Houses in Boise, Meridian. Townhouses, apartments. A rebuilt bridge. Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Meridian
Developer Mike Homan seeks to build 41 houses on 10 acres near the southeast corner of Meridian Road and Chinden Boulevard.
The Friendship Subdivision would be located at 6168 N. Elk Ranch Lane. The subdivision is planned to be in between existing subdivisions and would match the style of those subdivisions, the developer said in the application.
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The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear the proposal at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, in City Council chambers.
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Amerco Real Estate Co. applied to build a U-Haul moving and storage store near the northwest corner of Overland and Locust Grove roads.
The U-Haul store would consist of self-storage, U-Haul truck and trailer sharing and related retail sales.
The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear the proposal at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in City Council chambers.
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A Mister Car Wash is planned near the northeast corner of McMillan and Ten Mile roads.
The developer, Joseph Pienezza, seeks to build the 5,381-square-foot “tunnel car wash” at 4891 N. Cortona Way. The car wash would be a 5,381 square foot “tunnel car wash,” the application said.
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Boise
A home-building company is making plans to build 42 single-family homes 3750 S. Maple Grove Road in Southwest Boise near West Junior High School.
In its application, Hayden Homes Idaho LLC requests the annexation and rezoning of nearly 8 acres for a 47-lot subdivision. It would feature 42 buildable lots and five common lots.
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Ben Semple, a landscape architect with Rodney Evans + Partners, representing Cook Brothers Construction, has applied to build 17 townhouses at 2315 S. Broadway Ave.
The proposal for the Wyeth Acres Subdivision requests a rezone of property from single-family residential to medium density residential. It also calls for the retention and renovation of the existing historic home on the property and roadway, site and landscape improvements.
The application states “bonus density for the adjacent public transit line is being pursued to allow up to 20 units per acre.”
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Kevin Schalk, of Glancey-Rockwell Associates, an architectural firm representing a developer, is applying to build 16 apartments in three buildings at 1428 N. Etheridge Lane.
The Etheridge Lane Apartments project is planned to have one two-story four-plex and two three-story six-unit apartment buildings.
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The Gowen Road Bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Interstate 84 has reopened to traffic, the Ada County Highway District reports.
The bridge replaces one built in 1941 and serves commuters to the Gowen Field Air National Guard base. Construction is expected to continue until spring, but two lanes are open.
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The Boise City Council has scheduled a public hearing on a proposal to establish fees to regulate short-term rentals such as Airbnbs.
The hearing is scheduled during the council meeting starting at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd.
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Around Idaho
A new apartment development in Hailey, south of Ketchum and Sun Valley, will add 60 affordable rental homes in Blaine County, the Idaho Housing and Finance Association says.
Blaine Manor consists of two buildings with 30 apartments each on a former hospital site. One caters to families, the other to seniors.
The apartments are the work of several partners, including Idaho Housing and Finance, The Housing Co., ARCH Community Housing Trust, Blaine County and the city of Hailey.
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Notable
The Idaho Community Foundation says it has chosen Steve Burns, former director of Zoo Boise, to lead the foundation starting in January.
Burns led Zoo Boise for 16 years, first as executive director of Friends of Zoo Boise and then as director of Zoo Boise. He left Idaho in 2017 to lead Utah’s Hogle Zoo and returned to Idaho in 2021.
Burns succeeds Karen Biloweth, who left the foundation lead the Erie Community Foundation in Pennsylvania effective Oct. 1.
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The three-member Idaho Public Utilities Commission has chosen Eric Anderson as its new president.
Anderson will replace Paul Kjellander, who is retiring from state service at the end of this month, the PUC said Dec. 28 in a news release.
Anderson has been a commissioner since December 2015 when former Gov. Butch Otter appointed him. He was appointed to his second term in January 2019 by Gov. Brad Little. Previously, Anderson served five terms in the Idaho House, from 2004 to 2014, representing the Priest Lake area in North Idaho.
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