View Road. The new business is across Hinckley Street from a Chevron gas station. It is owned by A3 Development, LLC, which also owns the Talent Truck Stop located behind the construction area.

Talent Travel Center will have fueling facilities, as well as a market store, restaurant and traveler amenities. The market store will include organic produce, said Tareq Abusukheila, the designer, client representative and project manager. The restaurant will have large windows with mountain views.

The new development sits on 4.15 acres. 76 will supply the gas, but a restaurant operator has not yet been selected, Abusukheila said. The total useable area of the building will be 8,225 square feet.

A concrete pad and steel columns are in place for the gas islands, and trusses are up on the market store and restaurant building. Outlier Construction is the general contractor for the project. The opening is planned for the third week in July.

Also on West Valley View, a pre-application meeting with the city has been held for a Maverick Gas Station, but no application has been filed. The station and a convenience store would sit on part of the former Wal-Mart site, much of which is now occupied by Cummins Battery Systems.

Maverick, of Salt Lake City, is the property owner and developer. The site plan shared with the city shows seven fueling islands, a 5,935-square-foot convenience store and space for trucks and RVs behind it.