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Cash & Carry Smart Foodservice is building its third Idaho store in Twin Falls with an opening scheduled in October. Cash & Carry is a Portland-based warehouse-format store that is the go-to place for many restaurants and civic organizations. It’s ...

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As executive director of the Idaho Walk Bike Alliance, Cynthia Gibson knows a thing or two about sidewalks. Gibson believes walkability is critical to a city’s health and economic vibrancy because, she said, people shop more on foot, connect with ...

Walking has arrived on the national conscience. Planning that encourages walking is a priority for the Boise City Council. It’s addressed in every home listing on the Intermountain Multiple Listing Service. It’s even a focus for the Ada County Highway ...

The U.S. housing market has sizzled this summer, lifting expectations that home sales will finally help drive an economic expansion now in its seventh year. Or will it? Signs are emerging that housing’s momentum may be destined to falter in ...

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. of Pullman, Wash., has purchased a 16,940-square-foot office building in Boise with capacity for 100 workers. Schweitzer makes power grid protection systems that it sells around the world. It has been renting office space in the ...

The historic Perrault-Fritchman Building, the oldest remaining commercial building in downtown Boise, is on the market for the first time since 1926. The 1879 structure at the corner of Main Street and Capitol has been in the Fritchman family since ...

Americans bought homes in June at the fastest rate in over eight years, pushing prices to record highs as buyer demand has eclipsed the availability of houses on the market. The National Association of Realtors said July 22 that sales ...

An independent appraisal has confirmed the College of Western Idaho’s offer for a parcel where it plans to build its Boise campus. CWI had offered $8.88 million for 10.3 acres at Main Street and Whitewater Park Boulevard. The Boise office ...

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The Maverik convenience store and gas station chain is seeking to build a LEED-certified gas station and store on part of a large vacant block at the corner of Orchard and Franklin streets west of downtown. The 7.6-acre block is ...

Cash home sales are retreating across the country and, in Idaho, cash home sales in April dropped below 40 percent for the first time since November 2009, according to real estate data provider CoreLogic. Idaho in April also dropped back ...