Lots of apartments. A Starbucks, a soda shop. Changes to Boise Depot. Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, housing and other construction projects, and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Meridian
Ball Ventures Ahlquist, Power Engineers Inc. and ESI Construction plan to build another office building at the Eagle View Landing development in Meridian.
The Power Engineers building would have 150,000 square feet of office space at the southeast corner of Eagle Road and Interstate 84. It’s in the same development where Topgolf, an arcade-style driving range, is being built.
Power is a global consulting engineering firm and plans to occupy 120,000 square feet of the building.
Eagle View Landing is Ball Venture Ahlquist’s 73-acre development with space for offices, retail and plans to include two hotels and nearly 400 multifamily housing units.
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Henry Rudolph, the owner of the development company 10 Mile Franklin LLC applied to build 126 apartments on Ten Mile Road near Garrity Boulevard.
The Outerbanks Flats would have three four-story buildings with 42 apartments each at 249 S. Ten Mile Road. One building would have 50,781 square feet and the other two 45,611 square feet each, according to the permit.
Build Zoom reported the filings.
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Glenn Walker of ADP Boise, an architecture company, applied to build 60 town house-style apartments near Overland and Cloverdale roads.
The apartments would be located at 1766 Movado Way. According to the application, four buildings would have eight apartments each, four would have six apartments each, and one would have four apartments. Two buildings would have garages.
Walker also applied to build a club house for the project.
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Biltmore Company LLC applied to build an office building at 4667 N. Summit Way, near McMillan and Meridian roads.
The building would have 5,862 square feet, the application said. It would include 12 offices, a conference room, reception area, rest rooms and work area.
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Mike Brown Real Estate Group applied to build a two-story office building.
The building would have about 20,000 square feet, according to the permit. It would be at 4120 N. Linder Road near the intersection with McMillan Road.
Build Zoom reported the filing.
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Slurp & Burp Sodas LLC, whose president is Brittney Stronks, of Eagle, leased 2,041 square feet of retail space at 3371 N. Eagle Road, Cushman & Wakefield reports.
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Dough Boys Ventures LLC leased 1,527 square feet of retail space at 6500 N. Linder Road, Suite 112, for a children’s hair cutting business named Cookie Cutters, Colliers reports.
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Boise
The City Council has approved a change to permit the construction of 122 apartments in Northwest Boise. The council approved a rezoning of nearly six acres to allow for the development at 8475 W. Limelight St.
Gem State Planning, a consulting firm representing a developer, promises pedestrian and bike connectivity, as well as a multi-use path along State Street, which it borders.
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The City Council also approved a smaller rezoning on another Northwest Boise property to allow for the building of 70 apartments.
Construction of part of that development, called Limelight Village, is already nearing completion, with several buildings planned to be finished later this summer, said Scott McCormack, the principal at American Pacific Advisors, the developer, at the council meeting.
The approved rezone will allow for McCormack’s company to continue building more units on adjacent property.
Limelight Village and the proposed 122 apartments on Limelight Street properties are near the site of a planned Boise fire station, which is expected to be located along West State Street at the intersection with North Bogart Lane.
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Plans for an apartment building on State Street west of Collister Drive are moving along. Cedar and Sage Homes 3 LLC applied to build 48 apartments in a four-story building at 5102 W. State St.
Sixteen of those apartments would be studios, 16 would be one-bedrooms and 16 would be two-bedrooms. Plans called for building 48 parking spots and 48 bicycle spaces. The building would have a single access from State Street, the application says.
Cedar and Sage Homes 3 LLC is based in Eagle, the application says. The company’s registered agent is Richard Cook, according to a filing with the the Idaho secretary of state.
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A new Starbucks could be coming near the Boise Airport.
Pentad Retail/Hospitality’s Frederick Barth is listed as the development’s applicant. The Starbucks would be at 2730 W. Airport Way, the site of a former U.S. Bank building, just east of South Vista Avenue near the entrance to the airport’s campus.
Barth is proposing a 2,500-square-foot building with a drive-thru. The bank building would be demolished.
There would also be a “park and ride component” to help people get to the airport, the filing with the city says.
Barth held a pre-application conference with city planner Delanie Garlick. Barth would be applying for a conditional use permit.
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Another mural could be added to Inspiration Alley, behind the Oliver Russell building on 11th Street.
The alley already has murals of Malala Yousafzai, Maya Moore, Colin Kaepernick and Dolores Huerta. According to a GoFundMe page raising money to expand the murals, several famous figures were candidates for the expanded murals.
An application was filed with the city to add to the paintings. One portion of the mural would be on the east side of the Oliver Russell building facing 11th Street, while another would be on the west side facing a parking lot, the application said.
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Repairs are being planned for the historic Boise Depot, the former train station that overlooks Capitol Boulevard.
The Spanish-style building opened in 1925 and is operated by the Boise Parks and Recreation Department.
Concrete columns show “visible damage,” according to a tenant improvement application filed with the city. After further investigation, “additional damage was assessed, and columns will need to be supplemented with auxiliary steel columns in two locations.”
The Boise Depot building can be rented for events.
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Construction at the newly named Primrose Park, in Northwest Boise, is moving ahead.
On Tuesday, July 12, the Boise City Council approved the appropriation of $450,000 to fund the building of a playground, shelter, fitness area and open area on the grounds, according to the agenda from a work session. The funds are expected to be paid for by impact fees, which developers pay for new projects.
While the city’s Parks and Recreation Department initially intended for the funds to be appropriated in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, supply-chain issues caused the department to rethink its plans.
The department would like to “begin purchasing items for the park – many of which have a long lead-times due to supply chain disruptions,” according to the agenda.
The council also approved a contractor’s purchase of “playground and shelter equipment” for $334,938.
The park will be located at 6020 North Gary Lane.
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A new restaurant could be coming to Boise’s Barber Valley.
An application with the city calls for a one-story, 4,646-square-foot restaurant with a new kitchen dining area and bar. The project includes site improvements like an outdoor patio and landscaping. It would be at 3083 E. Barber Valley Drive.
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Two Boise companies, Proud Source Water and Pie-O-Neer Pies, made a deal to sell their items to Walmart customers.
The companies were among over 1,000 businesses across the country that participated in an open-call pitch for product placement on Walmart or Sam’s Club shelves, online at Walmart.com or on Walmart Marketplace, a site for third-party sales. According to a news release from Walmart, the latest open call event was its largest ever.
This story was originally published July 14, 2022 at 4:00 AM.
