A 200-acre development with stores, restaurants, offices and housing will move forward in the area west of Ten Mile Road along Interstate-84 in South Meridian. It marks the final major burst of development on roughly 1,000 acres of what was farmland in the decade since the Ten Mile Interchange opened.
The Meridian City Council wrestled with worries about the project’s impact on traffic and school enrollment, but ultimately greenlit the development without taking the Idaho Transportation Department’s recommendation that a new regional traffic study be done.
The project, the District at Ten Mile, is spearheaded by Ahlquist Development and would include dining and retail, a hotel, over 500,000 square feet of office space including medical offices, industrial space for partner Adler Industrial, and up to 400 town houses.
Ahlquist’s project is the last big development to come to the area east and west of Ten Mile Road north of I-84 that is guided by the city’s Ten Mile Interchange Specific Area Plan adopted in 2007. The plan called for development that would “look, feel and function differently than a typical commercial area or residential subdivision,” “anchored by a lifestyle center” and providing “an exciting atmosphere for residents.”