More houses in booming Star. A slowdown on Boise’s 13th Street. What’s coming near you
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
A new downtown office building is planned at 113 S. 5th Street.
The 6,302-square-foot building is expected to cost nearly $3 million. It would be developed by Capitol Partners and deChase Miksis, who also were part of the construction of the Lucy and Thomas Logan apartment buildings on the same block.
The Capital City Development Corp., Boise’s urban renewal agency, agreed to pay $219,317 to reimburse the developers’ cost of an alleyway upgrade; underground utilities; improved sidewalks including landscaping with trees, shrubbery and awnings; and a new power transformer and conduit that would serve the block.
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Boise will have to wait a little longer to see the promised “The Pale Blue Dot” downtown art installation.
The Capital City Development Corp., Boise’s urban renewal agency, voted to extend the artwork’s timeline because of material and fabrication delays. Originally planned for a 2021 unveiling, it is now expected to be installed next summer.
The $90,000 installation would show blue human figures toward a blue disk, evoking Idaho’s rock climbers and watering holes.
Financed by the development corporation, the 3D piece would be located on the side of the parking garage attached to the Home2Suites by Hilton Boise Downtown. It is planned for the the outside wall of the six-story garage’s stairway on the northwest corner of Front and 5th streets.
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Two new subdivisions are another step closer to making a home in West Boise.
The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of two subdivisions with a combined 25 houses and rezonings of 13 acres on 12371 and 12553 W Goldenrod Ave.
The property is owned by Neal Collett, who submitted the application along with Leaves 99 Investments, an Eagle company.
The proposal, if approved by the City Council, would have two units consisting of 12 and 13 single-family homes, respectively. It would change the zoning of the area from an open lands designation to a suburban land use.
Multiple people spoke against the proposal at the commission’s meeting Monday, Oct. 11, particularly about the removal of open-land zoning.
“I am vehemently opposed,” Marcene Taylor said. “If this was on my street, if one of my neighbors wanted to redevelop, I would absolutely fight against it.”
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North End drivers, take note: The Ada County Highway District wants you to slow down on 13th Street.
ACHD’s staff just recommended that the district’s board award a contract for improvements including bulb-outs at five points on 13th Street between Fort Street and Hill Road, plus a flashing beacon at Resseguie adjacent to North Junior High School for pedestrian safety. The bulb-outs would be at Resseguie, Sherman, Heron, Hazel and Bella streets.
The contract would be awarded to the sole bidder, Peak Concrete, which bid almost $902,000 — about $186,000 more than the engineer’s estimate.
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The Greater Boise Auditorium District has purchased 3.7 acres at 3587 S. Findley Ave. in Boise., TOK Commercial reports.
The district decided in June to spend $5 million from its hotel room-tax revenue to build an competitive-swimming center on the site. The amount included $1.9 million to buy the property.
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Western Aircraft says it has completed the first phase of its $17 million expansion with the opening of a new hangar adjoining the Boise Airport.
The 53,000-square-foot hangar is part of the 93,000-square-foot addition to the aircraft repair company’s existing 18-acre leasehold in Boise.
Construction is expected to continue until the end of the year on an adjoining building with 40,000 square feet for avionics and interiors shops and administration offices.
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Idaho Central Credit Union has opened its 43rd branch, at 8150 W. Ustick Road. It has about 7,600 square feet and two drive-thru lanes.
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Star
Toll Southwest LLC is proposing 284 new homes on Floating Feather Drive in Star.
The subdivision, Milestone Ranch, would be located on the northwest corner of Floating Feather and Idaho 16. The proposed subdivision would abut the River Birch Golf Course.
The subdivision would be on 70 acres of what is now agricultural land.
The single-family homes would range from 4,738 square feet to 11,431 square feet. The subdivision would also have duplex homes that range from 3,906 square feet to 9,172 square feet.
The subdivision would have common areas and two pocket parks.
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Adam Barker, of the development group 6794 SH 44 LLC, is hoping to build single-family houses, live/work homes, and commercial and light industrial buildings off State Street in Star.
The project, located at 6794 W. State Street, would include 46 single-family homes, six live/work units, two commercial buildings and four light-industrial buildings.
The goal of the project is “to provide the flexibility to have light-manufacturing, live-work units, and highway commercial,” the application letter said.
“The common threads that emerged from the (Comprehensive Plan) update process included the lack of light-manufacturing and creative space in the city and the city’s desire to become a diverse and thriving community, not just a bedroom community for the Treasure Valley,” the application letter said. “Therefore, the applicant set out to create a project that would address these needs and provide a development with a high-quality of life for its residents.”
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Meridian
PPHC Heron Property, a development company based in Eugene, Oregon, is hoping to build two new apartment buildings to add on to the existing Heron Village Apartments on the southeast corner of North Meridian Road and East Blue Heron Drive.
Heron Village now has five buildings and 108 apartments. The developer is hoping to add two more buildings and 36 apartments on 5.5 acres.
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Mister Car Wash. bought 57,499 square feet of land at the northwest corner of Ten Mile and McMillan roads, Cushman & Wakefield Pacific reports.
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Skechers shoe store leased 9,053 square feet at 2170 N. Eagle Road, Cushman & Wakefield Pacific reports. It will be the company’s only store in Idaho.
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Baby Maven Boutique LLC leased 2,260 square feet of retail space in Centrepoint, 3648 Centrepoint Way, TOK Commercial reports.
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Nampa
Pedcor Investments, a Carmel, Indiana, developer of apartments, has purchased 18.7 acres at 1512 12th Avenue Road, TOK Commercial reports.
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Caldwell
Diamond Peak Gymnastics LLC, a Caldwell gym business, bought 0.8 acres on East Homedale Road, TOK Commercial reports.
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Notable
Commercial land is selling for an average of $488,471 per acre in Ada County and $348,586 per acre in Canyon County, Colliers Idaho says in its latest land report.
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Gasoline prices in the Rocky Mountain region have dropped slightly, while prices in other regions have risen sharply in response to $80-per-gallon crude oil, AAA Idaho says.
But Idaho’s prices remain the sixth-highest in the nation (just below Oregon’s) at $3.72 per gallon on average, down one cent from a week earlier but up $1.34 from this time a year ago, the auto club said Monday, Oct. 11. In Boise, the average is $3.84.
“If fuel demand plummets with the temperatures this fall, gas prices in the Rockies region, including here in Idaho, may trend down,” said Matthew Conde, AAA Idaho’s public affairs director, in a news release.
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Chris Parish has been selected as the new CEO and president of The Peregrine Fund.
Parish has worked for the Boise-based nonprofit since November 2000, leading its California Condor recovery program in northern Arizona and southern Utah. He succeeds Rick Watson, who worked for the organization for more than 30 years and retired in July.
The Peregrine Fund was founded in 1970 to restore the Peregrine falcon, which was removed from the U.S. Endangered Species List in 1999. That success encouraged the organization to expand its focus and apply its experience and understanding to raptor conservation efforts on behalf of more than 100 species in 65 countries worldwide.
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This story was originally published October 14, 2021 at 8:20 AM.
