2,000 houses. 2 hotels. Will a 2nd Boise-area city get parking meters? Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, other construction projects and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
Boise developer Roundhouse is moving ahead with its longstanding plans to build 187 apartments west of downtown.
Formerly named Whitewater, the development now will be known as The Avens, according to new filings with the city. The Avens will be located at 2750 and 2724 W. Fairview Ave., southeast of Esther Simplot Park and between Main Street and West Fairview Avenue.
The development would include some affordable housing: six apartments for people earning low incomes and five for people earning very low incomes.
The project appears as two buildings in renderings, but a filing with the city identifies only one. The two parts of the building are connected. A parking garage is planned.
Roundhouse CEO Casey Lynch previously told the Idaho Statesman that the project could spur “a wave of redevelopment” in the West End, the area roughly between the Boise River, the I-184 Connector, and State and 19th streets.
Roundhouse is also pursuing a Passive House designation to align with Boise’s climate goals centered on reducing energy and carbon emissions.
Roundhouse applied for a design review for the development.
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Three buildings with 48 apartments are planned north of the Boise Towne Square mall. An application says the apartments would be built at 7670 W. Emerald St., west of North Cole Road.
Boise-based architect Glancey Rockwell & Associates is listed as the Emerald Apartments’ applicant for a neighborhood meeting list. The property is owned by Eden Investments Inc., whose president has an Eagle address.
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Meridian-based CBH Homes unveiled the first homes available as part of its Locale master-planned community of 2,000 homes in South Boise. It’s the first phase of CBH’s first master-planned community.
The real estate now for sale consists of homes on lots near the southeast corner of West Lake Hazel and South Cole roads. The entire development is planned to have homes, recreational and commercial amenities, a gathering place for events and concerts, a gym, a swimming pool, a playground, schools, parks, a village center and a business campus.
The development is planned to take 10 to 15 years to build.
Home prices range from $514,990 to $949,990, according to listings on Locale’s website.
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The Southern Idaho Conference Association of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church has plans for three buildings with 18 town houses on the grounds of a church at 7777 W. Fairview Ave., west of North Cole Road.
The development, called McPherson Park, would have one eight-unit town house building and two five-unit town house buildings, according to an application filed with the city.
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Darmody Enterprises Ltd. wants to start building 16 apartments at 1428 N. Etheridge Lane, south of West Fairview Avenue in West Boise.
A previous application for a planned-unit development said the Etheridge Apartments would have a two-story four-plex building, and two three-story, six-unit buildings. Last week, an application was filed with the city for a grading permit.
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Another hotel near the Boise airport could be coming soon.
A 122-room WoodSpring Suites has been proposed at 1915 W. Airport Way.
The land is owned by the “Patel Raja & Ila Revocable Living Trust 02/16/17.” Boise-based engineering consultant firm Kimley-Horn and Seattle-based BRR Architecture are representing an unknown developer. There’s an application for a design review hearing, according to filings with the city.
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The City Council will vote on a proposal from Sterling Homes, owned by California resident James Zubillaga, to build a new Southwest Boise subdivision at 9435 W. Overland Road.
Boxelder Creek Subdivision would comprise 18 single-family houses on 4.2 aces.
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California’s Kal Pacific & Associates wants to build an 82,167-square-foot warehouse building. The West Boise warehouse would be at 8852 W. Franklin Road, near the intersection of Franklin and Maple Grove roads.
The building, Maple Grove Outlet, would have four tenant spaces, with each tenant having warehouse space and office and storefront space. The project is scheduled for a design review hearing on June 8.
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Eagle
A 131-room hotel could be going up on the southwest corner of East Plaza Drive and South Palmetto Avenue.
The Marriott Residence Inn would have four-stories on a 4.3 acre lot. MS Hospitality, a Miami and Atlanta-based hospitality group, is the developer, application documents show.
The site would include a 5,000-square-foot restaurant on the corner of Idaho 44 and Palmetto Avenue, the application said.
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An Eagle church wants to build a new building on its property on Floating Feather Road near North Park Lane.
According to the application, the Restored Community Church has outgrown its building where attendees worship and needs a bigger space. The new church building would have 26,818 square feet on 5.5 acres.
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Nampa
Sacramento developer LDK Ventures has broken ground on a three-building industrial center.
The Madison Logistics Center will have 115,000 square feet of space in each building. The project is on 20 acres of land.
Sitting along Madison Avenue between Cherry Lane and Birch Lane in North Nampa, the center is 1.5 miles from the Northside Boulevard and North Franklin Boulevard interchanges on Interstate 84.
McAlvain Construction is working on the project. The first building is expected to be ready for occupancy in January 2023.
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Caldwell
Robert Goodwin, of New Plymouth, wants to build 301 homes, including 192 apartments, in a subdivision with single-family homes, four-plexes, six-plexes and apartment buildings. He also plans to have office, storage and retail space.
The Enclave Subdivision would be located on 45 acres near the intersection of Idaho 55 and Midway Road on the south side of Idaho 55. It would include 19 single-family homes, one duplex, 19 four-plexes, two six-plexes, six apartment buildings, one office building, eight storage spaces and five retail lots.
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Caldwell city officials are discussing potentially putting in parking meters downtown, the city spokesperson said.
City directors and the city engineer are in preliminary discussions about parking meters, Bianca Stevenson, the city spokesperson, said in an email.
The city would hold a public hearing if it decided to put in parking meters, Stevenson said.
Boise is the only city in the Treasure Valley with metered parking.
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Notable
Idaho has set a record for its highest average statewide gasoline price ever, AAA Idaho says.
Gas reached $4.48 per gallon on Monday, May 9, up four cents in one week and seven cents in one month. Idaho’s average was 15 cents higher than the $4.33 national average and the 13th most expensive in the country.
“With Memorial Day and a busy travel season ahead, fuel demand is likely to push pump prices even higher in the coming weeks,” AAA Idaho public affairs director Matthew Conde said in a news release.
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