A 16-story Boise tower with condos. Duplexes. Apartments. A truck stop. Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around the Treasure Valley
Boise
Some neighbors have organized to oppose Ball Ventures Ahlquist’s request to build a two-tower building on 4th Street between Idaho and Bannock streets, saying it would hurt Boise’s historic East Downtown.
The building would be on 1.3 acres at 200 N. 4th St., where a three-story Idaho Central Credit Union branch would be torn down.
The northern tower would be 16 stories high, with several floors of office space, parking and condominiums. The southern tower would be nine stories high, with offices, parking and 39 apartments on the top floors. The apartments would consist of 33 one-bedrooms, three two-bedrooms and three studios.
As the Statesman previously reported, the structure would be the tallest in the east part of downtown. Neighbors wrote in a guest opinion for the Statesman that the project would “effectively block the sun” for nearby properties.
BVA is requesting a rezone from R-OD (residential office with design review) to C-5DD/DA (central business district with downtown design review and a development agreement). The developer is also requesting a conditional use permit for a drive-up business.
Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission is set to hear the proposals at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd. The meeting will be a hybrid with in-person and virtual testimony. Watch or sign up to testify at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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Tim Nau of Energreen Development Co. seeks to build 16 one-bedroom townhouse condominiums on just under a quarter-acre at 1511 S. Robert St., near South Vista Avenue and West Overland Road.
Each townhouse will have 800 square feet and a private balcony. The buildings will be four stories tall.
Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission will consider the project at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd. The meeting will be a hybrid with in-person and virtual testimony. Watch or sign up to testify at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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Mr. Gas of Burley is seeking a permit to build a truck stop and an 11,000-square-foot convenience store with shower rooms at 10026 N. Eisenman Road.
The project will include fueling stations and overnight parking for trucks and RVs, along with an RV dump station.
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Roger’s Northside Garage has obtained a permit for a $300,000 remodeling of a two-story auto repair business at 1170 N. 29th St. About 2,200 square feet of the 5,540-square-foot building will be left vacant for a future tenant.
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Blue Circle Investments of Middleton has obtained building permits for four apartment buildings of the Blue Maple Terrace at 2663 N. Maple Grove Road. Each two-story building will have four apartments of 6,000 square feet.
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Want to buy the plant of a once-vaunted Boise manufacturing company? Now you can.
The Southeast Boise factory where MotivePower overhauled used train locomotives and made new ones is now on the market. The factory, built for MK Rail, part of Boise’s former Morrison Knudsen construction company, has been shuttered by its current owner, Pennsylvania-based Wabtec.
The one-story, 240,000-square-foot plant was built in 1969 on 48 acres at 4800 S. Apple St.
The plant was Idaho’s only heavy-industrial transportation manufacturer. It employed 750 people as recently as 2007. Staffing shrank in recent years. Wabtec announced the closure last year, saying it would be completed by mid-2020.
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City Kid Boutique leased 964 square feet of retail space at 222 S. 9th St., TOK Commercial reports.
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Eagle
Madera Development Inc., owned by Thomas Ricks of Eagle, is requesting an annexation and rezone to build a 20-house subdivision called Headquarters.
The 10-acre site is located at 5655 W. Floating Feather Road, at the southwest corner of West Floating Feather and North Lanewood roads.
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Tyler Frazier, represented by Lance Daniels with The FCI Group Inc., is requesting an annexation and rezone for a proposed 10-acre subdivision called Brush Creek.
The site is at 2055 North Park Lane, on the west side of the lane about a half-mile north of West Floating Feather Road .
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Meridian
A Saltzer Health urgent care and family medicine clinic opened Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Victory Commons, 2840 S. Meridian Road, near the intersection of Victory and Meridian Roads.
“Our goal is to provide transparency and affordability of pricing with the hospitality you have come to expect in every other industry,” said Dr. Tommy Ahlquist, a former emergency room physician who is CEO of Ball Ventures Ahlquist and co-owner of Saltzer Health, based in Nampa.
The Victory Commons site is the second of four new Saltzer clinics to open. A 24/7 urgent care clinic is expected to be completed in late November at Ten Mile Road and Interstate 84 in Meridian.
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Zoom+Care, a Portland, Oregon-based chain of urgent care clinics, plans a clinic at 2126 Eagle Road, Suite 110. The 1,645-square-foot clinic is slated to cost $300,000, according to a permit filed with the city.
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Kuna
The developers of the Red Hawk Ridge subdivision applied to build a 6,061-square-foot medical office at the southwest corner of West Deer Flat Road and North School Avenue.
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Caldwell
Venus Development, managed by Greg Ferney of Boise, applied for a special use permit to build a self-storage business on 5 acres on the west side of Middleton Road, south of Ustick Road.
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Trilogy Development applied for a comprehensive plan amendment, rezones and approval of the preliminary plat for a business park called AeroSky Park.
The 35-acre project would be located on the southeast corner of U.S. 20/26 and Aviation Road in Caldwell.
The applicant proposed to include six commercial and 14 industrial lots on the property.
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Highgarden LLC wants to build 33 duplexes on 11 acres a half-mile west of Cleveland Boulevard and south of Ustick Road, on Laster Street.
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Notable
Boise State University’s College of Business and Economics is offering to place 20 student interns at local businesses and nonprofits at no cost to the employers.
Boise State will pay the interns with donated funds. The money comes from Gardner Co., a real estate development firm; and Laird Norton Properties, a real estate investment firm.
The program, named Bronco Corps, was proposed by David Wali, Gardner’s executive vice president in Boise and a member of the college’s advisory board. Wali said nonprofits and small businesses are struggling during the pandemic, and many college students have been unable to find internships in the current economic climate.
Employers can work with the college’s career services director, Laura Chiuppi, to create job descriptions and to recruit students. To learn more, email Chiuppi at laurachiuppi@boisestate.edu.
Those interested in financially supporting the program may contact Perrine Blakley, Boise State’s director of gift planning, at perrineblakley@boisestate.edu.
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