Nearly 1,000 houses. 100s of apartments. Coming near you. Plus: Ketchum housing emergency
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for ALC Architecture, who represent a developer for a four-story building containing 76 apartments at 709 N. Cole Road.
In its letter to the commission, the firm said the project would achieve greater density of residents, which had raised some concerns about traffic from nearby businesses.
“In an effort to slow cross traffic between properties, a stop sign and speed bump are being proposed at the property boundary,” the letter said.
The units will consist of nine one-story apartments and 67 studio apartments.
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Pivot North Architecture is representing a developer proposing a 34,000-square-foot building at the corner of West Lee Street and 11th Street in downtown’s southwest corner, a four-story building with 54 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the top three floors and office space on the ground floor.
Four tenants live in the area, which has undergone numerous developments in recent years. The tenants would be allowed to stay until the start of 2022.
Planners will assist tenants in finding new housing, according to a July 7 letter written by Dean Papé, a partner at developer deChase Miksis.
“I offered to help each tenant find a new home with similar rent,” Papé said.
The property contains eight mobile homes. Options are being explored to move those homes to other areas of the Treasure Valley.
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Cushing Terrell Architecture is seeking a modification to the height, building elevations and site plan for a previously approved development of 125 apartments near the Boise River at 1250 S. Division Ave., nearby Boise State University.
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ALC Architecture, an Eagle firm, is representing a developer seeking a permit for a residential development of 48 multi-family units at 11383 W Fairview Ave.
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NeUdesign Architecture, a Meridian-based firm founded by Jim Escobar, will seek a conditional use permit for a residential development consisting of 12 multi-family units at 805 N. Roosevelt St.
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A for-profit California company, Unitek Learning, has opened nursing schools in Boise and Idaho Falls.
Eagle Gate College, located on the second floor of the Blackeagle Center at 9300 W. Overland Road, offers bachelor’s and masters’ degrees in nursing and programs in practical nursing and medical assisting.
Unitek, a 19-year-old company based in Newport Beach, California, has three Eagle Gate campuses in Utah and eight Unitek campuses in California and in Reno.
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Fort Builder Cowork and Social Spaces has set up a co-working space at the offices of Oliver Russell & Associates, 217 S. 11th St.
The building serves as a collaborative business hub and community gathering place. It’s the second co-working hub for Fort Builder, which opened its original location at 5304 W. State St. last spring.
The building will continue to house Oliver Russell’s advertising employees, who are working partly at the office and partly from home.
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This year’s crop of out-of-state movers coming to Boise have high incomes and bigger rent budgets than ever before, says a new report from Apartment List.
And more new people are moving in: Thirty-one percent of searches in 2021 for Boise listings on the apartment search website came from people outside the area.
Those out-of-town searchers have budgets 9% higher than Boise resident budgets, compared with last year, when they had 3% higher budgets. While looking for new apartments, they have an average monthly budget of $1,377, compared with Boiseans’ $1,259 average.
Apartment List says out-of-state movers are “putting added pressure on already-competitive markets and contributing to rising rent prices across the country.”
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Osman’s Pre-Paid Mobile Store LLC leased 1,035 square feet of retail space at 5016 W. Emerald St., Colliers Idaho reports.
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One of the last large tracts of undeveloped Boise Bench land has hit the market.
Owned by the Simunich family, the 44-acre site is at 2521 W. Victory Road, north of the Boise airport between Victory Road and the New York Canal.
The property has historically been used for farming, but its designation for mixed use means commercial, retail and residential can be built on it.
Bids are due on Aug. 4. No price has been listed. The sale is being handled by Mark Bottles Real Estate Services in Eagle.
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Garden City
South Beck and Baird, represented by landscape architect Jay Gibbons, is requesting approval for 22 attached homes located at 3945, 3949 and 3955 N. Adam St. -
The proposal will go before the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission and Design Review Committee before being heard by the City Council. The first hearing at the Design Review Committee will take place at 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 at the Garden City Council Chambers.
Nampa
Dark Ink Society, a tattoo business, leased 447 square fee of retail space at 1224 1st St. S., Suite 303, Colliers Idaho reports.
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Meridian
Brandon Sheltrown applied to build a two-story, six-unit apartment building within the Modern Craftsman project at Black Cat at 6766 N. Black Cat Road.
