Despite the NIMBY whining and decline from P&Z, the developer still sounded positive about the ICCU building. I got the impression they were going to incorporate more changes to appease the P&Z recommendations and submit another proposal at some point.
the latest proposal had the tower at 232 feet, which is pretty short (only 95 feet taller than Imperial Plaza a block away). hopefully their modifications results in a skinnier but taller proposal.
so right now we have a 235 footer and 232 footer proposed to go along with half dozen 6 to 8 floor buildings currently under construction on the east side, all of which will provide some nice housing options and density in a previously underdeveloped portion of downtown.
as a side note, when Imperial Plaza was built 55 years ago in 1964, the population of Boise was roughly 35,000, and there were only 60,000 people in the metro, or less than 1/10th of what it is today. taller structures in that part of downtown is long overdue.
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