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Meridian/W Ada
New development would add homes, apartments – and provide a new east-west link in Meridian
A new development in Meridian will bring addiitional homes and apartments to the area - and will also provide a key east-west link along...
McCall/W. Central Idaho
McCall City Council votes to ban homes larger than 10,000 square feet
The City of McCall will no longer allow the construction of new super-sized homes, part of a new ordinance about general development standards.
Within...
Data
Even with falloff during pandemic, Ada Co.’s housing market zoomed in 2020
During 2020, the Ada County real estate market lacked balance, according to the Boise Regional Realtors.
The group, which advocates for local real estate agents,...
McCall/W. Central Idaho
Thirteen homes proposed for McCall during Planning & Zoning meeting
Steve Millemann of Net Prophet LLC, presented preliminary plans for 13 detached single-family dwellings to McCall’s Planning and Zoning Commission on December 1.
The Running...
Infrastructure
Developer wants to scale back road project required to build new homes, neighbors object
Many residents of the Warm Springs Mesa expressed concerns with a developer’s proposal to cut back on promised road improvements.
On Monday, developer Mark Tate...
Affordable Housing
‘Is there a house I can buy for that?’ How a local nonprofit helps add more affordable housing
A new neighborhood will soon go up on one of Boise’s most high-profile corners, but this time a portion of the homes will be...
Affordable Housing
NeighborWorks plans 39 affordable homes in ‘pocket’ of old Cole school site
A developer hopes to slide a small neighborhood into a 'pocket' on the site of the historic former Cole Elementary School.
The Boise School District...
Beyond Boise
You asked: Why is there a crane on top a hill in Stanley?
If you've been to Stanley this summer, you might have noticed a large crane jutting out of the top of a hill just above...
Boise W
Housing and health: Saint Al’s partners with LEAP to help create more affordable housing in Boise
Saint Alphonsus Health System and LEAP Housing Solutions have partnered up to create a land trust.
LEAP, an affordable housing non-profit in Boise, will...
Residential
All about ADUs: After tweak to law, ‘granny units’ gain popularity in Boise
They’re called a number of different things, depending on who you ask Colloquially, you may know them as "granny units" or "mother-in-law suites." But...
Boise Downtown
Project to add Boise housing stock attracts upset neighbors
Boise’s housing need is undeniably growing, but the question of where those houses go is often a sore spot for Boise’s neighborhoods that have,...
Boise W
You asked: What’s the construction next to the beacon on I-84?
Several BoiseDev readers asked what's happening on Interstate 84 at Five Mile, on the property that includes the large beacon structure.
We first told you...
Business
Boise homebuilder adds rental division with homes, apartments; thousands planned
CBH Homes, the local homebuilder formerly known as Corey Barton Homes, launched a new rental division known as CBH Rentals.
The company got the concept...
Boise E/SE
Moxie Ridge to bring ‘affordable’ homes along southeast Boise hillside
A long-gestating housing project in southeast Boise will start construction in the coming days.
Conger Development's Moxie Ridge will add 121 homes just south of...
Boise E/SE
Proposal would remove old homes for East End townhomes
A proposal would remove five single-family homes in Boise's East End, and build a series of 18 townhomes.
Townhomes on the Ave, LLC applied to...