Real Estate Agents Are Taking Ad- Tors Are Now Using the Camera to Replace Traditional Cent and 40 Percent of Idaho Power’S Fuel Mix

March 24, 2017 Vol. 38 No. 24 • $2.50 Boise Hawks owners bank on pro soccer, downtown stadium

By Teya Vitu which owns the Hawks, anticipates announcing soon Idaho Business Review that it will acquire the former Kmart building at Americana Boulevard and Shoreline Road that is now The owners of the Boise Hawks minor league occupied by the St. Luke’s Business Center, said Jeff baseball team expect to add a second-tier men’s pro- Eiseman, Agon’s president and partner. fessional soccer team to their portfolio, and to have Eiseman is trying to assemble a 15- to 20-acre Photo courtesy of Wide Eye Productions both teams play in a 5,000- to 7,500-seat stadium they checkerboard of properties in the area generally The Basque Soccer Friendly match between Athletic propose to build in downtown Boise. Bilbao and Club Tijuana in 2015 was the first interna- Atlanta-based Agon Sports and Entertainment, See SOCCER, page 16 tional soccer match in Idaho.

Idaho Power plans significant shift from coal

By Benton Alexander Smith Idaho Business Review

Despite national rhetoric about loosening restrictions on the use of coal, Idaho Power plans to significantly shift its portfolio away from the fuel type in the coming decade. The public utility accepts energy from seven coal-powered generators located in Oregon, Neva- da and Wyoming. Idaho Power plans to lower that to as few as two generators by the late 2020s. The shift is apparent in the development of Ida- ho Power’s 2017 integrated resource plan, which the utility updates every two years. “It has traditionally been routine, but increasingly our resource plan is becoming our road map Photo by Glenn Landberg away from coal,” said Brad Bowlin, spokesman Marce Barrera moves his camera while creating a 3D tour of a home that is on the market in Boise. for Idaho Power. Regulation and other factors have driven up the cost of coal-generated energy over the last few years. Treasure Valley realtors are President Donald Trump has said he will review coal regulations with an eye to helping the industry grow. But Idaho Power is worried that despite talk of lower regulation, high CO2-emit- adding 3D models to listings ting fuel sources such as coal will continue to become less profitable in the long term, Bowlin said. “We are continuing on the glide path away By Benton Alexander Smith A Silicon Valley company called Matterport has from coal because it seems more economically vi- Idaho Business Review created a camera capable of scanning a room and cre- able for our customers,” Bowlin said. ating a 3D walk through online. Treasure Valley real- Since 2010, coal has made up between 30 per- More and more real estate agents are taking ad- tors are now using the camera to replace traditional cent and 40 percent of Idaho Power’s fuel mix. To vantage of 3D modeling in the Treasure Valley. still photos of properties. replace that energy, Idaho Power plans to use a Several businesses have incorporated 3D technolo- “The nice thing about it is you click on the video mix of new solar project and Oregon renewable gy into their services the last few years, but the equip- and you can move around,” said Natalie Wilhite, a re- energy sources. Idaho Power has contracted with ment required to create 3D models has only recently altor with Team Realty in Nampa. “With the still pho- several solar farms over the last few years and has become accessible enough to attract local real estate agents. See 3D, page 19 See COAL, page 19

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3 Small businesses could soon have more access 7 State of Idaho looks to buy Hewlett-Packard 6 In Brief: ISU adds graduate-level taxation to property tax exemptions campus degree

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By Teya Vitu “I don’t want to deal with Refugees often rely on Idaho Business Review the parking,” Probert said. public transportation as “It’s a lot faster to go with well, said Joe Swenson, who There’s a stigma to riding the bus in the bus. I definitely consid- owns Square One Advisory the Treasure Valley. ered selling my car a few Services, a business consult- Donna Bernardelli, who rides to work times.” ing company. at the Moffatt Thomas law firm every day, New arrivals to the Trea- “Chances are the transit hears it all the time. sure Valley don’t see the system doesn’t support get- “’Are you afraid to drive? Do you have existing commute - which ting them to work,” Swenson a DUI?’” she said. “I get a lot of ‘Don’t you is generally a half an hour said. “They have to drive. ride with a lot of weird people?’ The over- from downtown Boise to They get old junkers that all impression is it’s dirty and there are Nampa in rush hour - as don’t work particularly well. strange people on it.” onerous. If they had an alternative, Office workers, the elderly, school chil- “My buyers are real- they would do it.” dren, young adults, refugees and others ly happy about commute The elderly and disabled use Valley Regional Transit buses, Ada times,” said Brandi Holaday, also tend to rely on public County Highway District’s Commuteride an agent at Hughes Real Es- Photo by Pete Grady transit. vans or Treasure Valley Transit rural tate Group in Boise. “They Boise Young Professionals members Heather Kimmett (left), “As you get older, your bus service. But those riders make up less don’t see that growth but I Chase Erkins, Amy Probert and Wyatt Schroeder aboard a Valley- reflexes slow down,” said than 1 percent of the local population, ac- do. I think it’s important to Ride bus discussing the merits of public transit for the younger Lupe Wissel, state director cording to the Community Planning Asso- look at long-term growth (in generations. of AARP Idaho, which has ciation of Southwest Idaho, or COMPASS. terms of increasing public 178,000 members in Ida- “There is the attitude to ‘those peo- transit).” ho. “How can folks still get ple,’” said Bernardelli, who rides the bus Boise Mayor David Bieter recalls hear- portation if it is robust enough to make around safely? Right now, we are pretty to work between Middleton and down- ing of a Pacific Northwest real estate it convenient, high quality, and service is limited with what’s available. You cannot town Boise. consultant who said, “If frequent enough that it can compete with afford a cab. The (Treasure Valley Transit Nowhere in America you’re not showing me a the option of driving a personal car,” said buses) go by every hour. If you have some is public transit a univer- project with rail transit, Kelli Badesheim, executive director of illness, how long do they wait?” sal mode of transport. DRIVE don’t even show them to Valley Regional Transit. Wissel noted that for many of the el- Even in New York City, me.” Better public transit would also help derly and disabled, transit means inde- only 54 percent of com- TIME Bernardelli drives very low-income people get to work, said pendence. muters ride public tran- AN EIGHT-PART SERIES ON PUBLIC 4 miles to a bus stop to Wyatt Schroeder, executive director of “Once you can’t drive, you are at the sit. Portland, Ore. has a TRANSIT IN THE TREASURE VALLEY catch the single morning Charitable Assistance to Community’s mercy of someone who can drive you,” transit ridership of only run of Valley Regional Homeless (CATCH). Wissel said. “I think it’s happening more 12 percent, according to Transit’s Route 44 bus, “Families spend $250 a month on a car than we know.” Census Bureau’s American Community which she has ridden since the route with an income of $800,” he said. “For Survey. started in June 2007. She does drive once those families, transportation is a lifeline. Idaho Business Review staff writer Teya Vitu has rid- But public transit advocates say tran- a week, usually. With transit, they can live farther out of den on at least 14 streetcar systems and at least 16 sit ridership has been steadily increasing “Money. It’s all about the money,” Ber- town (where it’s cheaper to live).” subway systems across the U.S., Canada and Europe. since bottoming out in the mid-1970s. Cit- nardelli said, adding that her employer ies in the 1970s that essentially rejected pays half of parking or half of bus fare for public transit, such as Los Angeles, Dal- employees. Her half of parking would be las, Phoenix, Denver, and Salt Lake City, $780 and her half for the bus is $258. Corrections in the past 20 years have invested billions “There’s no wear and tear on my car,” A Women of the Year profile of Laurie Bell published with the March 10 of dollars in public transit as the founda- Bernardelli said. “No traffic to deal with. Idaho Business Review misstated the number of people served annually by an tion of their growth strategies, said Art I can play games or sleep. I don’t under- organization called Many Joys Inc. The correct number is 4,200 people a year. Guzzetti, vice president of policy at Amer- stand why more people don’t do it.” ican Public Transportation Association in She said the bus ride takes 15 minutes A list of landscape architecture firms published on p. 10 of the March 17 Ida- Washington, D.C. or so more than the 45-minute drive from ho Business Review left off TTKLA, or Terry T. King Landscape Architecture. Groups that promote economic devel- beyond Star. And “you’re not going to stop The firm is located at 3023 E. Copperpoint Dr., Ste. 208, Meridian, ID 83642 opment, such as Boise Young Profession- on the way home to shop. You can’t swing and on the web at www.ttkla.com. Terry King is the principal landscape archi- als and Boise Regional Realtors, support by your parents’ house on the way home.” tect and can be reached at (208) 869-3820 or [email protected]. The firm’s spe- public transit. Some even use the bus. Many public officials know that more cialties are residential planning and design, grading and drainage, planting “In winter, I rely heavily on the bus,”- people would ride the bus if there were and irrigation, construction documentation, administration and supervision, said Amy Probert, a BYP member whose more routes available. and advanced rendering and graphic communication. Major projects include employer, CTA Group, pays for her bus “Experiences from other regions in- Villa Flume, Renovare and Little Creek Apartments. rides. dicate that people will use public trans- WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM | March 24, 2017 | IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW 3

