Shipping-container homes. Apartments. Cafe Zupas, Biscuit & Hogs. What’s coming near you
The latest proposed developments, housing and other construction projects, and new businesses around Idaho’s Treasure Valley:
Meridian
Brighton Corp. is proposing a large housing development called Ten Mile Creek Apartments east of Ten Mile Road on the south side of Franklin Road.
The complex, located at 153 S. Benchmark Way, would include four apartment buildings, pickleball courts, a club house and a pool house, according to a permit application filed with the city.
The applicant, Merrill Ray Roberts, said Benchmark Way would be a new street. He also said the complex would have 212 apartments including studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units.
The project is valued at an estimated $130 million, according to BuildZoom.
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A Denver developer is proposing its latest multifamily complex in northwest Meridian, with 122 rental homes.
Baron Properties’ BPS Franklin Road LLC proposes what it has named Colorado Ridge, also known as the Modern Craftsman Franklin apartments, at 4420, 4490 and 4540 W. Franklin Road, about a quarter mile east of the northeast corner of Franklin and Black Cat roads.
Baron is asking Meridian to annex 10.3 acres of unincorporated Ada County land and permit development of 56 one-bedroom dwelling units, 46 two-bedroom units, and 20 three-bedroom units in a mix of single-family houses, duplexes, and six-plex apartments. The dwellings would be built on a single lot.
The development would include a pool, hot tub, splash pad, gym, conference room, community room, covered patio with BBQ, a fire pit, a playground, a dog park, 268 parking stalls and 30 bicycle-parking spaces, and four large storage units with 68 storage spaces.
Baron also built the new, 195-unit Modern Craftsman at Black Cat apartments at 6580 N. Crafted Lane, at the northeast corner of North Black Cat Road and West Chinden Boulevard. Its units rent from $1,895 (for a 692-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bath apartment) to $2.975 (for a 1,314-square-foot three-bed, 2.5-bath unit) per month.
A public hearing is scheduled before the Planning and Zoning Commission at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave.
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Guthrie’s, an Alabama-based fast-casual restaurant chain known for its fried chicken fingers, hopes to construct a drive-thru restaurant with indoor seating at 1840 W. Chinden Boulevard, according to a building permit application.
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Cafe Zupas, a soup, salad and sandwich chain, looks to open a second location in Meridian off Ten Mile Road, according to a building permit filed with the city. The new restaurant would be built at 477 S. Innovation Lane.
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Sherwin-Williams, an Ohio-based paint manufacturer, seeks to build a 4,088-square-foot paint store at 60 S. Innovation Lane, according to a permit application filed with the city. The project’s value is estimated at $850,000.
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Garden City
The developer of a long-stalled shipping-container development near the Boise River is seeking people interested in buying live-work units there.
Wee Boise Inc., of Garden City, plans to build seven homes with work spaces from shipping containers at 233 E. 33rd St.
The $3 million development, named Park 33, was resisted by the Garden City Council, but a judge in Boise ruled last May in Wee Boise’s favor. Jason Jones, who owns Wee Boise with his wife, Kristen, said the couple and their business partner, Garden City developer Hannah Ball, hope to begin construction in June.
They are advertising in advance for potential buyers to demonstrate interest in the development as they seek to secure financing from a bank, he said.
The units are small: 900 square feet, with half of that devoted to a two-bedroom living space and half to a work space suitable for an art studio, restaurant, personal services, brewery or other business, Wee Boise says. The containers, each 8 feet wide and 20 feet long, are grouped into living units. The units cost $415,000 — about $461 per square foot.
Jones said his legal victory contributed to the City Council’s decision later in 2022 to repeal a zoning overlay in Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District. The district was created in 2007 to attract artists and others to the then-affordable housing and business spaces near the southern end of Garden City between Chinden Boulevard and the river.
The district helped foster redevelopment of the area, attracting businesses and new housing, and drawing people attracted to living near the Greenbelt.
Jones said he took advantage of the district’s special zoning, because it allowed smaller living spaces, some businesses accompanying the residential spaces, and less parking than the city’s standard zoning. “It was one of the better parts of their code,” he said by phone.
Garden City has kept the Surel district’s name for marketing and identity’s sake.
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Boise
A developer proposes to raze a downtown Boise building that houses a St. Luke’s urgent-care clinic to make way for apartments near the Boise River Greenbelt.
Morgan Stonehill, of Las Vegas, proposes to build 335 apartments in a seven-story building at 703 S. Americana Boulevard, at the northeast corner of Americana and Shoreline Drive.
That would spell the end of the Americana West building, an office building built in 2001 that now houses the orthopedic and urgent-care clinic and a St. Luke’s Imaging office.
The new building would have five stories of apartments atop two parking levels, which would be largely hidden from street views by ground-floor retail.
