Boise Development Thread - Part II

[Sawtooth]

Originally Posted by ctobsl

With all of your construction going on, can someone please take a snapshot of what your skyline and downtown looks like now?
Thanks!

I can snap some skyline photos later this week.

[Cottonwood]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...r-free-streets

Where Covid’s Car-Free Streets Boosted Business

Yelp data shows greater consumer interest at restaurants on pedestrian-friendly “slow streets" that limited vehicle traffic during the pandemic.

But pedestrian-friendly street redesigns often face resistance from business owners, who fear that they’ll lose revenue from inconvenienced drivers. A new data analysis by Yelp adds some fresh insights into what really happens to local commerce when vehicle traffic is kept out.

Analysts at the listing platform looked at restaurants in Boston’s Little Italy, San Francisco’s Mission District, Chicago Central Loop’s West Fulton Market, downtown Boise’s 8th Street and Burbank’s San Fernando Boulevard, all of which had slow streets programs that blocked vehicle access in 2020.

[Sawtooth]

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[Cottonwood]

https://www.cityofboise.org/news/may...award-winners/

City of Boise Announces 2021 Building Excellence Award Winners

May 20, 2021

Each year, the City of Boise partners with the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA Idaho). to recognize organizations, businesses, and individuals who built a new building or completed a building remodel that makes Boise safer, more accessible to residents, featured a unique design or is environmentally sustainable.

This year, the city recognized the following exemplary projects that showcase a diverse array of architecture, design, and collaboration:

[TVurban]

We've been lacking in the new development posts lately, soooo here we go!

18th and Idaho:
https://permits.cityofboise.org/Citi...encyCode=BOISE

This is a new residential building in the West Downtown Neighborhood. It was originally a CCDC RFQ project. It's a three story building with 48 units.







Second project!!
Symposium Development:


A new residential building on the site of the Symposium Bar. This is a separate project from the 7th story (bland) apartments across the street. It will contain approximately 169 residential units, in a mix of studio, 1 and 2 bedroom units. It will have a small commercial space on the side closest to the greenbelt.

[TVurban]

This plot of land is about to become a fairly dense area with new apartments, offices and retail spaces. These two developments are about to add 530 residential units to the city. If you pair that with Roundhouse (Local Constructs) proposal across the street, the western end of Downtown is taking off.

[trails]

Loving the density!

Originally Posted by TVurban

This plot of land is about to become a fairly dense area with new apartments, offices and retail spaces. These two developments are about to add 530 residential units to the city. If you pair that with Roundhouse (Local Constructs) proposal across the street, the western end of Downtown is taking off.

[Cottonwood]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-gre...rket-exploded/

CBS News/ May 23, 2021, 9:09 AM

The Great Reshuffling: How the real estate market exploded

According to the real estate website Zillow, home values in Boise have shot up 32.5% in a year, the biggest increase in the country.

http://www.homebuyinginstitute.com/n...oaring-prices/

Boise Housing Forecast for 2022: No Inventory, Soaring Prices

Bold Forecast for Boise Housing Market Into 2022

As it turns out, a lot of folks are moving to Boise, Idaho and the surrounding area.

An ongoing influx of new residents has made a huge dent in the local real estate market. As of spring 2021, there aren’t nearly enough homes on the market to satisfy the demand from buyers. This trend has led to an unprecedented rise in home prices, across the Boise-area housing market.

https://idahonews.com/news/local/stu...price-increase

Study of metro housing finds Boise with biggest year-to-year price increase

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A recent study of major metro area housing found Boise had the biggest year-to-year price increase.

The RE/MAX National Housing Report for April found Boise led all 53 metro areas for the biggest hike in year-over-year prices.

For Boise, housing prices jumped up 35.3 percent. Coming in after Boise was Augusta, ME at 27.7 percent, Los Angeles 25.2 percent, Phoenix at 25 percent, and San Francisco at 22.1 percent.


The average price of a home in Boise landed at $439,740.

[Cottonwood]

http://hummelarch.com/project/the-london/


The London

For 125 years, Hummel has helped define the buildings and landmarks of the Boise skyline. We continue our tradition of innovation with The London planned for 5th and Broad Street. This exciting project will add to the vibrancy of the Central Addition area with 2-story live-work units, condos, and an innovative, space-saving parking design.

The London stands on V-shaped structural members that are expressed on the interior and exterior of the building as they support the lantern-like parking cube above.

A ribbon of composite panel and curtain wall wrap around the parking cube on the Front and Broad street facades capped with heavily landscaped cascading steps that lead down from the amenity deck to the roof of the live work units.

The tower is clad in composite skin and curtain wall in an alternating pattern to create texture and variation in each façade.

[Sawtooth]

Downtown by Sean, on Flickr

Table Rock "aerials" of Downtown this weekend. Weather and life have caused a delay hiking up there

[Sawtooth]

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[Sawtooth]

Originally Posted by TVurban

This plot of land is about to become a fairly dense area with new apartments, offices and retail spaces. These two developments are about to add 530 residential units to the city. If you pair that with Roundhouse (Local Constructs) proposal across the street, the western end of Downtown is taking off.

Downtown is adding an impressive residential component which is

The old US Bank branch on 27th looks like it will be coming down soon to make way for the Roundhouse project.

[Sawtooth]

Originally Posted by Cottonwood

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...r-free-streets

Where Covid’s Car-Free Streets Boosted Business

Yelp data shows greater consumer interest at restaurants on pedestrian-friendly “slow streets" that limited vehicle traffic during the pandemic.

8th Street's closure to automobiles (7 days a week) this past year is hopefully a sign of it remaining car free permanently.

I was downtown last night (Sunday) and it was so vibrant with crowds, buskers and musicians along 8th. The restaurants, breweries and bars were all packed with 45 minute wait times to get in. Word of warning, make reservations before expecting to walk into Juniper or Bardenay or even the bar @ Chandlers on a Boise summer night.

[TVurban]

Originally Posted by Sawtooth

Downtown is adding an impressive residential component which is

The old US Bank branch on 27th looks like it will be coming down soon to make way for the Roundhouse project.

It looks like Roundhouse has been making some quite moves on their large parcel.
They submitted a DR app for the 28th Street Extension and it was approval this March. It also looks like they've been consolidating the parcels. They're down to 5 now, instead of the original 10.

Boisedev Article on the future project:
https://boisedev.com/news/2020/03/13...nd-main-boise/

28th St. Extension
https://permits.cityofboise.org/citi...howInspection=

[Sawtooth]

I am loving all of the public art murals downtown and around the rest of the city.

We are a city of art, there is public art everywhere in addition to our natural artistic setting. I learned recently that Freak Alley is the largest outdoor gallery in the Northwest.
I will be posting more art shots in my photography thread.


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[Sawtooth]

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[Cottonwood]

Thanks Sawtooth. There is so much activity in town to update and hopefully you are soon posting photos of construction of The London Condos and the Idaho Central tower.

[Boisebro]

Originally Posted by Cottonwood

Thanks Sawtooth. There is so much activity in town to update and hopefully you are soon posting photos of construction of The London Condos and the Idaho Central tower.

of the two, the London is a nicer design. hope it gets started soon.

[Boisebro]

drove by BoDo this weekend. looks like the reskin is coming along nicely. glad to see it being updated along front street, too.

[Boisebro]

new 19-story apartment proposal announced on Boisedev.com.

free cookies to whoever gets the first rendering.*

*maybe