Idaho’s 3rd-highest building (it’s time to weigh in). Houses. Condos. Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Garden City
The Garden City Design Review Committee has scheduled a public hearing to discuss a proposed 18-story building that would be constructed at 510 E. 41st St., making it the third tallest building in Idaho at 252 feet.
Michael Talbott, managing partner of Vida Enterprises in Boise, said the project would be called Boardwalk Residences.
The building would mostly consist of 111 condominiums and ground-floor commercial space. Garden City’s City Council had previously approved a plan for nine floors in 2020. The new plan would double that height.
The meeting is set for 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16, in the Garden City City Council Chambers.
Meridian
Corey Barton, with Challenger Development, applied to build a 227-house subdivision to be called Briar Ridge Subdivision, a mix of town houses and single-family homes.
The project, proposed on the west side of Meridian Road between Amity and Lake Hazel roads, would cover nearly 40 acres.
The project includes 123 single-family homes and 104 town houses.
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The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission will hear the proposal at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at Meridian City Hall.
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Doug Tamura is proposing to annex a property into Meridian to permit development of a mix of residential and commercial buildings, including offices.
Tamura is requesting the city of Meridian annex his mostly undeveloped 17.8 acre property at 104 W. Cherry Lane, at the northwest corner of Fairview Avenue and Cherry Lane.
Tamura’s application says any future building proposals would have to go to the Meridian City Council for approval. After being annexed, the property would be included in the city’s potential new urban renewal district, Northern Gateway.
The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear the proposal at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Meridian City Hall.
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Trevor Gasser, of GFI-Meridian Investments LLC, applied to build a Burger King at 6211 N. Ten Mile Road.
The restaurant would have a drive-through, 2,910 square feet and 37 parking spaces.
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hear the application at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16 at Meridian City Hall.
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Burlington has submitted plans to open a store inside the old Toys ‘R’ Us building at The Village at Meridian.
The clothing store, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, would take up about half of the building at 2070 N. Eagle Road.
Outdoor and clothing retailer Sierra opened in the other half of the building, located next to Marshalls department store, in May.
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Boise
Dave Evans Construction has applied to build two identical condominium buildings on two adjoining Harris Ranch properties at 4250 and 4184 E. Haystack St.
Named The Paddock and The Cut, they would contain 30 condos ranging from studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms, three-bedrooms and a shared area.
The three-floor condo buildings would have 41,743 square feet each. Parking would include 40 off-street stalls, 18 on-street stalls, 18 outdoor bicycle parking spaces and 30 indoor bicycle spaces.
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In 1961, Boise built a bomb shelter, known as the Highlands Community Fallout Shelter, to protect families in the event of a Cold War nuclear bomb. Built using federal funds, it was the first fallout shelter in the country.
While luckily no one ever needed to live in it, some might now live over it. Boise Bomb Shelter LLC, owned by Jon Farren, has applied to build six condos atop the shelter at 600 W. Curling Drive, with associated garages and surface parking.
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Sydney Walden of Erstad Architects has applied to build a new Del Taco restaurant at the corner of S. Vista Avenue and W. Elder Street.
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Toll Brothers, a New York company specializing in luxury home building, is taking orders for houses in its 469-house subdivision named Heirloom Ridge,.
The 171-acre subdivision, near Pollard Lane south of Floating Feather Road, will be made up of one-story and two-story luxury single-family homes, ranging from 1,586 to 3,104 square feet. Prices will start in the low $500,000s.
Those interested can now buy one of 13 available home styles. Toll Brothers plans to begin constructing its on-site model homes and sales center this fall.
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New Path Community Housing’s annual evaluation says the homelessness project has now saved the community $2.7 million and reduced residents’ need for emergency services by 60% over the past two years.
New Path is a Housing First project that provides apartments to people experiencing chronic homelessness. It prioritizes people who have cost the community the most money. Forty-eight residents live in the Boise apartment that opened in November 2018 at 2200 W. Fairview Ave.
Including jail time, paramedic services, mental health and substance abuse services, emergency room care, in-patient hospital stays and arrest costs, each resident of Boise’s New Path had cost the community an average of $77,108 per year before receiving housing, said the Idaho Policy Institute report.
Boise was named one of three “millennial magnets” by Business Facilities, a trade publication, along with Hartford, Connecticut, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Millennials are people born between 1981 and 1996.
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Vacation rental company Vacasa plans a public stock offering this fall.
The Portland company, whose founder grew up in Boise and which maintains an office here, plans a public offering that values the company at $4.5 billion. That would make the company one of Oregon’s most highly valued companies.
Vacasawas founded in 2009 and now manages 30,000 rentals in the United States and abroad, up from 26,000 a year ago.
This story was originally published August 4, 2021 at 4:00 AM.
