400+ upscale rental houses. 100s of apartments. Micron’s big annexation. Coming near you
The latest proposed developments, housing and other construction projects, and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Boise
Micron is asking that Boise annex 358 acres of land it owns just east of the memory-chip maker’s headquarters campus at 8000 S. Federal Way so it can build its planned $15 billion fab, or chip-manufacturing plant.
The construction project would include support buildings for employee offices, a warehouse, water treatment and power, the company said in its application to the city.
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Micron announced the fab in September, saying it would bring 2,000 new jobs to the campus and result in an estimated 17,000 new non-Micron jobs in Boise. It would be the first memory microchip fabrication operation built in the U.S. in 20 years, Micron said.
“One of the most exciting aspects of the project is that it will bring chip manufacturing to what is predominately a research and development facility currently,” Micorn’s Paul Marcolina wrote in a letter explaining the application. “This will create new efficiencies and internal synergy by having all aspects of research, design and manufacturing in one location.”
Micron also requested rezoning of 32 acres it already owns.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 14 recommended approval of Micron’s request. The City Council plans a public hearing at its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd.
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Developers plan 358 apartments on 18 acres along Victory Road, east of Vista Avenue and north of Interstate 84.
On Tuesday, the City Council postponed a decision on whether to rezone the real estate at 2521 W. Victory Road to allow the project to go forward. The property is now classified as open land.
Until the project returns to the council, council members plan to get more information about safety improvements planned by the Ada County Highway District along Victory Road after neighbors, including the Vista Neighborhood Association, voiced safety concerns about traffic impacts and about the lack of pedestrian and bike infrastructure.
A Las Vegas company, Morgan Stonehill LLC, is behind the project.
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Boiseans are being asked to weigh in on a developer’s proposal to build a six-story building with 130 apartments on real estate along River Street in downtown’s southwest corner.
As the Idaho Statesman previously reported, Boise developer deChase Miksis is proposing a “market rate” apartment building at 672 S. Ash St. in the Pioneer neighborhood, a part of downtown perhaps best known for its homeless shelters, but where redevelopment is gradually adding apartments and condominiums for middle- and upper-income people.
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The apartments would replace four buildings that have 16 apartments built in 1978 that take up the block along River Street from Ash to 11th streets. The building would be across Ash Street from the historic Erma Hayman House.
A city report notes that the deChase Miksis proposal would “replace 16 naturally occurring affordable units,” so the city proposes to require that 10% of the new units be rented to people earning no more than 100% of the area median income to partially offset that loss. The Idaho Housing and Finance Association uses figures that set 100% in Ada County at $53,938 for a single person and $84,188 for a family of four.
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A parking garage would take up two of the six stories.
You can testify before the Boise Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd.
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Southwest Boise could get a new subdivision off Victory Road.
The subdivision and a request to annex the property into Boise was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission in October, over the opposition of some neighbors.
Trilogy Development Inc., a local developer, plans to build 35 single-family homes at the site, 7735 W. Victory Road.
In a letter, a neighbor, Kristin Inglis, said she has concerns about the housing density and traffic the new subdivision would bring. The subdivision would also include a new public street.
Inglis also raised concerns about drainage and how annexation into Boise would affect other neighborhoods, some of which are unincorporated.
The Boise Parks and Recreation Development has asked the developer to mitigate the removal of 53 existing trees on the site, which also includes an existing single-family home that would be removed, according to memo from city staff members.
The City Council approved the subdivision Tuesday, Nov. 29, with the added condition that a nature pathway connect to a path along Five Mile Creek if one is ever built.
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Plan are moving forward for a new Peking Tokyo Asian Bistro at 3027 N. Cole Road.
The restaurant would be a part of the Idaho Asian Plaza, a Chinatown-style mall at Cole and Ustick roads. The building-permit request was originally filed in 2018.
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A design review application has been submitted for the construction of 22 condominiums with associated site improvements at 4812 E. Barber Valley Drive, near Warm Springs Avenue.
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John Leonard, of the law firm Clark Wardle LLP, has requested a list of neighbors to invite to a meeting to discuss the planned construction of apartments and a hotel at 3635 W. Elder St., just north of Interstate 84 and west of the Vista Avenue interchange.
Ada County
A Utah developer suffered a major defeat in its effort to build a large housing project southwest of Boise.
PEG Cos., in Provo, Utah, wanted to turn an 11-acre parcel at 10975 W. Lake Hazel Road into 130 upscale patio homes for rent, including 50 one-bedroom homes, 63 two-bedroom homes and 17 three-bedroom homes in a mix of detached and attached houses.
Neighbors opposed the plan, saying they need places to shop and dine, not hundreds of additional residents clogging already busy Five Mile and Lake Hazel roads and smaller adjoining streets.
“The residents of this area value a future where they don’t have to drive miles into Boise or Meridian for services and daily errands,” the Southwest Ada County Alliance said in a Facebook post. “They want a walkable community in this corner of Southwest Boise.”
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The city of Boise, whose plans call for eventual annexation of the site, also opposed it, saying the site should be developed with higher-density housing coupled with commercial development.
The project would have required rezoning. Ada County’s Planning and Zoning Commission recommended against that. On Nov. 16, the three-member Ada County Commission unanimously sided with the neighbors.
Outgoing Commission Chair Kendra Kenyon encouraged PEG to try again with a proposal that includes commercial and housing construction.
