Coeur d'Alene/Sandpoint/Moscow/Idaho Pacific Time Zone Development Thread

[jimthemanincda]

Spurred by the article that I posted earlier this morning, it has been years since I updated my list of Coeur d'Alene's tallest buildings (completed/proposed/under construction/never built). Here's an update:

1. Fernan Tower 25 floors 300 feet NEVER BUILT 2006
2. Riverstone Tower 20 foors ??? feet NEVER BUILT 2005
3. Coeur d'Alene Resort 18 floors 216 feet COMPLETED 1989
4. Parkside 20 floors 213 feet COMPLETED 2008
5. The Thomas George Tower 18 floors 199 feet UNDER CONSTRUCTION 2025
6. Coeur d'Alene Resort Tower #2 i.e. "Sherman Tower" 15 floors 190 feet UNDER CONSTRUCTION 2027
7. One Lakeside 14 floors 173 feet COMPLETED 2021
8. McEuen Terrace 15 floors 171 feet COMPLETED 2002
9. Riverstone Tower #1 ??? floors 165 feet NEVER COMPLETED 2006
10. Riverstone Tower #2 ??? floors 165 feet NEVER COMPLETED 2006
11. Riverstone Tower #3 ??? floors 165 feet NEVER COMPLETED 2006
12. Riverstone Tower #4 ??? floors 165 feet NEVER COMPLETED 2006
13. Coeur d'Alene Resort Tower #2 12 floors ??? feet NEVER COMPELTED 2015
14. Coeur d'Alene Resort Tower #2 12 floors ??? feet NEVER COMPLETED 2004
15. Lake Tower Apartments 10 floors ??? feet COMPLETED 1975
16. Coeur d'Alene North Condos 9 floors ??? feet COMPLETED 1984
17. Kootenai Medical Center Parking Garage 7 floors ??? feet COMPLETED 2007
18. 609 Sherman 7 floors ??? feet COMPLETED 2007

[InlandEmpire]

Now that I'm back in Spokane I'll have to report back on the Thomas George. I was downtown yesterday and it looks like excavation is underway.

[InlandEmpire]

Looks like plans to expand the CDA resort are back in the news.

From the Spokane Journal of Business:

'Hagadone Hospitality Co. plans to expand The Coeur d'Alene Resort with a nearby, 139-guest-room hotel development that is expected to cater to leisure travelers and to boost the economic impact of the tourism industry in North Idaho, says Bill Reagan, president of the resort hotel.

The project, dubbed Sherman Tower, will be located a block north of The Coeur d'Alene Resort, on the north side of Sherman Avenue, between First and Second streets. '

This is all there is relating to scope:

'He declines to disclose construction cost estimates. As currently planned, Sherman Tower appears to be larger in scope than the nearby, 15-story One Lakeside building, which has 69 living units and opened in 2021 with a construction value of $20 million.

Preliminary design plans show the building will rise in tiers from the fifth to 15th floors.'

[jimthemanincda]

Yeah, I had posted about this back on December 6th, along with my personal thoughts.

Originally Posted by InlandEmpire

Looks like plans to expand the CDA resort are back in the news.

From the Spokane Journal of Business:

'Hagadone Hospitality Co. plans to expand The Coeur d'Alene Resort with a nearby, 139-guest-room hotel development that is expected to cater to leisure travelers and to boost the economic impact of the tourism industry in North Idaho, says Bill Reagan, president of the resort hotel.

The project, dubbed Sherman Tower, will be located a block north of The Coeur d'Alene Resort, on the north side of Sherman Avenue, between First and Second streets. '

This is all there is relating to scope:

'He declines to disclose construction cost estimates. As currently planned, Sherman Tower appears to be larger in scope than the nearby, 15-story One Lakeside building, which has 69 living units and opened in 2021 with a construction value of $20 million.

Preliminary design plans show the building will rise in tiers from the fifth to 15th floors.'

[Evo5Boise]

Heck yeah. Go CDA!! I love the little skyline that they are developing.

[jimthemanincda]

I don't post about every little project but 6 stories in Coeur d'Alene isn't bad...an AC Hotel by Marriott is being proposed and the public hearing will be tomorrow. The hotel would be on Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d'Alene, between 6th Street & 7th Street. It would have 130 parking stalls (on a main level and 3 underground levels) and would rise 6 stories, with 131 guest rooms and a rooftop bar.

This hotel would be on the same block as the 20 story Parkside Tower, across the street from the 609 Sherman building, which is 7 stories, and one block from the 15 story McEuen Terrace building. The eastern downtown core will have a nice height variety!



https://cdapress.com/news/2024/jan/20/marriott-proposing-cda/

[jimthemanincda]

This building was proposed back in early December. The Cd'A Design Review Commission gave the proposal unanimous approval yesterday. The tower will be 190 feet (15 floors). Construction could begin as early as next year and finish in the spring of 2027.