Small businesses could soon have M & A Advisors Business Brokers more access to property tax exemptions

By Benton Alexander Smith Businesses for Sale Idaho Business Review Acclaimed Boise Lunch Deli, Rated one of the best deli’s in Treasure Valley, $240,000

Commercial Concrete Business, Well established company with extensive opportunity, $320,000 Idaho counties may soon receive more authority to grant property tax Daycare Center, Custom built daycare center in Meridian, real estate included, $625,000 exemptions to businesses seeking to Iconic Breakfast Restaurant w/Real Estate, One of Idaho’s best independently owned, $3,350,000 move to or expand within the state. The Senate Local Government and Retail/Overstock Store, Very profitable business, in high traffic location, $200,000 Taxation Committee approved a bill File photo Shipping, Mail, and Print Center, 15 years in business, national franchise, $75,000 March 14 that expands a property tax exemption for manufacturers with A KODIAK aircraft. No business in Bon- Soda and Snack Vending, One person can operate business, western valley, $110,000 building projects worth at least $3 ner County had qualified for Idaho’s million. The bill has already passed five-year property tax exemption until www.laskacompany.com through the House and will now go be- Quest Aircraft undertook a $3.1 million fore the full Senate. expansion project in 2016 to increase The bill would give county commis- production of its aircraft. The Legisla- 801 E. State Street, Eagle, Idaho 83616 sions the ability to lower the threshold ture is now considering loosening the for qualifying for the exemption from requirements for the exemption in or- $3 million to as low as $500,000 in order to help rural counties and small der to help rural counties grow and at- businesses. tract new businesses. The bill also expands the exemption so that it can go nomic Advisory Council. to any business type except retailers. “This has been critical to our busi- “I think we can all understand some ness,” Wittrock said. “This expansion of the struggles our rural commu- of the exemption doesn’t affect our nities are facing,” said Megan Ronk, business at ON Semiconductor, but I director of the Idaho Department of think it helps smaller businesses and Commerce. “We have heard from local smaller communities to take advan- partners around the state that the $3 tage of this opportunity for invest- million threshold just wasn’t attain- ment.” able to many of our rural counties.” Valley County has never had a busi- The property tax exemption has ness take advantage of the tax exemp- been around since 2010 and has helped tion because of the $3 million thresh- Pest Control Down to A sCienCe Idaho businesses expand. Counties old, but it has a project lined up that can award the exemption for up to 100 will benefit from the looser require- Locally Owned and Operated percent of the property tax rate for up ments, said Gordon Cruickshank, a Serving all of Southern Idaho & E. Oregon to five years. Valley County commissioner. Pocatello-based ON Semiconductor “If we did the grand slam deal it has received the exemption for eight might be worth over $3 million, but Commercial • Industrial • Residential of its projects, six in Pocatello and two there is talk about doing it in three in Nampa, said Arlen Wittrock, public phases,” he said. “This will allow our affairs consultant at ON Semiconduc- county to provide some tax incentives 208-345-7378 tor and chairman of the Idaho Eco- for those phases.” 4 IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW | March 24, 2017 | WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM

Boise State runs data collection Idaho Youth Ranch will project on Treefort Music Fest move Fairview store into