“The project brings needed additional housing to an area undergoing a transformation consistent with the goals of the Shoreline Urban Renewal District,” partner Ryan Morgan wrote in an application letter. “... The project is pedestrian-oriented, offering residents a quick (500-foot) walk to the Greenbelt for a peaceful commute or recreational opportunities, and a short bike or scooter ride downtown.”
The application does not suggest what rents are likely to be. Apartment List says the Boise median rent is $1,101 for a one-bedroom unit and $1,301 for two bedrooms. Downtown apartments often cost more; units at The Fowler, a high-end building at 505 W. Broad St., start at $1,443 for a one-bedroom and $1,644 for a two-bedroom.
A public hearing on Morgan Stonehill’s request to rezone the property is scheduled at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, before the Boise Planning and Zoning Commission at City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd.
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Plans are moving forward for Sonrise Manor, the Boise Rescue Mission’s new transitional-living center at 1777 S. Curtis Road, which was previously home to Park Place Assisted Living of Boise.
The original proposal called for 60 units to house people previously sheltered at the Rescue Mission’s homeless shelters, according to the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
The revised proposal now calls for “70 sleeping units (47 studio units, 17 one-bedroom units, and six two-bedroom units),” according to the application.
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A 53-home subdivision along Hill Road can proceed after the Boise City Council moved to annex four acres in the northwest portion of the city.
The subdivision at 5727 Hill Road would be near the Pierce Park Greens golf course.. It would include 11 detached houses and 42 houses that are attached on one side, according to a letter to the city from the developer, Thomas Wall.
The council approved the annexation in November. An ordinance annexing the property was read before the council on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and will become law after its third reading.
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Ink Spa, a tattoo shop, has opened in 2,074 square feet of leased space at 404 S 8th St. in the 8th Street Marketplace.
The two women who own it “are both business professionals, but neither of us are tattoo artists,” co-owner Tanya Vaughan said by email. “Our clientele is about 90% female with a large percentage being educated professionals over the age of 50. We get a lot of moms come in with daughters, sons, sisters, and other friends and family.”
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Play it Again Sports leased 35,825 square feet of retail space at 8105 W. Fairview Ave., Cushman & Wakefield reported.
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Christ Presbyterian Church subleased 2,587 square feet of office space in the Columbia Building at 6074 N. Discovery Way, Cushman & Wakefield reported.
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Caldwell
Biscuit & Hogs is expanding, opening a restaurant in Caldwell
The Meridian company leased 5,047 square feet of retail space at 602-612 Main Street, TOK Commercial reported.
The space is in the new, 142-apartment Tilian apartment development (formerly called Creekside) being built in Indian Creek Plaza downtown.
Boomer Godsill opened the first Biscuits & Hogs at 2032 E. Overland Road near the start of the pandemic, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.
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The city of Caldwell and Canyon County Highway District No. 4 want to replace the Old Highway 30/West Plymouth Street Bridge.
The aging bridge, located off Interstate 84 Exit 26 in Caldwell, is narrow and in poor condition, the highway district said in a news release. The bridge crosses the Boise River, providing local access to the river and surrounding neighborhoods.
A design for the new bridge is scheduled to be presented at an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 16, at the Canyon Highway District 4 building, 15435 Highway 44, in Caldwell. The project’s staff will be on hand to answer questions, and a hearing officer will be available to take oral or written testimony. Spanish translation services will also be provided.
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Nampa
Adam and Canada Bayne want to build 25 town houses in nine buildings on Greenhurst Road near the intersection of Southside Boulevard.
The Lady Bird Landing Subdivision would be on three acres and would share a private road, the application said.
The Nampa Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear the proposal at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at City Hall.
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Notable
New-house construction may be slowing, but the industrial-development boom in the Treasure Valley persists, a commercial real estate agency says.
“The Boise industrial market ultimately ended 2022 as another banner year,” TOK Commercial said in its latest quarterly report on that market. “... Despite growing economic concerns, activity in the industrial market is expected to be healthy throughout the first half of 2023.”
2022 brought the leasing of 265,000 square feet of industrial space by Federated Ordnance LLC, a maker of ammunition and firearms-loading components, at 1906 Smeed Parkway in Caldwell; and Scentsy’s construction of a 209,000-square-foot warehouse in Meridian, TOK said.
Notable projects coming in 2023 include the million-square-foot Red River Logistics in Boise and the 606,000-square-foot Park84 in Nampa.
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Some workers are still working from home offices, but the demand for new office space in the Boise area remains strong, a commercial real estate agency says.
Overall asking rents are up nearly $1 per square foot from a year ago, though they have softened lately to $22.39, Cushman & Wakefield Commerce said in its fourth-quarter 2022 market report.
Demand for premium office space “has pushed suburban asking rents to historic highs” of nearly $30 per square foot in Eagle, the agency said. But new office construction has slowed and may continue to be sluggish, thanks to high construction costs.
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This story was originally published February 8, 2023 at 4:00 AM.
