Thursday, October 16, 2008

Urban Development II




Boise Place, Boise. It will be 34 floors and 460'. It will be mixed-use with apartments, condos, and a hotel inside. It could possibly be taller due to the high demand of downtown living in Boise. It is on hold due to the bad economy. This is one of the most demanded lots of land in the Northwest.

Originally, the Boise Tower was proposed and eventually started construction for this lot, but because of bankruptcy it was never finished. Years later, the foundation is still partially completed, leaving a hole in the ground and the demand for downtown living even greater.

Urban Development



Who honestly wants to live in such conditions? Get in a car, drive to work, drive to the grocery store, drive the kids to school, get lost in your sub-division, not be able to put the ornaments you want out on your lawn, get stuck in traffic, and waste precious time. All for a little backyard that will have to conform to neighborhood regulations. Developers should be restricted in doing this. It's cheap for them, and expensive for you.







222 South Main, Salt Lake City. A decrepit building was here before. It is going to have a major impact on the south part of Salt Lake City's skyline.





The Aspen, Boise. A parking garage was built years ago that left a tiny lot of land. That land was deemed useless because it was so skinny. Condos came out of that "useless" piece of land. A major impact on downtown Boise living.

Glass, it's Northwestern.