By Benton Alexander Smith ers and setting a shuttle route up downtown on Idaho Business Review Main and Idaho to ease congestion, Knipe said. former Kmart building Boise State will study the effects of the fes- Treefort Music Fest, now in its sixth year, is tival March 22 through 26 to learn exactly how By Teya Vitu working with Boise State University on a data Boise benefits. It will look at the attendance Idaho Business Review collection project. from both local and tourism perspectives and “Since we have been growing this from the festival’s impact on downtown Boise busi- Nearly half the former Kmart building on Fairview Av- scratch, we had no means enue on Boise’s west side has tenants signed up to move in for gathering metrics those in September. first years,” said Cathy Idaho Youth Ranch is the third tenant announced for Knipe, sponsor liaison for the 84,000-square-foot-structure. The IYR thrift store, Treefort. “We didn’t know Johnny’s Fit Club Fitness and Vector Christian Center what information to collect will each occupy 12,600 square feet in 60-by-210-foot that or the best way to measure span the length of the store, said Bob Mitchell, retail spe- it. Even year-to-year, the cialist at Thornton Oliver Keller Commercial Real Estate. things we have looked at Kmart closed the store in March 2016. The three new have changed.” tenants signed leases in February, Mitchell said. The data collection will He is in discussions with a potential fourth tenant with help Treefort recertify as “offers going back and forth,” he said. a benefit corporation, or B Idaho Youth Ranch is moving its Fairview store into Corp. the Kmart building from the east end of the same shop- The festival does know ping center. The company expects a 20 percent increase in that it had about 15,000 at- business with the short lateral move, said Jeff Myers, vice tendees each of the last two president of social enterprise. years, 14,000 in 2015 and “The end of the center where we are at is developed 16,000 in 2016, and more with pads on the street and trees obscure our shop (in than 20 percent of the fes- Photo by Benton Alexander Smith back),” Myers said. “Visibility is pretty limited for us.” tival’s participants came A Treefort-inspired painting on The Owyhee building, which provides The Fairview store performs in the “middle of the from outside of Idaho. lounges to musicians and journalists during Treefort Music Fest and pack” at IYR’s 29 stores across the state, he said. The IYR The number of busi- hosts screenings for the event’s film festival. thrift stores carry clothing and household goods with rev- nesses participating in the enue dedicated to Idaho Youth Ranch programs. festival has grown. In 2015, IYR was ending a five-year lease extension after 10 70 local businesses took part; in 2016, 140 did. nesses, said Marissa Lovell, Treefort spokes- years at the current Fairview location. The company is More than 170 organizations are participat- woman. reevaluating other Treasure Valley leases as they expire, ing in Treefort this year. More than 100 of those Treefort is one of several B Corps in Idaho. with plans to move a couple more stores in the next two are sponsors that donated between $500 and These businesses are certified by a third par- years, Myers said. $25,000 each, about 30 are hosting events and ty called the B-Lab that requires companies to This follows several years of relocating old downtown about 40 are donating food and services. For meet standards in social sustainability and en- stores to more popular shopping centers in places like Ida- example, Valley Regional Transit is providing vironmental performance, accountability, and ho Falls and Pocatello, Myers said. free bus rides to wristband-wearing festival-go- transparency in governance.

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By Benton Alexander Smith cent and 6 percent respectively. Idaho Business Review “It is a great sign for Idaho, especially for Boise because that is Idaho led the nation in job what is driving the growth in the growth in 2016, mostly because state,” said Ethan Mansfield, re- of people moving into the state, gional economist with the Idaho according to the Idaho Depart- Department of Labor. ment of Labor. “Since construction is pri- Idaho added 27,500 jobs be- marily driving our job growth it tween January 2016 and Janu- means that migration is a major ary 2017. The state’s 4 percent contributor to the number of growth rate was the fastest in jobs we have added,” he said. “If the country. Utah was fourth in you look at a list of high growing the country with a growth rate industries, construction -- espe- of 3.2 percent, according to Zions cially of residential buildings -- Bank. is driving Idaho’s growth. People Construction was responsible are coming into here, building for most of the growth, increas- homes and joining the workforce ing 11.3 percent and creating 4,500 File photo themselves which is why we are jobs, but information technology Workers and equipment at an Eagle construction site last year. Construction was respon- seeing large increases in indus- and financial services experienced sible for most of Idaho’s nation-leading job growth last year, according to the state De- tries such as scientific research significant growth as well, 5.7 per- partment of Labor. and development.”

Coffee shop will join the Chevron station in Harris Ranch

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ditional-use permit. Idaho Power had sought to build a second transmission line between Hailey and Ketchum to act as a backup power source. Opponents of the transmission line In BRief worried it wouldn’t meet county standards. ISU adds graduate-level The Associated Press File photo Senators’ proposal A table in a classroom at an Idaho high taxation degree school. An Idaho Senate panel has would make way for spiked a proposal suggesting that high Idaho State University is adding a master of taxation degree to help ad- young loggers school students should have to pass dress a shortage of accountants specialized in tax law in eastern Idaho and a civics test that included at least 25 across the country. Senators from Maine and Idaho are questions on the history of Idaho. Changes to tax law over the last several years have made the country’s tax introducing legislation they say would system more difficult to decipher, said Daniel Ames, as- make it easier for aspiring young log- Senate kills bill sociate dean at ISU College of Business. Ames said busi- gers to get into the business. nesses are now looking for graduate students who are Sens. Angus King, a Maine indepen- adding Idaho trained specifically in tax accounting instead of students dent, and Jim Risch, an Idaho Repub- from traditional accounting programs with a broader fo- lican, announced the bill on March 16. questions to civics cus. They said the legislation would level test There aren’t many graduate level taxation programs the playing field with other agricultur- around the country, Ames said. al fields by allowing family members to An Idaho Senate panel has spiked a “As much as our politicians say they want to reform get experience in logging from an ear- proposal suggesting that high school tax code, it is becoming increasingly complex,” Ames lier age so they can carry on a family students should have to pass a civics said. “You are seeing increase demand for graduate tax- business. test that included at least 25 questions Daniel Ames ation students. Companies like KPMG and Deloitte have The senators are calling the proposal on the history of Idaho. said explicitly and implicitly that they are going to re- the Future Logging Careers Act. King Members on the Senate Education quire all new hires to have a degree in taxation if they said it would allow young loggers to get Committee said March 14 they liked the are working in a tax area and publicly traded companies required to have into the business under the supervision overall concept of the bill, but couldn’t extensive audit work done are increasingly hiring taxation specialists.” of parents. sign off on the legislation as it was being There are 62 graduate programs focused on taxation in the United States, Under existing law, 16- and 17-year- presented. according to the education website Study Portal. olds are forbidden from working in log- Republican Rep. Bryan Zollinger, Boise State University and Weber State University in Ogden, Utah are the ging, with some limited exceptions for the bill’s sponsor, countered that the closest universities to ISU with graduate taxation programs, but they aren’t apprentices and student-learners. The test would encourage students to learn filling demand from eastern Idaho employers, Ames said. bill sponsored by King and Risch would more about their state government. “Part of introducing this program is it is a response to different firms change that. In 2015, lawmakers passed a bill re- requesting that we have students specialize in tax,” said Heidi Shiosaki, di- The Associated Press quiring students to correctly answer rector of graduate studies at the Idaho State University College of Business. 60 out of a 100 questions from the same ISU’s program can be completed in one year and will be available to stu- citizenship test the federal government dents beginning in the fall. Western Idaho requires immigrants to pass. This is the Benton Alexander Smith second year lawmakers have failed to courthouse add an Idaho element to the civics test. deemed unsafe for The Associated Press sales this year even though mortgage its lowest level since 1999, while the in- occupation rates have climbed upward from recent ventory of new homes on the market is A courthouse in western Idaho has US housing starts lows, making monthly housing pay- near an eight-year high. been deemed unsafe and closed to the ments higher and hurting affordability. Demand among homebuyers has public. rose in Feb., led by Housing starts are running 7.5 per- been strong as the unemployment rate Adams County building inspector single-family homes cent higher than they did during the has dipped to a healthy 4.7 percent. Don Horton said the old county court- first two months of 2016. Builders last Yet buyers will likely borrow at higher house was condemned a few weeks U.S. builders broke ground on new year started the most new homes since rates than last year, a factor that could ago, KTVB-TV reported March 16. The homes at a faster pace in February, a 2007, the year the Great Recession began restrict the extent of price and sales courthouse has been closed to the pub- sign that developers expect solid sales as the housing market began to teeter. growth. lic. growth this year despite higher mort- Construction surged last month The average 30-year fixed rate mort- “We don’t allow people in it, we gage rates. in the West, offsetting declines in the gage had a 4.21 percent interest rate, don’t allow cars going by it, and we Housing starts rose 3 percent last Northeast, Midwest and South that mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said the don’t want the children going to school month to a seasonally adjusted annual were largely caused by a decline in week of March 6. This marks a steep in- walking by it,” Horton said. rate of 1.3 million, the Commerce De- apartment building starts. crease from a 52-week low rate of 3.41 The old Adams County Courthouse partment said March 16. Still, growth in home building also percent. has overlooked the city of Council for Almost all of those gains came from appears to be tempered. Building per- The Associated Press more than 100 years. The building has construction of single-family houses, mits_an indicator of future home con- been deteriorating for years despite which rose 6.5 percent. Construction of struction slipped 6.2 percent in Febru- nearly half a million dollars from the apartment buildings fell 7.7 percent in ary to an annual rate of 1.2 million. Idaho Power Adams County Historic Preservation February. Builders have been adding supply to Commission. The building hasn’t been More Americans are looking to pur- the market, just not enough to address appeals in use for nearly two decades. chase homes as the job market has im- the tight inventory of existing homes transmission line Horton said this winter’s harsh proved, but the supply of properties for that make up the bulk of the real estate weather sped up the building’s deteri- sale has been relatively low even with market. The National Association of permit denial oration. additional construction. The increase Realtors has reported that the number He said it’s unclear what will hap- in construction starts points to greater of existing homes on the market is near Idaho Power is appealing a decision pen to the old courthouse. The County by Blaine County to deny its permit ap- will decide whether it should knock it plication for a second transmission line down or repair it after consulting its in the Wood River Valley. insurance company and a structural The Idaho Mountain Express reports engineer. that that the Boise-based utility sent a “We could leave it here, but I think letter to Blaine County Land Use Direc- the first earthquake we have it’s com- tor Tom Bergin on March 7, requesting ing down,” Horton said. “These bricks an appeal hearing before the county are now apart basically in spots, you commissioners. Idaho Power Projects can see where it’s cracked on the top.” Manager Ryan Adelman said Friday Residents of Council said they have that an appeal hearing is likely to take mixed feelings about losing the old place in May. courthouse. Some say it would be too The Blaine County Planning and expensive to restore, but others believe Zoning Commission in January voted the property is worth the investment. 4-1 to deny the application for a con- The Associated Press

