Growth & Development

New projects, land use, housing, construction, roads, and what is changing around town.

Growth & Development/October 21, 2026

Boise Centre Has Been Turning Away 115 Events a Year. That’s About to Change.

The Greater Boise Auditorium District quietly completed its third land purchase of the year, securing 6.5 acres a few blocks from the existing convention center for a major expansion.

Growth & Development/October 21, 2026

Ten Days to Eat Your Way Through Downtown Boise for Under $14

Taste of Downtown is back with prix fixe menus, social hours, and $14-and-under specials at restaurants across downtown Boise.

Growth & Development/September 20, 2026

Sturgeon, Scones, and an Alpine Coaster: One Family’s 48-Hour Boise Playbook

A travel creator’s kid-tested Boise itinerary hits the MK Nature Center, Bogus Basin, a Boise River float, and a Greenbelt e-bike ride—all in two days.

Growth & Development/September 20, 2026

Target and In-N-Out Are Heading to Meridian’s Ten Mile Corridor

Ahlquist Development has announced Target, In-N-Out, and additional retail and dining tenants for The District at Ten Mile, a new mixed-use center taking shape near Scheels in Meridian.

Growth & Development/September 8, 2026

Fifty Balloons Over Ann Morrison, Five Mornings, and It’s All Free

The Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic returns to Ann Morrison Park September 2–6 with dawn launches, a Friday night Nite Glow, and free admission.

Growth & Development/August 30, 2026

Oddbox Breakfast Project Gets the Full Jeremy Treatment

Local food creator @boiseinsiders puts Oddbox Breakfast Project to the test in the latest episode of his ongoing Boise food series.

Growth & Development/August 30, 2026

The Boise Boys Turned a Riverfront Dirt Lot Into a Whole Neighborhood

Luke and Clint of Timber and Love detail the three-year, multimillion-dollar journey from vacant land along the Boise River to their finished community, Greenway.

Growth & Development/August 11, 2026

Downtown’s Most Familiar Tower Used to Check You In for the Night

The Hoff Building spent its first four decades as Hotel Boise, Boise’s first skyscraper and the tallest thing most Idahoans had ever seen.

Growth & Development/August 4, 2026

Boise’s 10-Minute Park Walk Goal Has Reached 74% of Residents

Since setting a 2017 goal of walkable park access for every resident, Boise Parks and Recreation has pushed coverage from 60% to 74% of the city’s population.

Growth & Development/July 29, 2026

Broadcast Coffee Is Getting Its TikTok Close-Up

Downtown Boise’s Broadcast Coffee is making the rounds on TikTok, with creator @malbair spotlighting the café’s coffee and matcha.

Growth & Development/July 26, 2026

A Norwegian Potato Flatbread Shop Just Landed on 11th Street

Loving Lefse has opened a downtown Boise storefront at 110 N. 11th St., serving traditional Norwegian lefse with sweet and savory fillings alongside a specialty coffee menu.

Growth & Development/July 23, 2026

Downtown Boise’s Newest Restaurant Is Betting Everything on a Baked Potato

Spud Daddy opened in downtown Boise serving what owner Thomas Watson calls the biggest, baddest Idaho Russet potatoes around—and the opening-day line out the door suggests he may be right.