Coffee, tea, pizza and soda shops. New subdivisions and apartments. Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
J Fischer Cos. seeks design review approval for its plan for its affordable-apartment development at 313 S. Orchard St.
The project, which will contain 205 apartments along with thousands of square feet of retail space, is on the former site of the Franklin School. The development is planned to have 71 one-bedroom units, 113 two-bedroom units and 21 three-bedrooms, according to city filings, and 6,000 square feet of retail space.
It’s part of a city initiative to bring more housing, particularly more affordable housing, to Boise. Most of the units are designed to accommodate individuals making 60% of the area median income, filings show. Area median income depends on family size, but Jake Wood, a partner in J. Fisher Cos., estimated during a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting in December that it would typically mean someone earning between $35,000 and $40,000 annually.
About four-fifths, or 160, of the apartments would rent at affordable rates. The rest would rent at market rates.
Boise’s Design Review Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14. Attend in person at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., or online at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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JRS Properties III, a business associated with the Simplot family, is seeking to build 270 apartments at 2454 E. Gowen Road, not far from Columbia Village, which another Simplot family business developed.
Filings for the project show the developer also plans to build 26 townhouses with garages, a clubhouse and a pool. Other amenities include barbecue stations and a dog park.
The project is near the Boise Airport. In filings, the developer says the project would be outside a zone that would regularly experience loud noise from the airport.
Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, April 12. Attend in person at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., or online at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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CBH Homes seeks to build hundreds of houses on 110 acres off East Columbia Road in Boise.
According to city filings, the final plat for the subdivision, Rush Valley, was approved by the City Council for 70 lots after concerns that emergency crews would be unable to access the development without new roads. Rush Valley had received preliminary approval for 412 lots in 2017.
Now the developer is seeking to build an access road.
Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing on the road at 6 p.m. Monday, April 12. Attend in person at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., or online at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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Marquis Development Group, an LLC registered to Chomo Santana of Boise, seeks to build a subdivision with 17 houses and four common lots just off Warm Springs Avenue in the Barber Valley neighborhood.
The Hermosa Hills Subdivision would be located at 2350 S. Pheasant Lane.
Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 12. Attend in person at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., or online at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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James Patterson of Boise is seeking to build the Wichita Subdivision, with 16 houses and two common lots on 5.7 acres at 9362 W. Wichita St.
Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, April 12. Attend in person at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., or online at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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The city of Boise is looking to create an administrative review process for demolishing structures outside design review and historic district overlays.
The council is scheduled to hold a hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 6. Attend in person at Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., or online at cityofboise.org/virtual-meetings.
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JM Teahouse seeks a permit for improvements to a 1,253-square-foot shop at 1226 S. Broadway Ave. The space was formerly used as an office.
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Walmart seeks a permit to create an online-pickup storage area in a vacant food court space at its store at 8300 W. Overland Road. The space would take up 2,413 square feet.
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The Family Residency of Idaho Inc. leased 5,281 square feet of office space at 6550 W. Emerald St., Suites 108, 112 & 116, Colliers International Idaho reported.
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Wild Phyllis Bakery seeks an occupancy permit at 12646 W. Fairview Ave. Phyllis is the name of the bakery’s sourdough starter. The space was previously occupied by Hello Dinner.
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En4 Beauty seeks an occupancy permit for a salon 9302 W. Overland Road.
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Timberline Massage Therapy seeks an occupancy permit for a clinic at 820 S. Latah St., Suite 109.
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Meridian
Randalls Inc. leased 1,362 square feet of retail space at 3085 E. Ustick Road and 1.1 acres of land at the corner of Ten Mile Road and Chinden Boulevard for two Dutch Bros. coffee shops, Colliers International Idaho reports.
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Eyemart Express LLC leased 3,500 square feet of retail space at 6308 N. Linder Road, Colliers International Idaho reports.
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Whiting Fitness and Train with Rev LLC leased 4,295 square feet of retail space at 2120 E. Fairview Ave., Colliers International Idaho reports.
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Ada County
Trae and Johanna Buchert, the owners of Dude Dewalt Cellars, a boutique winery in the Eagle Foothills, seek to build a larger production and storage center and an additional tasting room.
The production space would be about 10,000 square feet. Equipment storage and material storage would each get 4,000-square-foot spaces.
A 3,000-square-foot tasting room would be built be 2026, according to planning documents, to accommodate more people than the 39 who can occupy the current room.
The Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission approved the expansion, but John and Chris Fiorino have applied to appeal the decision based on concerns that the new center would be close to their property and home.
The Ada County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14 in the main hearing room at 200 W. Front Street in Boise.
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Eagle
Flying Pie Pizzeria leased 2,560 square feet of retail space at the site of a former Pizza Hut at 398 S. Eagle Road, Cushman & Wakefield Pacific reports.
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Star
Slurp & Burp Sodas LLC leased 1,800 square feetof retail space at the corner of Plummer Way and State St., Colliers International Idaho reports.
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Around Idaho
A Utah supply-chain company, Savage, says it is starting to build Idaho’s first intermodal rail terminal in Pocatello.
The Savage Railport – Southern Idaho will help Idaho farmers by providing an alternative to trucks for shipping containerized hay and other agricultural commodities to Asia and other world markets, Savage said in a news release. The terminal is expected to be operational this year.
Savage teams will place loaded containers onto rail cars that Union Pacific will take to Northwest Seaport Alliance ports in Tacoma and Seattle.
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Want to buy a winery? The Idaho Business Review reports that two Idaho wineries totaling about 80 acres of vineyards and other amenities are up for sale, but not because either business is struggling, according to the owners.
Lindsay Creek Vineyards in Lewiston is listed at $3 million, and Y Knot Winery in Glenns Ferry is listed at $3.5 million.
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Notable
Gasoline prices keep rising. Boise gas prices rose risen 4.5 cents per gallon in one week, averaging $3.14/g on Monday, March 29,, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 216 stations in Boise.
The average was 49.4 cents higher than a month ago and 75.7 cents higher than a year ago, but 35 cents lower than 10 years ago.
Consumer demand for gasoline has reached its highest level since the pandemic began a year ago, so prices may keep rising this spring, “so long as COVID-19 cases don’t jump along with it and lead to new travel restrictions,” said Patrick DeHaan, Gas Buddy’s head of petroleum analysis, in a news release.
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