The Ash + River Townhomes in the River Myrtle-Old Boise District was recognized by the Urban Land Institute as one of the top 10 public private partnership projects completed in the last five years. The housing development features 34 deed restricted residential units with a mix of townhomes and flats, and a ground-level commercial/retail space […]
BOISE, Idaho – Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Capital City Development Corporation (CCDC) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a mixed-income, housing-focused redevelopment project located on Block 68 in downtown Boise. Block 68, which refers to the original Boise town site platting, is bordered by State, Jefferson, 10th and 11th Streets. CCDC purchased […]
Recently, Idaho Business Review author Benton Smith wrote a story about ways urban renewal can help finance mixed-use projects in Idaho. The article features several examples around the state including some of CCDC’s Boise projects. Mixed-use projects can be challenging to finance, and the story explains how urban renewal agencies can help make good, urban projects feasible. […]
CCDC project manager, Doug Woodruff, was featured on Idaho Living on Friday, October 30th. Doug and hosts, Johnna and Liz, discussed The Grove Plaza: Brick by Brick program, a rare opportunity to buy engraved bricks and support the upcoming renovation of The Grove Plaza. This program is timely for the gift giving season, as an engraved brick makes a unique and […]
“The end result? More people will explore downtown, they’ll spend more time here.” Boise may find its way in 2015–and by “way” we mean “wayfinding.” This past summer, Boise Weekly first reported that a unique system of signs, specifically for Boise’s downtown, were in the works but only after teams of Treasure Valley stakeholders got […]
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — The Capital City District Corporation has written more than $7,000 in parking tickets since May, but it’s only received 54 percent of payments. Max Clark, the director of the CCDC’s Parking and Facilities department, said that’s pretty normal though. “Bad credit doesn’t mean that much to people anymore,” Clark said, “so […]
“We’ve started a process with our neighbors to consider upgrades to the user experience that has been there for 30 years, but we want to enhance that going forward.” It’s called Grove Plaza 2.0, and anyone who has gone anywhere near the Grove Plaza recently can attest to the reboot–the massive City Center Plaza project […]
Like its predecessors, thegroup wants a better baseball stadium, and it is sniffing around Boise for locations and partners. By SVEN BERG AND DAVE SOUTHORN sberg@idahostatesman.com dsouthorn@idahostatesman.comSeptember 24, 2014 The west side of Boise’s Downtown is one of the places Agon Sports and Entertainment is thinking about building a new stadium for the Boise Hawks, […]
With a new condo project, agency aims to avoid a repeat of ‘Boise Hole’ mess, where it found itself with no leverage. The lessons of the Boise Tower experience are written into Capital City Development Corporation’s proposed agreement for a condominium project near the Boise Library. The urban renewal agency’s board of commissioners hasn’t finalized […]
BOISE — A traffic monitor on 8th Street said he saw one driver Tuesday going the wrong way on Idaho Street who tried to turn the wrong way on 8th Street. That was the worst example he saw on the first day that Capital City Development Corporation, Boise’s urban renewal agency, opened 8th Street between […]