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The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Caldwell
A developer, deChase Miksis Development, has broken ground on a five-story building with 142 apartments in downtown Caldwell.
The apartment building will have surface parking and residential living above. The property will have amenity spaces and about 7,500 square feet of retail space above, a news release said.
The building will be located on the corner of Main and 6th streets.
Boise
Brandon McDougald met with city planners to discuss a proposal to build 112 apartments in a 46-foot-high building at 5522 W. Franklin St.
The building would have 48 one-bedroom units, 40 two-bedrooms and 24 one-bedrooms.
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A developer wants to convert an assisted-living center on the Boise Bench into an apartment building.
Erstad Architects sketched plans in advance of a neighborhood meeting to discuss the proposed renovation of the Arbor Village at Hillcrest at 1093 S. Hilton St., south of Cassia Street and west of Orchard Street.
The plans call for combining some of the building’s 115 units, resulting in 77 apartments.
Erstad’s filings with the city of Boise did not identify the developer.
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Sterling Homes, Inc. is seeking a permit for the final plat of 18 single-family homes on about four acres at 9435 W. Overland Road.
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The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights has begun construction of the Wassmuth Education Center, a two-story building at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial along the Boise River downtown.
The Micron Foundation donated $250,000 for the building and will help promote the center’s programs, the Wassmuth Center said in a news release.
“Following the vandalism of the Anne Frank Memorial in December 2020, the Micron Foundation and the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights united and spoke out against hate crimes in the community,” Wassmuth Center Executive Director Dan Prinzing said in the release. “This partnership is built on our aligned commitment to promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education and foster individual responsibility to work for peace and justice.”
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The Idaho Outdoor Fieldhouse is seeking a building permit and a permit for its equipment facility.
The fieldhouse, at 3179 E. Barber Valley Drive, is being designed for veterans and disabled athletes.
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Sawtooth Development hopes to build a business center at 8710 S. Pleasant Valley Road to be used for light manufacturing, warehouse storage and distribution.
The company is requesting about 80 acres to be annexed into Boise. Sawtooth Development wants both parcels to change from a rural preservation zone to a light industrial zone in order to create the Boise Airport Business Center.
One of the first proposed buildings is planned to be leased by St. Luke’s Health System for warehousing and distribution of medical supplies throughout Idaho.
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Papa Pita, a West Jordan, Utah, company, is seeking a permit to build two industrial buildings at 8863 S. Federal Way.
The two buildings would be available for lease to multiple tenants. The intended use is for flexible office warehouse space.
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The Ada County Highway District applied for design review of a $7.6 million project to improve State Street for several blocks downtown.
The plan calls for installing new pedestrian ramps, replacing asphalt pavement with concrete pavement, building accessible pedestrian signals that include buttons, installing new traffic signals, and adding bioretention curb extensions.
The work would be done on State Street from 2nd to 16th streets and on 9th Street between Bannock and State streets.
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In a Dec. 8 presentation to the Ada County Highway District board, Senior Transportation Planner Brooke Green explained three concepts to renovate Collister Drive, which stems off of State Street, in northeast Boise.
The possible designs featured the creation of sidewalks, bike lanes and multi-use pathways. The concepts were scheduled to be presented to the public during the second Collister virtual open house from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16. Go to achd.idaho.gov and search for “Collister Drive Study.”
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David Kim applied to open a Taekwondo martial arts studio at 301 W. Parkcenter Blvd.
The current building was previously a U.S. Bank building and the plan is to convert the space.
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T & G Hams LLC has leased 2,654 square feet of retail space in a former Baja Fresh Mexican Grill restaurant at 992 N. Milwaukee St. Cushman & Wakefield Pacific reports.
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Advanced Spectrum Fitness leased 1,884 square feet in the Family Center at Federal Way, 3548 S. Federal Way. Kristen Keen of Meridian is listed as a director in the company’s registration with the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.
