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Minor league soccer/baseball stadium with assorted residential, office, commercial and garage development--still in the review stage.
https://idahobusinessreview.com/file...m-april-18.jpg source https://media2.fdncms.com/boiseweekl..._vf_large_.jpg source |
A couple of developments on the Boise State campus, located just south of the CBD across the river...
Boise State Honors College: https://honors.boisestate.edu/wp-con...1-1024x402.jpg source Boise State Center for Fine Arts: https://operations.boisestate.edu/wp...s-1024x573.jpg source |
Do you have any updates on the piazzas in downtown? The JUMP area? I am obsessed with that development and area and would love to see.
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source no word yet on when the plaza will open fully. my understanding is that all the landscaping work is done. I know people have used the slides and climbing pyramid, but most of the plaza is still blocked off, probably to let the foliage grow. I've been on the lookout for an announcement. hopefully the plaza and amphitheater will be open soon. here's a top-down view of the design: http://www.ccdcboise.com/wp-content/...-footprint.jpg |
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center expansion is underway--first phase (Children's hospital, cycle track, streetscape and roundabout) is under construction. Additional phases to follow soon.
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/stlu...?cb=1311676204 https://www.stlukesonline.org/~/medi...C4F3E1F348E5BC https://www.stlukesonline.org/~/medi...AAA892C9&la=en source |
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Here are some photos I snapped of JUMP *Jacks Urban Meeting Place* and the Simplot World Headquarters a few weeks ago. whoa, The Aspen is falling backwards:D     The slide on top of the parking garage    |
Moshe Safdie's design for the new main Boise library are starting to trickle out.
Design calls for a 4-floor structure with windows facing the river and a dramatic entrance on the north side. Renderings are not yet available, but here's a preview floorplan from the Idaho Press Tribune: https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.town...ize=1200%2C653 :cheers: |
not downtown news, but what the heck...
Boise may not be in the running for the new Amazon HQ2 (and rightfully so), but it looks like Nampa, Boise's second-largest suburb, may get a 850,000 sq ft Amazon warehouse that could be a distribution center: Quote:
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Boise is developing so rapidly and so amazingly, I must visit.
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Proposed new Main Library downtown, designed by Moshe Safdie:
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Phase 2 of the Boise Whitewater Park on the western edge of downtown is due to begin construction. from the Idaho Press:
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rendering from the Idaho Statesman: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/...hase%202%20NEW |
Nice rundown. Lots going on
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two tower infill approved today by the Boise City Council:
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first glimpse of the Cartee apartment proposal... more to come:
https://www.idahostatesman.com/lates...Broad%20NW.jpg image from the Idaho Statesman. |
I love the design work of the Library. Bravo!
As far as the hotel/motel chains, I never get my expectations up over their designs, unless they built/designed in a foreign country. Interestingly, having viewed cities around the world that have our hotel/motel chains, the architecture in many parts of the world is far more exciting than the motels/hotels they build here, and why is that? City council members too afraid to put their foot down and demand a more attractive building, fearful they'll go elsewhere? I wouldn't stay in any of those places, largely because I love the older motels with wraparound aisle balconies like the older Motel 6's. No balcony, ain't stayin' there even if they offered me a room for free! My A/C has been out so I've been staying at the Travel Inn, an older 2 story motel with a concrete floor on the 2nd floor, and where I can circle the entire 2nd floor outside using those wide aisle balconies. I'm happy there as a pig rolling in poop! |
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I think small cities like Boise are so eager for new development that they don't properly critique some of these hotel designs, especially when they're built in a prominent downtown location. that's why this boring thing was just built and opened last week in downtown Boise: http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/r...ion_Center.jpg I mean, I get it--large hotel chains aren't going to spend money custom-designing every hotel, especially for a small town like Boise. these cookie-cutter hotels are fine out by the airport or mall, but I hate when they get build in the CBD. thankfully, most of the newer hotels (save for this one and the new Hyatt) don't follow the typical chain template. |
this isn't a big development, but it is on the far northeast edge of downtown that will add some nice density to the area.
currently called the 8th and Fort Condo with retail on the first level: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/...h%20and%20Fort image from the Idaho Statesman |
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