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/mar/29/sherman-tower-approved/

Originally Posted by jimthemanincda

Last week, The Hagadone Corporation announced plans for a Coeur d'Alene Resort addition...A second tower was proposed, rising in a tiered 15 story structure. If completed, this would be the 6th building in town at 14+ floors.

There will be 139 hotel rooms (the current building has 338 so the complex will have a total of 477 rooms), a restaurant with a rooftop lounge, parking for 80 vehicles, and retail/commercial spaces in this building. It will be located diagonally from where the current building sits, between First and Second Streets along Sherman Avenue.

The preliminary plan was just filed with the city of Coeur d'Alene. The goal is to begin work on it in early 2025 with scheduled completion in May 2027. Note that an addition to the Resort has been proposed twice in the past, most recently in 2015 (although both of the previous proposals were in different locations...on top of the current Coeur d'Alene Resort Plaza Shops, which is across the skywalk from the current tower). I don't give this proposal a 100% shot of going through, although I think it is more likely than not to happen. Previously, plans were pulled due to worsening economic conditions and because of signals from the city of Coeur d'Alene that plan approval might not happen.

As always, there are horrible renderings! And, as always, the new tower will look just like the current one, design-wise.

Link:
https://cdapress.com/news/2023/nov/30/hagadone-corp-proposes-construction-of-new-addition/

Here's a link to when the previous plans were pulled in 2015, along with another horrible rendering:
https://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/nor...b08f444-ae0d-52ec-ab35-86af759e58e9.html

[InlandEmpire]

Was downtown yesterday; the Thomas George is up to ground level with elevator cores going higher.

The new KC justice building is making a decent presence on NW Blvd as well.

[Hot_Onions]

I made some mockups of the new major construction via Google Earth. The 3D worldview for CDA hasn't been updated in about a decade so I had to mockup the One Lakeside. Hopefully this helps to visualize what the city will look like in a few years.

[InlandEmpire]

Very cool! Nice work - nice to see some massing.

[SkyBoi]

Originally Posted by InlandEmpire

Very cool! Nice work - nice to see some massing.

looks like good density going on in Coeur D'Alene good contrast in building colors , keep the small city vibe and continue reaching hieght's

[Cottonwood]

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2024/aug/30/sandpoint-lauded-as-dynamic-micropolitan/

Sandpoint lauded as ‘dynamic micropolitan’
August 30, 2024 1:00 AM

SANDPOINT — In an economic analysis of 527 micropolitan areas nationwide, Sandpoint ranked within the top 4%.

On Aug. 27, Heartland Forward — a Bentonville, Ark., based nonprofit think tank — published “Most Dynamic Micropolitans 2024,” a report exploring the state of small cities across the county.

Included in the report was a list of the “top 25 micropolitan areas,” which featured the Idaho cities of Hailey (No. 10), Sandpoint (No. 19), and Rexburg (No. 21).

[jimthemanincda]

Post Falls, with 48,000 residents at the beginning of 2024, is projected to have over 71,000 by 2035...

[Not noted in the article but data from the same Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization report from 2022 projects Coeur d'Alene's population will be just under 74,000 in 2035. Hayden's 2035 projection is over 23,000 and Rathdrum's is over 16,000. The 2035 population projection for Kootenai County is over 252,000.]

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/nov/15/po...ght-visitation-projections-through-2035/

[jimthemanincda]

Feels like 2007 again here...the 18 story/199 foot tall Thomas George building is set to be completed later this year. Site work is underway (see article link below) on the second Coeur d'Alene Resort tower, "Sherman Tower," which will be 15 floors/190 feet tall. It is scheduled to be completed in 2027. Lastly, the 6 story/75 foot tall AC Hotel by Marriott should break ground soon (it was scheduled to be started Q4 2024 so they're behind). It is also scheduled to be completed in 2027.

That's three good-sized buldings coming to downtown within the next 3 years. We'll see what else is proposed for the future in the meantime...

https://cdapress.com/news/2025/jan/15/time-marches-on-in-coeur-dalene/

[InlandEmpire]

Just got home from a trip to see the fam in CDA - some updates:

Thomas George



CDA Resort Expansion - Sherman Tower



AC by Marriott

Crane from McEuen Park



Job Site



And if anyone cares, the singular high rise U/C across the border in Spokane





View from my hotel room @ the CDA Resort of green grass and bare roads in North Idaho on Christmas Day - I have only seen this once or twice in my 40+ years in the area.

[SkyBoi]

Thanks for the updated U/C projects in Coeur d' Alene , looks like progress moving quickly on the expansion of the CDA Resort , Marriott , and the Thomas George looks great once again thanks !