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File photo Workers at a home construction site in Boise. Single-family home construction rose 6.5 percent in February, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Con- struction surged in the West, offsetting declines elsewhere in the U.S. 208.336.3768 WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM | March 24, 2017 | IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW 7 State of Idaho looks to buy Terry Reilly Health Services has purchased a Nampa. Mark Schlag, CCIM, and Peter Oliver, SIOR, 10,178-square-foot building at 802 Cleveland Blvd. CCIM, of Thornton Oliver Keller represented the in Caldwell. Russ Vawter of Lee & Associates Idaho landlord. DJ Thompson of Cushman & Wakefield Hewlett-Packard campus represented the seller. Robert Andherst of The Pacific represented the tenant. By Teya Vitu nent home for state offices,” Miller said. Andherst Company represented the buyer. Capell Contract Carpets Inc. renewed 4,152 Idaho Business Review “It’s cheaper to buy a product that is exist- Prefab Logistics LLC leased 1,889 square feet at square feet of industrial space at 1763 W. Marcon ing than to build a new campus.” River Pointe Center, 390 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Suite Lane, Suite 100, in Meridian. Chris Pearson, SIOR, of The Idaho Department of Administra- The state now leases more than 800,000 130, in Boise. Scott Feighner of Colliers International Thornton Oliver Keller facilitated the transaction. tion awaits legislative approval to purchase square feet of office and warehouse space represented the tenant. Idaho Youth Ranch renewed 9,714 square feet in the 197-acre Boise campus of Hewlett-Pack- in Ada County at an annual cost of $12.2 Johnny’s Fit Club leased 12,000 square feet of Pinon Square, 2141 S. Broadway Ave., in Boise. Holly ard Co., which started building its Five Mile million. As leases near expiration, the state retail space at 10477 Fairview in a portion of the Chetwood of Thornton Oliver Keller facilitated the Road/Chinden Boulevard campus in 1975. will consider relocating offices to the HP former Kmart building. Bob Mitchell of Thornton transaction. Hewlett-Packard will remain in place campus, Miller said. Oliver Keller completed the transaction. Thunder Mountain Gold renewed 1,875 square and lease back for an initial seven-year Once Administration gets approval Viking Automatic Sprinkler Co. leased 5,039 feet of industrial space in Rushmore Business term 793,000 square feet of the total 1.346 to negotiate a purchase, the Idaho State square feet of industrial space at 2022 N. Elder St. Center, 11770-11880 W. President Drive, in Boise. Dan million square feet in eight buildings. The Building Authority will do an “enormous in Nampa. Chris Pearson, SIOR, of Thornton Oliver Minnaert, SIOR, CCIM, and Devin Pierce, SIOR, of state plans to first move the Idaho State Tax amount of investigation” of the property Keller represented the landlord. Dave Winder Thornton Oliver Keller facilitated the transaction. Commission into one 152,000-square-foot before considering selling an estimated of Cushman & Wakefield Pacific represented the Jon Galane leased 3,100 square feet of industrial building that has been vacant at least five $126 million bond to purchase and renovate tenant. space in the South Cole Industrial Center, 2756 S. years, and later bring in numerous other the property, Miller said. Select Commercial Property Services leased Cole Road, in Boise. Chris Pearson, SIOR, and Peter state agencies using leased space around The tax commission could conceivably 3,525 square feet at 5531 Glenwood St. in Boise. Oliver, SIOR, CCIM, of Thornton Oliver Keller repre- Ada County, said Linda Miller, a leasing move in by the end of the year. Its lease Karena Gilbert of Thornton Oliver Keller represent- sented the landlord. John Bottles of Mark Bottles manager for the department. expires August 2018 at Washington Group ed the landlord. Ben Kneadler of Mark Bottles Real Real Estate represented the tenant. The Legislature on March 16 was consid- Plaza, which St. Luke’s Health System is Estate represented the tenant. Exclusive Wireless Inc. dba T-Mobile leased ering a concurrent resolution authorizing under contract to buy. Isucceed leased space in the Apollo Building, 6148 1,624 square feet in Southern Springs Retail, 1800- N. Discovery Way, in Boise. Patrick Shalz, SIOR, and 1870 S. Meridian Road, in Meridian, ID. Brianna the Department of Administration to nego- The state would assume third-party partner at Thornton Oliver Keller facilitated the Miller of Thornton Oliver Keller represented the tiate the $110 million purchase with HP. leases with other tenants on the campus transaction. tenant. Lawrence Ross of Michener Investments Hewlett-Packard emerged as the chosen but the state anticipates increasing its HP CCS Presentation Systems leased 1,296 square represented the landlord. proposal from 46 respondents to an Oct. 21 presence to 366,000 feet in 2020 as those leas- feet of industrial space in Cortland Business Park, Tree City Financial/Steve Rausch Law leased request for proposals. The state was look- es expire. 2200 Cortland Place, in Nampa. Dan Minnaert, 2,754 square feet at 1673 W. Shoreline Drive in Boise. ing for between 110,000 square feet and A second piece of legislation will amend SIOR, CCIM, and Devin Pierce, SIOR, of Thornton Greg Gaddis with Tenant Realty Advisors represent- 600,000 square feet to house state agencies Idaho Code 67-5708 to allow the Department Oliver Keller facilitated the transaction. ed the tenant and Janet Benoit with Nahas Benoit that are now at Washington Group Plaza of Administration to accept the existing Water Solutions Inc. renewed 2,880 square company represented the landlord. and other space. third-party leases. feet of industrial space in the Eagle Industrial Xanadu Holdings LLC purchased the flex building State officials evaluated nine proposals “This opportunity for an agreement Center, 1784 E. State St., in Eagle. Chris Pearson, at 1647 S. Federal Way in Boise for occupancy by before settling on HP, Miller said. with a valued business leader will benefit SIOR, and Gavin Phillips of Thornton Oliver Keller Starman Beads. Randy Limani of Arthur Berry & In December, Miller had said she was both parties and addresses a pressing need facilitated the transaction. Company and Mike Eddy of Michael J. Eddy Real considering leasing or purchasing office for the state of Idaho,” Gov. C.L. “Butch” Venue Event Service renewed 1,440 square feet Estate facilitated the transaction. space or building a new campus if an inter- Otter said in a news release. “We’ve been of industrial space in the Eagle Industrial Center, Andy and Kayla Giddings and Eric and Amy ested developer stepped forward. The HP looking hard for the right place at the right 1762 E. State St., in Eagle. Chris Pearson, SIOR, and Romriell purchased the assets of Mrs. Powell’s proposal initially offered for lease vacant price for our agencies, and the HP campus Gavin Phillips of Thornton Oliver Keller facilitated Cinnamon Rolls, 1813 S. 25th St. E in Ammon. Chip space, but evolved into an outright sale of really fits the bill. A great employer is re- the transaction. Langerak of Arthur Berry & Company facilitated the entire campus, Miller said. inforcing its commitment to Idaho and the Pathways Management Group Inc. leased “We were directed to focus on a perma- state is saving money, so it’s a win-win.” 8,148 square feet at Holly Plaza, 104-224 Holly St., in See ROUND UP, page 14

