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Boise State University will break ground May 2 on the fine arts building along Capitol Boulevard. The five-story, 97,222-square-foot structure will serve as the new, consolidated home for an art department that is now scattered among seven buildings on campus, ...

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Multi-family housing in Idaho Falls has leaned more toward townhomes than apartments in the past year. The city approved town sites for 193 townhome units in 2016 with less than half built last year, with the remainder expected to be ...

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U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less optimistic about their sales prospects, even as their overall outlook remains favorable. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released April 17 slipped to 68 this month. That’s down three points ...

Construction was expected to start the week of April 17 to demolish and build a new U.S. 95 bridge over U.S. 20/26 just outside Parma. The $5.4 million project replaces a curving bridge-and-ramp built in 1961 and had reached the ...

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The nation’s largest pharmacy chain intends to build its first freestanding Idaho store at the corner of Fairview Avenue and Cole Road in Boise. CVS Pharmacy plans to build a 13,111-square-foot store at the Westgate Shopping Center, according to plans ...

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U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in March, but the pace of construction so far this year remains stronger than in 2016. Housing starts fell 6.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.22 million, the ...

New luxury apartments in Minneapolis-St. Paul are glittery. They’re glossy. Some have in-house spas for both your spouse and your St. Bernard.In short, they have style to spare, and the price tag to match. But do they have the substance ...

Before a developer in Boise can apply for a building permit or sell a parcel of land, he or she must secure final plat approval from the city, Ada County and Ada County Highway District. Infrastructure may be in place ...

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Garden City-based The Gyro Shack will open its first franchise store in April in Everett, Wash., eight years after the company’s first Greek sandwich shop opened (and still operates) in a 150-square-foot former drive-thru coffee kiosk on Overland Road. The ...

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Apartment projects are going up across the Treasure Valley from Boise to Meridian to Nampa and to the next frontier in multi-family housing, Kuna. Some 2,700 apartment units are in various stages of construction among those cities. Some are recently ...

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