Boise: 8th & Main Tower/Zions Bank Idaho HQ: 323' and 18 Floors - Page 18

Boisebro · #**341** Posted **Jul 12, 2012, 8:28 PM**

more updates...

here's a better article from the spokesman on the ceremony:

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise...us-boise-hole/

you can see the new rendering behind the mayor:

Cottonwood · #**342** Posted **Jul 12, 2012, 9:17 PM**

http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/...-tallest-tower

Shovels Turn at Boise Hole, Breaking Ground for Idaho's Tallest Tower

Posted by Andrew Crisp on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM

http://www.boiseweekly.com/binary/e6...12-aerial1.jpg

A rendering of the Boise skyline shows the new building at the center of the frame.

Boisebro · #**343** Posted **Jul 12, 2012, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cottonwood

http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/...-tallest-tower

Shovels Turn at Boise Hole, Breaking Ground for Idaho's Tallest Tower

Posted by Andrew Crisp on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM

http://www.boiseweekly.com/binary/e6...12-aerial1.jpg

A rendering of the Boise skyline shows the new building at the center of the frame.

finally, a final height!

from the article:

The dirt lot will become a major part of the Boise skyline as Idaho's tallest building, measuring
315 feet to the top of a large roof spire.

Old&New · #**344** Posted **Jul 12, 2012, 11:58 PM**

Reminds me of the Mormon temple in New York City.

Visualize · #**345** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 12:06 AM**

^^^ Ummmm...the parking structure comprising the base of the Zions Tower is about the same size as the New York City Temple...you have a very vivid imagination.

Dale · #**346** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 1:54 AM**

315' is very good news, noticeably the new tallest.

isangpogi · #**347** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 3:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Boisebro

i spoke to one person who did attend, and there was mention from the developer that they really did want to build 20 floors so they could add more levels of parking, but there were city regulation issues that prohibited that. however, even at 20 floors, there would still only be 12 floors of office space as with the final design.

Geez, the red tape that this city puts developers through drives me CRAZY! This is a beautiful highrise, let it stick out as much as they want! I find it odd that the city approved previous highrises of 25ish levels on that same land, but objected this one being built to 20??

This is really going to block the view of the foothills from some of those expensive Aspen Lofts condos, but what do you expect when you build downtown right?

Not sure how much resemblance I see between this and Zion's Bank Tower...

Old&New · #**348** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 6:20 AM**

Oh, it was just the placement of the spire that I thought was similar, which is why it came to mind. Of course there are plenty of buildings that have corner spires... Would this building still be the tallest without the spire?

Boisebro · #**349** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 2:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Old&New

Oh, it was just the placement of the spire that I thought was similar, which is why it came to mind. Of course there are plenty of buildings that have corner spires... Would this building still be the tallest without the spire?

i've read that the spire rises 40' above the roofline, which would make the roofline 275'.

so this building would still be the tallest in the city by 8' even without the spire.

Makid · #**350** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 2:56 PM**

Congrats on the height and the filling of the hole. I can't wait to see pictures of this rise.

trekkerguy · #**351** Posted **Jul 13, 2012, 11:20 PM**

Haha, actually I can totally see similarities between the 8th & Main tower and the LDS temple in NY. Those vertical window lines and the same stepped corner spire. Either way I don't give a crap. It's their design, they can make it resemble whatever they want, it looks fantastic.

Sawtooth · #**352** Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 6:11 PM**

Anyone who thinks there are similarities between the two, except maybe the spire which is still a stretch, has to be shrooming.

Boisebro · #**353** Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 8:30 PM**

interesting bit of tid from this weekend's KTVB story regarding the timing:

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"You'll see a crane go up, and it will be pretty quiet, through the fall," Nelson said. "We'll be down here in the hole, hidden behind the fence, getting the foundation systems in and the basement. We'll start steel in the late fall, early spring, and that's when it will get exciting. We'll turn a floor a week, and crank through it."

sounds like the crane will be up this fall, but we won't see this thing rise until next spring.

he also confirmed that the tower will be completed by january 2014.

GrandTeton · #**354** Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 10:23 PM**

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sounds like the crane will be up this fall, but we won't see this thing rise until next spring.

It's the parking aspect of the building that will cause it to rise slower. Once the parking garage is built, the building will shoot up like a weed.

Hawk · #**355** Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by GrandTeton

It's the parking aspect of the building that will cause it to rise slower. Once the parking garage is built, the building will shoot up like a weed.

Just curious...why would it take so long to build a parking garage?

SLC Projects · #**356** Posted **Jul 16, 2012, 11:29 PM**

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Just curious...why would it take so long to build a parking garage?

Concrete takes longer VS Steel.

Hawk · #**357** Posted **Jul 17, 2012, 6:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Concert takes longer VS Steel.

Ah should have thought of that! Didn't even cross my mind at the time I had posted that. Don't you mean Concrete? Lol considering that would be one heck of a long concert for the time that it would take that much concrete to cure.

SLC Projects · #**358** Posted **Jul 17, 2012, 8:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hawk

Ah should have thought of that! Didn't even cross my mind at the time I had posted that. Don't you mean Concrete? Lol considering that would be one heck of a long concert for the time that it would take that much concrete to cure.

That's odd. I did write the word "Concrete". Must of been the spell check trying to guess what I was trying to spell and place "concert" instead without me knowing. I should just turn that off. Oh well....as long as you know what I meant that's what matter.

Cottonwood · #**359** Posted **Jul 18, 2012, 3:04 PM**

http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/8th-a...162529066.html

8th and Main construction could bring 400 jobs
by Justin Corr
Bio | Email| Follow: @twjcorr
KTVB.COM
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Updated Monday, Jul 16 at 12:46 PM

It's a really big impact for the subcontracting community in the Valley," said Nelson. "These larger projects really help out the local community. I would estimate that it will generate between 300 to 400 local jobs."

But can this thing really be ready for a ribbon-cutting by January of 2014? Neil says, "yes."

"You'll see a crane go up, and it will be pretty quiet, through the fall," Nelson said. "We'll be down here in the hole, hidden behind the fence, getting the foundation systems in and the basement. We'll start steel in the late fall, early spring, and that's when it will get exciting. We'll turn a floor a week, and crank through it."

Boisebro · #**360** Posted **Jul 18, 2012, 10:52 PM**

there's been a small crew working in the pit every day since the ceremony.

looks like they're removing the old concrete walls now. won't be long until the pit is nothing but dirt just begging for a new foundation.