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Can workplace wellness make you healthy?

By Margie Hyslop received calls from potential clients interested in the Few companies, mostly large ones, calculate wheth- BridgeTower Media Newswires corporate wellness options her business offered. Seeing er wellness programs net a return on their investment. the opportunity, Chilcot crafted “express” classes for Some have claimed about $3 saved for $1 spent. More say The effectiveness of employee wellness programs nearby employees to exercise and comfortably get back they have seen real, but harder to quantify, value from depends greatly on how well a program is designed to work, showered and refreshed. their investment in wellness programs over three to five and aligned with workers’ needs and abilities to access It’s about “creating a balance within their schedule,” years. what is offered, health experts agreed. she said. It is difficult for many organizations to track return “It’s like any other product or service – some are Marketing the program on their investment in wellness programs, said Evren excellent and some are lousy,” said Ron Z. Goetzel, di- While about 80 percent of employers who responded Esen, director of workforce analytics at the Society for rector of the Institute for Health and Productivity Stud- to the Transamerica survey said they offered employee Human Resource Management, a 285,000-member soci- ies at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School wellness programs, responses from about 1,800 workers ety for HR professionals. of Public Health and a vice president at IBM Watson in a separate random sample suggested that many em- Most of the benefit does not come right away and Health. ployees are not aware or taking advantage of resources is best delivered by well-designed efforts that focus on For workplace wellness programs to be effective, their employers offer. “big-ticket” issues such as improving cardio-vascular companies need to look at their program “as a di- Just 45 percent of workers said they were offered health, reducing high blood pressure, avoiding cancer rect-to-consumer offering,” Goetzel said, with employ- wellness programs at work, and of those, 54.7 percent risks and better nutrition and exercise on a sustained ees as their market. said they participated. basis, Esen said. If employees don’t buy the employer’s goal of helping them lead a healthier lifestyle and see how the program is going to help them personally, it’s not going to be effective, said Goetzel, who analyzed the results of a 2015 survey on workplace wellness programs conducted by the Transamerica Center for Health Students. The survey’s takeaway: Most U.S. workplaces offer employee wellness programs and most employers believe that those programs are beneficial. More than three-quarters of employers who offer wellness programs and responded to a survey said they saw a posi- tive impact from those programs. Employers said the programs resulted in good outcomes for employee health (83.6 percent), performance and productivity (83.3 percent) and health care costs (73.6 percent). In fact, 13.3 percent of business respondents reported offering comprehensive wellness programs, a per- centage well above the 6.9 percent reported when the last federally funded survey was released in 2008. Over 70 percent said they offered health screening; roughly 64 percent offered health education; and nearly 64 percent provided physical and social workplace envi- ronments that supported employee health. Steps toward wellness Knowing that health care workers are among the most stressed employees, Anne Arundel Medical Cen- ter in Maryland has revamped its physical health-focused wellness program into a “WellBeing” framework, said Jamie Heinmiller, a specialist with the program. The WellBeing program still focuses on helping em- Photo by Maximilian Franz ployees achieve good health and the energy they need Staying healthy is very important to Lakeisha Taharka, a nuclear medicine technician at the Maryland-based daily. But it also provides resources for professional, Anne Arundel Medical Center, who teaches Zumba once a week as part of the hospital’s employee wellness social and community engagement and for budgeting program. and management of personal finances. The medical center’s policy limits email sent between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to emergency matters only. And There is some evidence that financial incentives can “Quick fix” and competitions do little to effect pos- some departments have set up “relaxation stations” be effective to get people to participate, and sometimes, itive change, particularly if workplaces and their cul- with finger massagers and stretch bands at hand to to make healthy changes, such as stopping smoking. tures don’t do enough to support good health, such as help. But researchers are still looking for evidence of what offering flex time, providing healthy foods in company Convenience and communication are important for works to get people to change lifelong habits such as cafeterias and vending machines and prohibiting smok- getting workers to tap what wellness programs can of- poor diet and lack of exercise, Goetzel said. ing on-site, Goetzel said. fer, said Heather Chilcot, a former marketing vice pres- Company leaders and mangers can influence work- Creating a “culture of health,” involving employees ident and now owner of the recently opened Core Cycle ers to lead healthier lifestyles by visibly participating and incorporating what employees value in crafting a Studios north of Baltimore. in wellness programs and supporting a healthier work wellness program can help wellness programs succeed, Within days of classes starting at her studio, Chilcot culture, he said. he said. 10 IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW | March 24, 2017 | WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM Urgent care centers hold tight to niche for fast, efficient care

By Nick Stern BridgeTower Media Newswires

In the 1970s, a group of enterprising physicians began opening up their practices after-hours to visits from patients with minor ailments, without an appointment. Patients didn’t want to go the emergency room, and they couldn’t wait a couple weeks to see their family doctors.

