Hundreds of houses, apartments. Stores. A church. What’s coming to your neighborhood
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around the Treasure Valley:
Boise
Renee Strand of Portland’s Holst Architecture is applying to change the previously approved exterior materials for an eight-story, 75-unit apartment building planned for 600 W. Front Street.
The full project is being developed by Visum Development Group of Ithaca, New York, on a space that once held a one-story printing shop. It was not immediately clear in application materials what the new exterior material would be.
The application will go before Boise’s design review committee at 5:30 p.m. on May 13. The meeting will be held remotely via video conferencing.
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Penske Truck Leasing of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is seeking a permit to build a rental center at 652 E. Gowen Road. The one-story building would have 19,740 square feet and would include a fuel service area. The property is now a vacant lot.
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McDonalds is seeking a permit to remodel its restaurant at 7811 W. Fairview Ave.
The project would include work inside and outside the restaurant and would include upgrades to meet requirements under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The restaurant was built in 1976 and was last remodeled in 1980, according to records from the Ada County Assessor’s Office.
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B&D Foods is seeking a permit to address issues at its food manufacturing plant at 3435 S. TK Ave. Items in the building were built without a permit, the application says.
B&D Foods makes finger steaks, pork nuggets and a variety of chicken products.
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Meridian
Westpark Co. of Meridian applied to annex and rezone 55 acres to build 187 single-family houses and 48 apartments east of South Locust Grove Road and north of East Lake Hazel Road for a subdivision called Lavender Heights.
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Justin Fishburn, the owner of 7 acres at 4000 N. Mcdermott Road, located between Ustick and McMillan Roads, applied to build 27 houses for a new subdivision called Lupine Cove.
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A new church called Calvary Chapel is going up in Meridian at 3600 Nelis Drive.
The church is projected to cost $3.5 million to build. Calvary Chapel’s current offices are located at 2483 E. Fairview Ave. No. 101 in Meridian, with services held at Victory Middle School on Kodiak Drive.
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A new gym is opening in Meridian at 1511 McMillan Road in the Sawtooth Village Subdivision. Fit Body Bootcamp will be 3,000 square feet, and renovations on the space are slated to cost $40,000, according to a building permit filed with the city.
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Ball Ventures Ahlquist, a Meridian-based developer, applied to begin interior improvements to a new office building for Americor, a national consumer lender, at 1120 S. Rackham Way, which is part of the Eagle View Landing subdivision.
The improvements on the 50,000 square-foot space are slated to cost $3 million.
Nampa
1010 Southside LLC, managed by Shawn Overall of Nampa, applied to annex 20 acres at 3126 E. Victory Road, just east of North Kings Road near the Nampa Municipal Airport. The developer intends to build 4 acres of retail and 16 acres of apartments on the site.
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Katie Deal of Wilder aims to build 12 duplexes and two detached single-family homes on 5 acres at 1400 W. Roosevelt Ave., east of Midland Boulevard. The subdivision would be called Meadowlark Place.
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Notable
Boise will try to plant 100,000 trees — one for every household in Boise — over the next 10 years, City Council President Elaine Clegg says.
The city started by planting 20 trees over the past week, according to a news release. Officials will begin outreach efforts and will establish a “tree counting system” to track data over the decade-long project.
“This is a lofty goal, but one that we can achieve with your help,” Clegg said in a news release. “I and city of Boise leadership know that trees can make a vital contribution as we work together toward a greener, more environmentally friendly future.”
Boise is one of several trees across the country nicknamed the “City of Trees.”
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This story was originally published April 30, 2020 at 4:00 AM.
