A 12-story downtown building. Condos. A big subdivision. Coming to your neighborhood
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
Creed Herbold is seeking a permit to build a five-story condominium building at the site of the former Art Deco Travis Apartments that Herbold and his wife own at 1620 W. Bannock St.
The $10 million project would include 19 units plus a parking garage on the bottom floor, along with office and retail space.
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A developer’s proposal for a 12-story building downtown with senior housing and a parking garage has taken another step forward.
The board of Boise’s urban renewal agency, the Capital City Development Corp., has approved a letter of intent to provide financial assistance from the agency for the building at on South 8th Street between River and Fulton streets, across River from Boise’s main library.
“I think this is a great project,” former Mayor David Bieter, a board member, said at a board meeting Monday, March 8. “The parking alone is really important to this area — (for) the library, the park, the continued evolution of the South 8th area. I really wish the developer and the staff well, because as far as I know this is the first time we put housing atop a parking garage. That’s a trend I hope we see more of.”
The building is proposed by Boise’s Wilcomb family, whose Wilcomb LLC owns an old warehouse at River and 8th that will be torn down to make way for the building. The warehouse is best known as the former home of the Foothills School of Arts and Sciences.
The family’s Jordan-Wilcomb Construction Co. would build the building in a partnership with Global Senior Housing, a San Diego-based company whose projects include the 74-house Village Bungalows subdivision for people 55 and older on Ustick Road in Meridian.
The building would have a ground floor of office, retail and restaurant space, four floors of parking, and seven floors holding 160 apartments for people 55 and older. It would be the tallest building in that section of downtown.
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The Howard Johnson by Wyndham motel at 8002 W. Overland Road is seeking a permit for an interior renovation.
The project would include the replacement of electrical and plumbing fixtures, furnishings and equipment.
A stop-work order was issued by the city after the company began work without a permit. Howard Johnson’s will be charged double permit fees for the violation.
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Caffe D’arte is seeking a permit to relocate its coffee shop from 794 W. Broad St. to 860 W. Broad. The move is part of the building of The Warehouse Food Hall project.
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Encompass Inc. of Meridian is seeking a permit to build a six-unit duplex at 1160 N. Maple Grove Road. The two-story building would have 4,005 square feet. The cost is an estimated $1.8 million.
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Lauzon Plus LLC, doing business as Batteries Plus Bulbs, leased 1,423 square feet of retail space at 6740 W. State St., Colliers International reported.
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The city of Boise is proposing a memorial in Julia Davis Park to honor the lives of three Idaho Army National Guardsmen who died last month.
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jesse Anderson, Chief Warrant Officer 3 George “Geoff” Laubhan, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Peltzer died in a Blackhawk crash during a routine training mission east of Boise. The memorial to them would be located off the Boise River Greenbelt next to the river.
Officials expect to spend $75,000 from the city’s capital fund to build the memorial.
Meridian
Kuna Victory is seeking to build a core and shell for a 10-bay, 2-story building that will offer office space and a mix of uses, according to city filings.
It will be 27,465 square feet and located at 2918 S. Meridian Road.
BuildZoom first reported the application.
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Copium Investments is seeking to build a 21,175-square-foot flex-space building on 1.4 acres at 700 N. Ralstin St.
BuildZoom first reported the application.
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Star
Papa Murphy’s, the bake-it-yourself pizza chain, has leased 1,500 square feet of retail space at 9651-9911 W. State St., Suite C, Building 2, Colliers International reports.
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Nampa
Darigold Inc. will move its Nampa warehouse operations into a new industrial building going up on former farmland at Adler Industrial LLC’s Northside Industrial Park at 16570 Northside Blvd., north of Interstate 84 and the Amalgamated Sugar plant.
Adler, of Boise, said it has leased 84,000 of the 140,000-square-foot building to Darigold, the marketing and processing subsidiary of Northwest Dairy Association, which is owned by over 350 dairy farm families in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
The new site will allow for additional storage of milk from Darigold’s Boise plant, Adler said in a news release.
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Boise Wings LLC leased 1,260 square feet of retail space at 1451 Caldwell Blvd., Colliers International Idaho reported.
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Eagle
J&M Land and M2 Land, companies registered to Steve Weeks, and Cabra Creek, a company registered to Robert Shappee of Meridian, are asking the city of Eagle to annex and rezone 388 acres at 4012 N. Hartley Road and 5802 W. Beacon Light Road for a big residential development.
The land would be rezoned from RR, Ada County’s rural residential designation, to R-A-DA, Eagle’s residential-estates designation that requires a development agreement.
It’s not clear how many homes could be on the land. Planning recommendations estimate 0.48 dwelling units per acre, or about one home every 2 acres. The development would include trails and other features.
The Eagle City Council plans a public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. The meeting will be held at Eagle City Hall, but testimony will be accepted only remotely via WebEx. For more information, visit cityofeagle.org/1698/virtual-meetings.
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Caldwell
Construction of Caldwell’s third fire station has been completed at 11945 Skyway St., north of the Caldwell Industrial Airport.
The 9,000-square-foot Station No. 3 will serve the area east of Interstate 84.
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Notable
Would you use a high-capacity transit system, such as light or commuter rail, if it were offered between Boise and Caldwell?
More than 11,700 people responded to a survey by the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho asking that question in January and February. According to Compass:
▪ 39% of respondents said they would use high-capacity transit primarily to get to work or school, while 32% would use it primarily for social events or a night out.
▪ Stop locations (41%) and schedule (25%) would be the most important factors in a choice to use high-capacity transit.
▪ 92% would support or use high-capacity transit at least occasionally if it met their needs; 6% would neither use it nor support it. The remaining 2% indicated they would need more information to answer.
“The process to plan and build a high-capacity transit system takes decades,” Compass Associate Planner Rachel Haukkala said in a news release. “While the survey results were predominantly in favor of high-capacity transit, it will still be many years before final decisions are made or a system is in place. Any future plans would include significant additional public input and would need public support for funding.”
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Mark Lavin, director of Boise’s Planning and Development Services Department, will resign this month to “embrace new possibilities in the private sector,” the city announced in a news release.
The city will conduct a nationwide search for his replacement, which is tasked with managing the department’s four divisions: building, planning, housing and community development, and operations and administration.
“Under Mark’s leadership we have taken steps toward addressing the issue of affordable housing and helped care for our most vulnerable residents, but this work is far from over,” Mayor Lauren McLean said in the release.
Kelcey Stewart, the city’s former director of human resources, will oversee the department until a new director is chosen.
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