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The idea stuck. Aided by shifting work patterns in a growing population has heightened expectations of episodic medical service at all hours and led to a thriv- ing industry in the U.S. known as urgent care medicine, said Dr. Franz Ritucci, a physician associated with the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AAUCM). Designed to address what are essentially episodic, non-emergency related health issues without the lengthy wait times to schedule a visit with a family doctor or the hefty price tag of visiting an emergency room, urgent care centers have spread to about 7,400 locations throughout the U.S., according to industry group Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA). The result: Emergency department use in 2014 fell by about 30% when an urgent care center or re- Stock art tail clinic was located within five miles of a patient’s home, according to the Massachusetts Health Policy he said. Most of the patients who visit an urgent care Marino, co-owner. The urgent care centers then refer Commission. center wind up in the right treatment space— only a patients back to their primary care doctors with dis- Urgent care operators have embraced efficiency fractional proportion of patients who visit urgent care charge notes within 24 hours. boosters like using technology to achieve 30-minute facilities need to be transferred to an ER. The idea There’s also shortage of physicians and the pros- average wait times as well as online appointment isn’t to replace a primary care or internal medicine pects for reinforcements don’t look good. Over the scheduling and iPad-style sign in and registration, doctors, who are better suited to manage and treat next decade, there will be more than 60,000 fewer Ritucci said. They give x-rays and do suturing and mi- chronic illnesses and other maladies. physicians than needed, according to the most recent nor orthopedic procedures. “Technology is developing projections from the Association of American Medical quicker and our outreach is becoming more sophisti- A different model Colleges. By 2025, the shortage of primary care physi- cated.” Indeed, ChoiceOne Urgent Care, which has eight cians is estimated to be up to 35,000. Today, urgent care doctors can see 80 to 90 patients facilities in Maryland and two more in Georgia, fills in Having a subset of doctors equipped to treat more a day, with an average wait time of 30 minutes, much as a backup partner for primary care offices that are faster than a typical family practice or pediatrician, closed for holidays and on the weekends, said Butch See URGENT CARE, page 12

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Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic is using video cameras to connect babies born in distress at small hospitals to neo-natal specialists at their Rochester hospital. In Maryland, intensive care unit patients in 11 hospitals, 10 of them in

HEALTH CARE sparsely populated rural areas, now have instant access to top specialists across the state through video cameras installed in their rooms. In Oregon, stroke victims at some two dozen medical sites can be evaluated instantly and around the clock by neurologists. In hospitals and medical centers across the country, telemedicine – the diagnosis and treatment of patients using telecommunications technology — is transforming the delivery of a growing portion of health care services. Just one example: Kaiser Perma- nente CEO Bernard Tyson recently announced that his health system is now seeing more patients online than in person. Experts agree that the use of tele- Stock art medicine is only going to grow. “It’s starting to really catch on,” for telestroke at Providence Health and The success has prompted Provi- That barriers remain for telemedi- said Dr. Marc T. Zubrow, vice president Services, in Oregon, said his system’s dence to explore other uses for telemed- cine is undisputed. of telemedicine for the University of telestroke program is booming and now icine, such as telepsychiatry. A study published in January 2015 Maryland Medical System. “I think this provides about 1,000 consultations a Bhatt conceded, however, that tele- by the American Hospital Association, is the future. … In 10 years, there’s go- year. In the process, he said, it has given medicine has its limits. concluded that while telemedicine ing to be a huge paradigm shift in a lot thousands of patients access to expert “We have a long way to go for other (sometimes called telehealth) is “in- of the things we do in medicine – dra- diagnoses and effective treatments they non-stroke and non-neurological is- creasingly is vital to our health care matic changes.” probably wouldn’t have gotten before – sues,” he said. “There are several bar- Dr. Archit Bhatt, medical director a key selling point of telemedicine. riers.” See TELEMEDICINE, page 12 OVeRWHeLMeD BY YOUR eMPLOYee TO-DO LIST?

