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Boise-based Brighton Corp. broke ground Feb. 22 on the first set of 10 homes for the latest phase at its Paramount master planned community in Meridian. The Cadence development will offer about 208 homes designed specifically for the 55-year-old-plus community, ...

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Officials say a landfill in southern Idaho could start producing enough energy to power 2,500 homes as early as May. The Milner Butte Landfill near the town of Burley produces methane and other gas from millions of tons of decomposing ...

The 1960’s-era student union at Northwest Nazarene University will give way to a new 48,000-square-foot student commons more suitable for 21st century sensibilities. The Nampa university will start construction March 9 on the $16.5 million, two-story structure with an anticipated ...

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Meeting space capacity will triple to 600 in Meridian by November as a new $4.5 million, 12,500-square-foot Galaxy Event Center opens at Wahooz Family Fun Zone. Meridian may be the second largest city in Idaho but, as of now, meetings, ...

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Groundbreakings on new homes jumped 9.7 percent in January to the highest level since October 2016, welcome news for a housing market struggling with a shortage of homes for sale. The Commerce Department said Feb. 16 that housing starts came ...

The architect of the 15-year-old Salt Lake City main library and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City – both signature landmarks – will provide the conceptual building design for the new Boise Main Library. The Boise City ...

Opera Idaho is tiptoeing into building its own theater, ideally suited for opera. The 40-year-old opera, which performs statewide, has staged operas at the Egyptian Theater in downtown Boise since 2010 and at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. ...

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Downtown Boise soccer/baseball stadium developer Chris Schoen has warmed up to the idea of moving his $70 million stadium-residential-office-retail project to the proposed College of Western Idaho campus site at Main Street and Whitewater Park Boulevard. An anonymous suggestion last ...

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Recreation vehicle manufacturer Jayco Inc. started moving earth in January for a 235,000-square-foot expansion in Twin Falls that will enable the Middlebury, Indiana company to more than double its Idaho employee count to 525 by the end of the year. ...

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The ambitious overhaul of the former downtown St. Paul Macy’s store was rife with complexities that ran the gamut from an aggressive timeline to a constrained project site fronted by busy Wabasha Street. But arguably the most difficult and unusual ...