Idaho Business Review IBR

Introduction Idaho is growing fast, by some counts faster than any other state, and the growth is concentrated in the southwestern counties. The population boom brings prosperity, change and challenges. For instance, this summer, the median price for Canyon and ...

Saying it would bring the business portion of his office into the 21st century, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced new business filing software. “We’re ready for business at the speed of business,” he said. The SOS Enterprise software, produced ...

Tagged with: chad houck lawerence denney secretary of state tecuity

This is the golden age for retail in Idaho, whether that’s a chain store or an independent, downtown or in a mall. National and regional retailers continue to discover the Treasure Valley, local merchants are thriving, downtowns are being energized ...

Tagged with: Boise Towne Square Colliers Retail The Village at Meridian Thornton Oliver Keller

Toledo, Ohio-based Marco’s Pizza took its first bite in Idaho in January with a shop in northwest Meridian at Ten Mile and McMillan roads. Now, the seventh largest U.S. pizza chain is looking for franchisees to add five more Marco’s ...

Tagged with: Meridian Pizza Restaurants

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a new proposed affordable housing apartment complex, let alone an attempt to build affordable housing without federal low-income housing tax credits or other incentives. Wendy Klahr wants to build a 17-unit, three-story apartment ...

Tagged with: Affordable Housing Apartments Overland Road

Boise Startup Week this year included two pitch contests with $10,000 cash prizes for the winners – “Trailmix,” focused on processed food products, and a more general startup contest. The winner of the Trailmix competition was Snacktivist Foods, a Coeur ...

Tagged with: boise startup week lumineye snacktivist foods

“Boise is our headquarters,” Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said on Thursday. “It is the center of our research and development,” which in turn is the foundation of the company’s global presence. Mehrotra was in Boise to take part in the ...

Tagged with: micron sanjay mehrotra

Shoshone Fire Protection District No. 1 will build a new headquarters fire station in Osburn with a $1.9 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. Osburn is 43 miles east of Coeur d’Alene on Interstate 90. The ...

Tagged with: Construction Fire Departments North Idaho Osburn

Business parks mean business. Ten Mile Crossing’s first year in Meridian played out in just that manner with the openings of benefits administrator AmeriBen and human capital management company Paylocity. Ten Mile Crossing’s developer, Tommy Ahlquist, however, has never totally ...

Tagged with: Ball Ventures Ahlquist Foothills Physical Therapy Heart n Home Kristin Armstrong Ten Mile Crossing Unity Health Center

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing by Sears Holdings Corp. on Oct. 15 includes the closure of the Sears store at the Boise Towne Square mall. The two remaining Kmarts in Idaho in Twin Falls and Lewiston were not on ...

Tagged with: Boise Towne Square Sears