Project Update: Bronco Stadium 
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 08:33 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Installation of steel framework for additional bleacher seating at Bronco Stadium was under way May 22 and foundation work on the football complex building of 68,000 square feet continued immediately north. The south end zone is getting 5,000 permanent seats and the north end zone 3,750 seats. They will replace portable bleachers and bring total [...]
Hoku lays off 100 in Pocatello, construction schedule uncertain
POSTED: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 04:37 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Hoku Materials Inc. laid off 100 workers May 22 at its dormant polysilicon plant in Pocatello. The plant now has approximately 30 workers, down from a high of 600 at the construction site. Hoku Materials, a subsidiary of Hawaii-based Hoku Corp., has been building the plant that makes materials for solar panels since 2007. All [...]
Jimmy John’s construction stalled by find
POSTED: Monday, May 21, 2012 at 05:16 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Work on a stand-alone building for Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches recently started, then stopped, at Vista Avenue and Overland Road in south central Boise. Jimmy John’s franchisee Dean Hodges’ company razed a former gas station on a different part of the site last winter. Excavation for the 1,800-square-foot building began in early May. Crews started [...]
Warehouse construction starts in west Meridian
POSTED: Friday, May 18, 2012 at 12:57 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: commercial construction, industrial buildings, warehouse buildings
Construction of a 45,000-square-foot warehouse building started recently in the Creamline development in Meridian. The building site is north of Franklin Road and east of Linder Road, fronting 13th Street. No leases are signed for space in the building, which could be divided to house up to three businesses, owner-developer Ron Van Auker said. Van [...]
New green building code for Ketchum housing
POSTED: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 05:38 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Dave Wilson, green building, Ketchum, Rebecca Bundy
Home builders in Ketchum will need to follow new rules for green building. The city approved code changes that went into effect May 16. The green building code is based on standards from the National Association of Home Builders and applies to new residential construction and additions of more than 300 square feet. Hailey and [...]
Meridian sees higher-value commercial remodels
POSTED: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 12:16 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: commercial construction, Leasing, Remodeling
The City of Meridian is seeing growth again this year from the construction category known as commercial remodels and tenant improvements. More businesses are moving, occupying larger spaces or planning to stay longer. This year’s growth is in dollar volume. Meridian issued 97 commercial remodeling / tenant improvement permits from October through April worth a [...]
New juvenile detention facility opens in Bonner County
POSTED: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 10:54 AM PTBY: Patty Hutchens
Young people in the Bonner County juvenile detention system have moved this spring from a four-bedroom home with no locks on the doors to a new $4.6 million facility that can hold up to 27 people. The Bonner County facility in Sandpoint, completed April 30, is expected to eliminate the need for county officials to [...]
Project Update: Buffalo Wild Wings, Pocatello
POSTED: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 01:33 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
An approximately 6,000-square-foot Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant is set to open May 21 in the Pocatello Square shopping center. Work is about two weeks ahead of schedule, said Scott Stimpson, vice president of Nampa-based general contractor Radix Construction. Doug Davis, of the franchisee group that owns four other Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants in Idaho, said [...]
Big Al’s is putting big plans in motion in Meridian
POSTED: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 01:15 PM PTBY: Philip Janquart
Tags: Big Als, CenterCal Properties
The Treasure Valley has bowling, sports pubs and arcades aplenty. Now Big Al’s is putting the three together at the busiest intersection in Idaho. Big Al’s is one of 12 anchor tenants planned for the 1.2 million square-foot Meridian Town Center development underway on the northeast corner of Eagle Road and Fairview Avenue. It’s due [...]
Project Update: Majestic Retail Center
POSTED: Friday, May 4, 2012 at 01:26 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Majestic Retail Center is expected to be completed around mid-June at 2175 E. Cinema Drive in Meridian, said Jeffrey Hall of the Cushman & Wakefield Commerce commercial real estate firm. The 5,233-square-foot building is on 1 acre north of Overland Road and east of Millennium Way. A Subway sandwich shop will occupy the southernmost space, [...]
