Don L. Day

Boise

Founder and Editor at BoiseDev

Host at BoiseDev: Idaho development, growth & business

@BoiseDev founder/editor. @JSKstanford Fellow. Love my wife, our son, our dogs - and Boise.

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Large new downtown Boise parking garage, retail takes shape

2 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

The plan for a new parking garage and retail area behind the new Downtown Boise YMCA is taking shape. The project, as BoiseDev reported, replaces an earlier concept for a garage and senior living project that didn’t materialize due to economic and other factors. It will include parking, retail and a new daycare center.
Eagle's Stuffed Olive to close, with Orange County, CA concept on the way

2 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

After two decades in Eagle, the Stuffed Olive will serve up its last apple walnut salad later this month. The restaurant at 404 S. Eagle Rd., in a shopping complex near the Eagle Albertsons, will close on June 27th, to make way for a new concept. “After 20 incredible years, The Stuffed Olive will be closing its doors on Friday, June 27th,” the owners wrote in a post on Instagram and their website.
Truckstop's CEO steps down, founder Moscrip to return

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

Idaho-based technology company Truckstop announced its founder would return to lead the business, for now, after its CEO stepped down. Scott Moscrip founded Internet Truckstop Inc. in 1995 in New Plymouth. He ran the business until 2016 when Paris Cole moved up from chief financial officer to CEO. In 2022, as BoiseDev reported, Cole retired, and was replaced by then-COO Kendra Tucker. In 2023, the company undertook a round of layoffs, with an unknown number of employees being let go.
Nampa Gateway becomes Sugar District, with changes

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

The Nampa Gateway Center is getting a sweet new name — and look. Gardner Co. has renamed the outdoor mall, which opened in 2007, as the Sugar District, Managing Partner David Wali told BoiseDev in an interview. “The Sugar District seemed like a better tie-in with the area — everyone has a gateway, but not everyone has a sugar beat factory,” he said, referencing the nearby and well-known Amalgamated Sugar factory.
'Boise's story told through food': New rooftop restaurant planned in city's latest high-rise

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

Boise will soon get a new skyline restaurant. Boise-based Pennbridge Hospitality announced it plans to open The Boise Post on the 14th floor of its new hotel building under construction along Grove St. between 10th St. and 11th St. in Boise. Tom Whitney, Pennbridge’s Vice President of Construction, said the new restaurant will feature “Boise’s story told through food.”“The concept will be designed with a deep appreciation for the city’s history, culture, and spirit of reinvention,” he said.
Earl & Eddy, together again: hot sandwich chain opens in new spot after spring closure

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

A hot sandwich chain well known for its location at Walt Disney World in Florida… is back in the Treasure Valley. Earl of Sandwich closed its location inside the Jacksons Food Store on Eagle Rd. in Meridian earlier this year. But if you said goodbye, Earl… it might have been too soon. The chain opened in the new Fast Eddy’s location at 3240 W. Chinden Blvd. in Meridian. You might be thinking this sounds familiar.
Employees report Simplot is restructuring, layoff employees in Boise, elsewhere

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

Boise-based agribusiness giant J.R. Simplot Company appears to be undergoing a restructuring effort, leading to layoffs across the company. Representatives for Simplot did not confirm the scope or number of the layoffs, but did provide a statement. “We always prepare our company for the strongest future built around growth and meeting customer needs which means always adapting to market environments,” Global Content and Reputation Management Director Josh Jordan wrote.
Cushing Terrell purchases Boise architecture firm

3 weeks ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

A Boise architecture firm has joined with a Montana firm. Cushing Terrell has purchased ZGA Architects, the companies announced. Terms were not disclosed. ZGA Architects dates to 1973, when Thomas Zabala and Alan Giltzow founded the firm. They were later joined by Arthur Albanese in 1976, and the firm became Zabala Giltzow Albanese – later shortened to ZGA. Each of the men retired in the early part of the century, and today the firm is led by Steve Turney. Turney plans to retire.
NY private equity drives 'top 50' accounting firm roll-up, based in Meridian

1 month ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

With money from a New York private equity firm, a raft of accounting firms across Idaho and the country have merged to form a mega firm. The new firm, using the name Sorren, combines more than a dozen accounting firms, including Meridian’s Harris CPAs, Boise-based Chigbrow Ryan Murata, and Medford-based KDP Advisors, which in 2021 purchased Garden City-based Whittaker & Associates.
Video tour: See the new projects going up in Sun Valley and Ketchum

1 month ago | boisedev.com | Don L. Day

Construction season is underway across much of Idaho — including in the Wood River Valley. We took a tour of some of the major construction projects in Ketchum and Sun Valley in the video tour above. Hotel Appelation – A new 4.5-star five-story hotel from Ketchum developer Jack Bariteau. Possible Marriott Hotel – A currently stalled proposal for a new Marriott-branded hotel across from the Hotel Appelation in Ketchum.