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After breaking ground in February on a grocery store at 210 N. Highbrook Way in Star, at the northeast corner of Highbrook Way and State Street, Colliers Idaho reports that Albertsons has started work on a 58,000-square-foot grocery store at the northwest corner of South Eagle and East Amity roads in South Meridian.
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Dwayne Johnson applied to build a two-story public charter school, Gem Prep, at 1925 Lake Hazel Road.
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Ameriben, an employer-benefits service company, has opened its second building in the Ten Mile Crossing development north of Interstate 84 at Ten Mile Road.
The opening contributed to an increase of more than 130,000 square feet of office space in the Treasure Valley in the second quarter of 2021, Colliers Idaho reports.
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Decalcomania, a wall decal manufacturer, will have its Marvel comic products appear in Walmart and Sam’s Club stores after being selected through Walmart’s Open Call competition.
More than 900 small businesses pitched their products to company managers last month, and the Meridian company was one of those chosen. The company had tried for three years to get its products into Walmart stores.
Superheoroes depicted in Decalcomania’s decals including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America. They appear to come off the wall and swing, smash or blasts around a child’s room when activated by a smartphone app.
Kuna
Trilogy Development, Inc. and Gem State Planning are requesting approval for a 247-house subdivision on 76 acres at 2400 N. Meridian Road
The project, Ledgestone Plaza, would include six commercial lots and 22 common lots.
Star
Star River Development LLC is seeking approval from Star City Council for a 266-house subdivision on 59 acres.
The East Star River Ranch Subdivision would include 21 commercial lots and multiple common lots. The property is located at 8874 W. Wildbranch Street and 855 S. Calhoun Place.
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Kent Brown, with Kent Brown Planning, is representing a developer seeking approval for a 252-house subdivision on 130.5 acres.
The Rivermoor Subdivision would include 22 common lots and private streets. The property is located at 7290 N. Stonebriar Lane.
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The Star City Council will hear a proposal for the 125-house subdivision.
Jane Suggs, with Gem State Planning, is representing a developer seeking approval for the Stargazer Subdivision, which includes 10 common lots, on 42 acres at 2987 and 3035 N. Hamlet Lane, and 10820 and 10824 W. New Hope Road.
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The Star City Council will hear a proposal for 63-home subdivision on 10 acres at 551 S. Crystal Springs Lane.
Steve Arnold, with A Team Land Consultants, is representing a developer seeking approval of the Landyn Village Subdivision with 53 residential lots, 10 live/work lots, a future commercial lot and nine common lots and a private street.
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Caldwell
Canyon County commissioners have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for the new $7.6 million Canyon County Fair Expo Building at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 28 at 110 County Fair Ave.
The 45,000-square-foot building would be the newest addition to the Canyon County Fairgrounds and the Caldwell Events Center. A news release said it will have a sleek, modern design and feature include a 30,000-square-foot air-conditioned expo hall, indoor and outdoor meeting spaces, and fair administrative offices.
The building funding and project is part of a partnership between the Fair, City of Caldwell events, the Caldwell Night Rodeo, Simplot Stadium events and the College of Idaho. Construction is expected to be completed in November 2022.
Around Idaho
The Ketchum City Council has passed an emergency ordinance to let some local workers and caregivers occupy recreational vehicles on private property in residential and tourist zoning districts, the Idaho Mountain Express reports.
Ketchum’s decision to let RVs stay for up to six months is similar to one nearly Hailey passed earlier, Idaho News 6 reports. RVs were always allowed on private property in Hailey but not for long periods.
Ketchum city officials and Blaine County residents have been seeking immediate, short-term solutions to the housing crisis in the area. One solution they considered earlier was allowing people to stay in tents at city parks.
Ketchum is considering new restrictions on short-term rental units as one additional solution, Boise State Public Radio reports. The rise in short-term Airbnb and other rentals has reduced the availability of rental housing.
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Hailey-based Power Engineers promoted Jim Haynes, the company’s former chief administrative officer, to CEO. Haynes has worked for the company since 2003. He had worked in his former position for six years.
“Jim leads by example and has demonstrated his thoughtful, strategic leadership style over his 18 years at POWER,” board chair Ron Carrington said in a news release.
Haynes succeeds former CEO Bret Moffett, who led the firm since 2016.
Power Engineers has 2,800 employees in North America, including 820 in Idaho, of which 540 are based in the Treasure Valley. Besides Hailey, the company has an office in Meridian, where most of the executive team is based.
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This story was originally published July 21, 2021 at 4:00 AM.
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