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TELEMEDICINE Continued from 11 URGENT CARE Continued from 10 delivery system,” there are also “significant he said. patients per hour increases their overall productivity, Ritucci said. legal and regulatory challenges posed by “Even just exchanging text messages, “Urgent care centers address that, they’re the reliever airports of telehealth technologies.” in a secure environment, can be helpful,” the health care system.” Among those chal- Ommen said. The facilities also offer an attractive alterna- lenges, according to To avoid “depersonalizing” medical tive for family doctors, pediatricians and other the AHA, are licensure care, Ommen said, physicians will have to physicians who grow tired of the hassle involved (generally, physicians figure out the proper balance between the with managing their own practices, he said. have to be licensed in convenience and advantages of telemedi- Roughly 80% of urgent care centers use a the state where the pa- cine and the need for in-person visits and combination of physicians, physicians’ assis- tient lives, so treating touch. “We don’t know all of that yet, but tants and nurse practitioners to provide care, patients across state I think we’ll learn it organically,” he said. while the rest use physicians only. Moreover, the lines is tricky), liabili- As for telemedicine’s advantages, advo- centers essentially operate as doctors’ practices ty, privacy and security cates say they are legion. The American and follow their regulations, the UCAOA said. and, a “patchwork of re- Telemedicine Association lists a hand- The average cost of a visit is about $150, com- imbursement rules and Archit Bhatt ful, including: improved access to expert Franz Ritucci pared to the average ER visit cost of $1,354, the rates.” health care, especially in less-populated ar- industry’s trade group said. Zubrow mentioned eas; reduced or controlled costs due to in- Most people who visit urgent care centers pay one more impediment: Resistance from creased efficiency, better a copay fee as part of their insurance coverage, but urgent care cen- some physicians, most frequently, older management of chronic ters also see many patients—roughly 20%—who cover their visit physicians. diseases, shared staffing, fees with cash, Ritucci said. That’s good for those who have difficul- “We rarely run into patient or family reduced travel times and ty finding primary care doctors who accept cash-only patients. resistance, but there’s a lot of physician shorter hospital stays; resistance, for whatever reason,” he said. and, equal or even bet- Growing market “It’s not traditional, not the Marcus Welby ter quality of care, espe- The demand for urgent care centers has been growing, and ven- way of doing things.” cially in services such as ture capitalists are buying up clinics throughout the country, Rit- Even the most enthusiastic advocates mental health and inten- ucci said. Hospital systems are, too, as it helps them expand their say telemedicine does not work for some sive care. footprint in local markets and serves as an added revenue stream. types of medicine. Jonathan Linkous, The University of Maryland Medical System is partnering with “Obviously, there are some things you CEO of the American Steve Ommen ChoiceOne Urgent Care, and the business model works as hospi- can’t do very well – some things where Telemedicine Associa- tals have become highly incentivized to improve the productivity someone has to touch the patient, to see tion, said telemedicine is of their emergency departments and focus more on big ticket items what’s going on — has to be in the same growing faster than expected. In the past like specialty services, Marino said. Urgent care centers can more room,” said Dr. Steve Ommen, medical di- 24 months, he said in an email response to efficiently deal with strep throat cases or sew up minor cuts, and rector at Mayo Clinic’s Center for Connect- questions, the number of patients served then refer patients who need more specialized treatment, such as ed Care. has increased by about 30 percent. orthopedic surgeries, back to the hospital systems. Ommen said he expects the medical Barriers remain, he conceded, including The fate of the Affordable Care Act will not likely have much community to “re-examine” what needs to questions involving reimbursement proce- impact on the continued growth for the urgent care center market be done to advance telemedicine – and not dures, and acceptance by providers, payers over the next three to five years, Marino said. But while their rise just with video cameras. and health administrators. has been impressive, the increase will likely reach a saturation He noted, for example, that devices al- But the future for telemedicine, he said, point when new centers will stop opening up and may drop away. ready exist that allow someone to listen to is bright. Marino estimates the ideal proportion of urgent care centers at one a patient’s heart and lungs remotely, not to “The growth is expected to accelerate per 17,000 to 20,000 people. Already in some places in Florida, the mention monitor blood pressure, weight, as the payment issue is resolved and as ratio is one per 5,000, he said. and other health factors. Those devices consumers increase demand for these ser- will be used more and more in the future, vices,” Linkous said.

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Home prices in Ada County hit a record median high of $256,600 in February and Canyon County median home prices came in just short of an all-time high at $169,754, due to a combination of low supply and increasing construction costs, according to Boise Regional Realtors. Treasure Valley home prices typically peak in June and other summer months, not in the middle of winter. “It comes down to supply and demand,” said Katrina Wehr, BRR’s president and managing broker at Keller Williams Realty Boise. “When supply is low, demand is higher, which drives prices up. Our supply has been a record lows for many months.” BRR reported a 2.6-month available home inventory for February in Ada County and 2.8 months for Canyon County. BRR considers a healthy market with four to six months inventory. Based on historic patterns, home prices here could continue to hit record highs in the coming months. Over the past five years, June home prices in Ada County were 9 percent higher than February prices, ranging from 2.2 percent higher to 17 percent higher, according to Intermountain Multiple Listing Service statistics. “We’re hearing things about interest rate changes, so the trends over the File photo past years may not be applicable this A house for sale in Boise. Home prices in Ada County hit a record median high of $256,600 in February. year if the rates change,” said Shari Fernandez, BRR’s director of commu- February 2016. BRR attributes this to January. BRR’s president and managing broker nications. 16.1 percent fewer homes on the mar- “The uptick in spring inventory at Keller Williams Realty Boise. “We’re February saw 25.7 percent more ket from February to February. seems to be happening a month sooner hearing from many sellers who are en- homes sold in Ada County than Jan- But February saw 14 percent more than we typically see, which is welcome couraged by the buyer traffic they’re uary – but 5.5 percent fewer than in homes come onto the market than news to buyers,” said Katrina Wehr, seeing and the increase in prices.”

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Alturas Capital buys and fills WALLACE ALLEN Continued from 8 businesses who need employees so she “Those are the only options that will can focus on fundraising. She will also allow us to continue to operate and look Entertainment Avenue office building be looking for a way to merge Usful with and feel like we do today,” Blake said. “If another job-training nonprofit in a way that doesn’t work, the only other option By Teya Vitu Class-A office building at this location that allows for shared overhead. If nei- would be to close our doors.” Idaho Business Review would struggle to find tenants, with ther fundraising nor a merger pan out, its central location, accessibility to the Blake said, Usful will probably end its Anne Wallace Allen is editor of the Idaho Busi- Eagle-based Alturas Capital has interstate and visibility from the inter- run in May. ness Review. nearly filled the 83,284-square-foot Four- state,” Hansen said in an e-mail to the teen Forty-Four office building, 1444 S. IBR. “We were confident that with local Entertainment Ave., since buying the ownership, we could find tenants to fill Continued from 8 five-story, Class A office building for an the vacancy.” BLACK undisclosed price Dec. 16. Over the winter, Alturas, working yers at 4 percent. Large and small firms be a more effective lawyer. So what are with CBC Advisors, signed on Truck- We have always wondered reported less of an issue with collecting you waiting for? What steps will you take stop.com, ClickBank, and CBC Advisors “ payment, with large firms at 3 percent in 2017 to modernize your law firm? as tenants, said Sherry Schoen, vice why a Class-A office building and small firms with 2-5 lawyers at 2 per- president of retail and office at CBC -Ad at this location would struggle cent. Nicole Black is a director at MyCase.com, a cloud- visors. How do your plans for 2017 compare? based law practice management platform. She is Alturas Capital acquired a building to find tenants, with its central There’s no reason to run your law firm as also of counsel to Fiandach & Fiandach in Roches- that had been 60 percent empty since if it were still 1995. Technology has revo- ter and is a GigaOM Pro analyst. She is the author it was built in 2006. Layton Construc- location, accessibility to the lutionized the way that business is being of the ABA book “Cloud Computing for Lawyers,” tion, which built the structure, and conducted. Smart lawyers understand coauthors the ABA book “Social Media for Lawyers: Stevens-Henager College were the only interstate and visibility from the realities of practicing law in the 21st the Next Frontier,” and co-authors “Criminal Law in tenants for many years, said Schoen, the interstate. century and the benefits of taking ad- New York,” a West-Thomson treatise. She speaks the building leasing agent who also rep- vantage of the latest tools and software. regularly at conferences regarding the intersection Blake Hansen” resented the seller, Anthem Boise LLC, By doing so, you’re able to run your law of law and technology. She publishes three legal headed by Carl B. Barney of Crystal practice more efficiently, allowing you to blogs and can be reached at [email protected]. Bay, Nev. Lane Austin, chief operating office “He’s selling his whole portfolio in of Truckstop.com, said the building’s Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Idaho,” location made it easily accessible for ROUND UP Continued from 7 Schoen said about Barney, who had employees coming from all directions. owned the property since the beginning. He added that ample parking at the site “It’s just time for him to sell.” was a plus. the transaction. 738 S. Bridgeway Place, Suite 175, in Eagle. Ron Ramza Alturas Capital owns Eagle View “It was also relatively close to the US Bakery leased 9,111 square feet of industrial space of Lee & Associates Idaho, LLC and Lew Manglos of Plaza, Eagle Marketplace, Treasure Val- airport, which was a convenience for at 7584 W. Mossy Cup St. in Boise. Harrison Sawyer of Colliers International negotiated the transaction. ley Crossing in Nampa, the Westpark in- our out-of-town guests,” he said. “The Cushman & Wakefield Pacific represented the tenant Boise River insurance LLC leased 2,073 square feet dustrial building, 110 Main in Boise and location is also surrounded by many and Steve Vlassek of The Sundance Company repre- at 2541 N. Stokesberry Place, Suite 300, in Meridian. properties in Washington and Utah. services that create conveniences for sented the landlord in this transaction. The transaction was negotiated by Nick Brady of Lee & Alturas specializes in turning our guests such as restaurants, retail Scott Poorman PC leased 992 square feet in the Associates Idaho, LLC and Thornton Oliver Keller. around under-performing properties, and hotels.” Global Credit Union Financial Center, 320 E. Neider Genesis Filtration leased 4,980 square feet of indus- said Blake Hansen, managing partner Fourteen Forty-Four is assessed Ave., in Coeur d’Alene. Casey Brazil and Shawn trial space at 1057 Exchange St., Suite 1081, in Boise. Brii at Alturas Capital. at $5.56 million, according to the Ada McMahon with Kiemle & Hagood Co. represented the Mason of Northwest Commercial Advisors represent- “We have always wondered why a County Assessor. landlord. ed the tenant and Dan Minnaert of Thornton Oliver First American Title renewed 3,000 square feet at Keller represented the landlord in transaction.

