New stores and a public town square are coming to Southwest Boise after the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a plan to develop a new residential and business subdivision in Syringa Valley, near the Boise Airport.
The approved portion of the Barnwood Village Subdivision would include 118 single-family homes, three commercial buildings and 19 lots of public space off South Cole and West Lake Hazel roads. Central to the plan is a “Village Center,” which would ultimately blend a series of courtyards, picnic areas, sport courts, clubhouses and other amenities with apartments, parking and new businesses for CBH Homes’ expanding Locale planned community.
The full Barnwood build-out will come in phases, comprising 1,050 total housing units, Bailey Engineers stated in its report on behalf of the applicants. Commercial and multifamily aspects still require design review and City Council approval, Cece Cheney, a spokesperson for CBH Homes, told the Idaho Statesman in an email…