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Columbia Physical Therapy leased 1,988 square feet in Victory Plaza, 7421 W. Victory Road.
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Meridian
Dev Co. LLC seeks to build 83 homes on 35.7 acres on Eagle Road, south of Lake Hazel Road.
The Skybreak Subdivision would be located at 3487 E. Adler Hoff Lane and 7020 Eagle Road.
The Meridian City Council is scheduled to hear the proposal at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, in council chambers.
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Challenger Development and Endurance Holdings LLC seek to build 76 homes on nearly 17 acres.
The Southridge South subdivision would be located on the south side of West Overland Road and a quarter mile east of South Ten Mile Road.
The Meridian City Council is scheduled to hear the proposal at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, in council chambers.
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Brighton Corp. seeks to build nine storage buildings and two storage condos on Franklin Road.
The Ten Mile Storage buildings and Ten Mile Storage Condos would be located at 2283 Franklin Road, near the intersection of Eagle Road and Franklin.
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84 Lumber has opened a 33,000-square-foot building-materials store at 1220 W. Franklin Road.
It’s the company’s first Idaho store, with 15 employees hired so far. The company plans to add more workers in 2022.
The company name comes from its headquarters town, Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated village 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.
84 Lumber, which says it’s the largest privately owned building materials supplier in the nation, operates more than 250 stores in 30 states.
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An eye care office, Paramount Eyecare, is proposed at 4642 Penngrove Way.
The building would be 3,316 square feet, according to the application submitted by Jessica Petty, of 12.15 Design.
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Garden City
For those hoping for movable tiny homes in Garden City, a date is set for the next hearing that could make that happen.
The Garden City Design Review Board on Feb. 22 expects to take up a code change proposed by developer Hannah Ball that seeks to legalize movable tiny homes. Movable tiny homes are typically smaller than 400 square feet and built with traditional materials like wood. At the moment, they’re allowed only in RV parks on Ada County land.
Ball advocated for the change when running for Garden City mayor in the November election, which she lost to incumbent John Evans.
Around Idaho
Six state-owned properties near Payette Lake, including two on the lakefront, have sold for a whopping price: an average of $3.7 million dollars per acre.
The parcels, covering 2.3 acres near the Pilgrim Cove Subdivision in McCall sold, for about $5 million over appraised value at an auction held by the Idaho Department of Lands in Eagle, The Star-News in McCall reports. The auction earned $8.4 million for the six vacant lots, more than 2½ times their appraised value of $3.4 million.
The two properties fronting the lake sold for about $5.8 million to a company owned by a Utah family, said Sharla Arledge, a Lands Department spokesperson. A third lot sold to a bidder from Arizona, and the three remaining lots sold to Boise residents, Arledge said. The names of purchasers were not immediately released.
The $8.4 million will help fund public education.
Four unleased endowment land cottage sites remain in the McCall area after last week’s auction, all on Cougar Island in Payette Lake. They are set for auction within five years.
The auction was not related to the Payette Endowment Lands Strategy, a plan adopted earlier this year to dispose of underperforming state endowment lands around McCall. The strategy includes 56 acres in Pilgrim Cove that are known as the “White Pine parcel,” which the plan designates for lease or auction within five to 10 years.
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Schweitzer, the ski resort in the Selkirk Mountains of Idaho’s Panhandle, has purchased and renovated a former assisted living building in nearby Sandpoint to be used as affordable housing for winter and summer seasonal workers.
“In an incredibly challenging real estate market, we were glad we could acquire this property and help ease some of the burden facing our employees,” President and CEO Tom Chasse said in a news release.
The building has eight bedrooms, a communal kitchen, a living room, a rec room, four shower rooms and laundry facilities. Residents must sign agreements to abide by house rules and will be expected to remain in good standing with their housemates, employer and neighbors.
Schweitzer said it expects to announce more affordable-housing projects soon.
This story was originally published December 15, 2021 at 4:00 AM.
