Once, shopping. Soon, shipping.
Washington truck manufacturer Kenworth on Wednesday filed a package permits to build a two-story dealership, warehouse and service center on the site that once held the Boise Outlet Mall, a longtime discount staple off South Eisenman Road.
The $33 million project will span more than 17 acres at 6850 S. Eisenman Road, nearly quadrupling the trucking firm’s Boise footprint. Kenworth Sales Co. currently runs a smaller office off the south end of Broadway Avenue between Interstate 84 and the Boise Airport.
Once built, the move will grab the trucking and equipment giant a larger piece of the Boise metro at a time of intensifying interest in the Treasure Valley as a shipping and distribution hub. Peterbilt, a trucking competitor, is mirroring the move with an expansion of its own farther south, the Statesman reported in March, retrofitting a new lot and service center…