“We think their product is great,” Kenyon said after the vote. “We think their reputation is great. Let’s see if we can’t come to ... a win-win at some point.”
A PEG spokesperson did not reply to an email asking what the company plans to do.
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See below for PEG’s plans to develop another large rental subdivision in Caldwell.
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More growth is in the works for a large suburban community along Highway 55 north of Boise.
Avimor plans to add 16 residential lots to the Village Center area of the Avimor Planned Community, according to an application to the Ada County Commission.
The property is on the north side of West Avimor Drive, east of North McLeod Way.
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Caldwell
A developer plans to spend $150 million to build 419 upscale rental homes over the next three years in Southeast Caldwell.
PEG Cos. plans to develop 40 acres of what is now farmland at 4107 Laster Lane, between Lake Avenue and Nampa-Caldwell Boulevard, and name the development Alante Homes at Spring Run. Alante is a PEG brand.
The development “will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom patio homes and duet townhomes, bring a much-needed housing alternative to renters in the area,” PEG said in a news release. “Garnering strong support from the city of Caldwell, the project in September received the final approvals necessary for the annexation of the land into the city and the land-use allowances necessary to accomodate the project.”
PEG, of Sandy, Utah, said it would break ground this fall and expects to open rentals in early 2024. PEG Property Group, the company’s property-management arm, would run them.
See above for the latest on PEG’s plans to develop another large rental subdivision in Southwest Boise.
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Garden City
A proposal to build 76 town houses along Chinden Boulevard in Garden City would bring new residents to the transit corridor.
The Garden City Council has approved the proposal, called Coffey Townhomes, at 8373 W. Chinden Blvd.
In response to some public criticism, the council asked the developers, SRG Holdings LLC, to consider wildlife that uses a nearby water drain in the development’s designs.
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A developer’s plan to replace a small trailer park with a riverfront development has cleared an important hurdle.
Brooklyn Park LLC, a Garden City business whose members include Francis and Daniele Fallon, won the Planning and Zoning Commission’s approval Nov. 16 to change the zoning two-thirds of an acre at 520 E. 40th St. to allow a residential and retail development to be built there.
The site is next to the Greenbelt and next to a bigger development now under construction.
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The parcel shares the same block as a big development by Vida Properties, whose Boardwalk Apartments are now going up, and whose 18-story condo tower is planned.
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The parcel includes 250 feet of river frontage along the Greenbelt, Francis Fallon wrote in a letter to the city. The company bought the property in 2021.
“The location and orientation of this property ... makes it a rare, special and optimal location to further fulfill the city’s long-term vision to ‘evolve as a destination’ and to ‘focus on the river,’ creating ‘a destination; a hub for recreation, entertainment and the arts,’” Fallon wrote.
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Nampa
Homebuilder Corey Barton’s Endurance Holdings LLC seeks to build 62 single-family houses in the No. 1 section of its Middlebury North subdivision on 20.5 acres on Midway Road.
The developer requested final plat approval from the Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission.
The City Council in May approved 467 homes on 121 acres for Middlebury North, which is south of Karcher Road and east of Lake Road. The development would include 221 single-family houses, 45 duplexes and 39 four-plexes, the application said.
The council previously approved Middlebury South.
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KB Homes Idaho LLC, of Los Angeles, seeks to build 40 single-family houses in Phase 1 of the Reflections Edge Subdivision on Railroad Street, bordering the west side of South Happy Valley Road and the south side of East Big Wood River Drive.
The developer requested final plat approval for the nine-acre development from the Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission. A preliminary plat was approved in April.
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Boise’s Hawkins Cos., representing Kennedy Family Ventures LLC, proposes to subdivide a parcel to create new lots where 52 apartments are already under construction on nearly 3 acres in the Broadstone Townhomes Subdivision at 902 S. Fern St.
The development borders Fern Street to the west and a curved portion of Colorado Avenue to the south and east. The new request was set to be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission after a public hearing.
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Meridian
Biscuit & Hogs is expanding, opening a second restaurant in Meridian.
The new restaurant would be located at 6192 Linder Road, near the Linder and Lake Hazel Road intersection. The restaurant is expected to have an outdoor patio, according to the application.
Boomer Godsill opened the first Biscuit & Hogs at 2032 E. Overland Road near the start of the pandemic, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
The latest application was first reported by Build Zoom.
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Paramount Surgery Center, an Eagle-based company, wants to build an ambulatory surgical center in Southeast Meridian.
The 11,500-square-foot building would provide outpatient services at 2264 E. Cinema Drive.
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Meridian opened four new pickleball courts on the northwest corner of Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park at 1900 N. Records Avenue.
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U-Haul plans to build an indoor storage building at 1250 W. Overland Road, according to an application.
The U-Haul Meridian Nine Mile Creek Site would have three stories and 126,000 square feet. The application was first reported by BuildZoom.
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Around Idaho
Grocery Outlet leased 16,000 square feet of space at 1991 S. Substation Road in Emmett, Cushman & Wakefield reported.
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Notable
Recession? What recession? Leasing by retailers in the Boise area remains strong, with nearly a quarter million square feet of retail space leased in the third quarter, reports TOK Commercial.
The 564,000 square feet occupied this year to date already exceeds the total of any previous year, TOK said in its latest quarterly market report.
Tenants are paying more, too. Asking rates are up nearly $1.50 per square foot per year to $19.95, TOK said.
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Business Reporter Angela Palermo contributed.
This story was originally published November 30, 2022 at 4:00 AM.
