It’s been nearly three years since Snowmageddon struck Boise, piling up a record 15 inches of snow on Jan. 5, 2017. But its effects are still being felt. Hoffman Construction Co. of America, the general contractor on Jack’s Urban Meeting Place ...
Read More »This store has sold women’s fashions in Boise for 26 years. It will close before 2020
Another national retailer with a store in Boise has announced it will be closing. Roz & Ali, at 331 N. Milwaukee St., will join 543 stores nationwide in closing by Dec. 26, its owner, the Ascena Retail Group, says. The store ...
Read More »Landowners started building 10-room duplexes. Then the neighbors cried foul
Erik Berg became concerned a couple of years ago when he noticed several duplexes going up in his neighborhood south of the Boise State University campus. The buildings weren’t typical duplexes with two or three bedrooms that might serve either students ...
Read More »What a judge has decided about a Nampa home builder accused of bilking investors
A trial is scheduled in November for two Treasure Valley men accused of operating a Ponzi scheme and bilking investors. The state Department of Finance accuses Nathan W. Pyles, owner of Shiloh Management Services of Nampa, of swindling investors out ...
Read More »Ex-wife says Boise startup exec cashed $1.9 million in stocks and left with her share
A Boise tech startup cofounder’s ex-wife says he stole $1.9 million in stock from her to help pay for lavish spending on luxury cars, a startup pro-football league and other expenses. When James Hepworth, cofounder of First to File and ...
Read More »Greyhound to leave downtown Boise. Here’s where riders will soon get on and get off
While the owner of struggling bus carrier Greyhound looks for a buyer, the Dallas-based company is quietly selling off and closing terminals across the country. In July, Greyhound Lines sold its downtown Boise terminal to a Boise development company. The ...
Read More »Boise State’s new visual arts center’s design: ‘Looks like it’s falling over’
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has nothing on the new $48 million Center for the Visual Arts on the western edge of the Boise State University campus. That’s the assessment of James Ogle, director of development for the BSU School ...
Read More »Realtors lash out at Bieter’s proposed restrictions on Boise Airbnb rentals
The trade association for residential real estate agents says it will oppose Boise Mayor David Bieter’s efforts to regulate short-term rentals, such as those on Airbnb. Bieter has proposed new restrictions, including a requirement that owners who rent out space in ...
Read More »Boise’s unique locomotive maker once employed 750 people. Now its factory is closing
Locomotive manufacturer MotivePower Inc. will close its Boise plant, its parent company says, marking the end of an unique industrial role for Boise. The parent, Wabtec Corp., formerly Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp., said the Boise plant’s manufacturing operations would ...
Read More »Seattle developer plans to convert rooms at a Downtown Boise hotel into apartments
A Seattle developer plans to convert 45 rooms at the Safari Inn in Downtown Boise into upscale apartments. Revolve Development bought the two-story 1905 Smith Block building at 1015 W. Main St. and an adjacent three-story building for an undisclosed ...
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