Idaho

Bringing the Economy Home

Goodbye Hole. Hello Bank.

Big plans for ‘the big hole’ in downtown Boise after sitting empty for almost 25 years…


Bieter says building this 15 story building on top of the decade old hole is proof that Boise’s economy is recovering. The site on 8th and Main has been vacant since 1987 when the historic Eastman building burned down. It has been a hole filled with rebar since the failed Boise Towers project in 2001.

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