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U.S. builders broke ground on new homes at a faster pace in February, a sign that developers expect solid sales growth this year despite higher mortgage rates. Housing starts rose 3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.3 million, the Commerce De- partment said March 16. Almost all of those gains came from construction of single-family houses, which rose 6.5 percent. Construction of apartment buildings fell 7.7 percent in February. More Americans are looking to purchase homes as the job market has improved, but the supply of properties for sale has been relatively low even with additional construction. The increase in construction starts points to greater sales this year even though mortgage rates have climbed upward from recent lows, making monthly housing payments higher and hurting affordability. Housing starts are running 7.5 percent higher than they did during the first two months of 2016. Builders last File photo year started the most new homes since Workers at a home construction site in Boise. Single-family home construction rose 6.5 percent in February, according to 2007, the year the Great Recession be- the U.S. Commerce Department. Construction surged in the West, offsetting declines elsewhere in the U.S. gan as the housing market began to teeter. Construction surged last month in the West, offsetting declines in the ary to an annual rate of 1.2 million. its lowest level since 1999, while the in- restrict the extent of price and sales Northeast, Midwest and South that Builders have been adding supply to ventory of new homes on the market is growth. were largely caused by a decline in the market, just not enough to address near an eight-year high. The average 30-year fixed rate mort- apartment building starts. the tight inventory of existing homes Demand among homebuyers has gage had a 4.21 percent interest rate, Still, growth in home building also that make up the bulk of the real estate been strong as the unemployment rate mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said the appears to be tempered. Building per- market. The National Association of has dipped to a healthy 4.7 percent. Yet week of March 6. This marks a steep mits_an indicator of future home con- Realtors has reported that the number buyers will likely borrow at higher increase from a 52-week low rate of struction_slipped 6.2 percent in Febru- of existing homes on the market is near rates than last year, a factor that could 3.41 percent.

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SOCCER Continued from 1 bounded by Americana Boulevard, League. Both leagues are just below Ma- Shoreline Drive, Spa Street and 14th jor League Soccer, the premier U.S. pro Street. Eiseman envisions a mixed-use soccer league. Ten of the 30 USL teams Two high-profile pro soccer are owned and operated by MLS teams, and the Portland matches in 2015, 2016 Timbers MLS franchise last year directly stated interest put Boise on the map in involvement with Two professional soccer matches that were played in the Treasure Valley in a Boise team. Anoth- 2015 and 2016 directly influenced the scenario now. er 12 independently The United Soccer League is waiting for a firm commitment in Boise to owned USL teams build a stadium before awarding Boise a team. The next step up for players have looser affili- would be Major League Soccer. ations with MLS The July 18, 2015 Basque Soccer Friendly match between Athletic Bilbao teams. and Club Tijuana at Albertsons Stadium at Boise State University was the “I’m bullishly op- first international soccer club match played in Idaho. A year later, the June timistic (about soc- 4 USL match between the Portland Timbers T2 and Swope City (Kansas City) cer),” Eiseman said. Rangers at Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian was the first profession- Photo by Teya Vitu. “I believe this will be al American soccer match in Idaho. It was also the first time USL played a The Boise Hawks owner is trying to buy the St. Luke’s very successful. In regular season match at a neutral site. Business Center property on Americana Boulevard to some ways, this may Besides the firsts, decision makers in the soccer world saw the public clam- build a baseball/soccer stadium. outstage the Hawks, oring for soccer, especially at the Portland Timbers T2 game, where fans lined which does not con- the fences behind the goals because the Rocky Mountain High bleachers sold development with office, retail and resi- cern me in the least.” out, even with next to no marketing. dential, all anchored by the stadium. Attendance at MLS matches has “It’s clear there is something special there,” said USL President Jake Ed- The St. Luke’s Health System-owned soared in recent years, especially in the wards, who traveled from league headquarters in Florida to Meridian for the Kmart building amounts to 6.44 acres Pacific Northwest, with league atten- game. with a 93,940-square-foot building con- dance doubling to 7.3 Agon Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Boise Hawks baseball structed in 1966. The property is as- million since 2009. team, had already quietly been in talks with USL business development staff sessed at $10.48 million, according to Lower-level pro and since 2014, right at the time the Atlanta-based company acquired the Hawks. Ada County Assessor records. professional devel- “If that (USL game) gets 4,000 people to a high school field with two teams Eiseman believes he is near to ac- opment leagues also with no local ties to the Treasure Valley and they can’t even serve beer – quiring the St. Luke’s property, while are flourishing with wow!,” Agon President and Partner Jeff Eiseman said. “Before they even did St. Luke’s refers only to a Feb. 10 pre- dozens more teams the Basque soccer event, we were already looking at the USL. When they did pared statement that acknowledges a added each year (see the soccer friendly (the Basque match), that caught our group’s attention.” desire to consolidate employees at the accompanying story Portland and Seattle are Major League Soccer cities that pioneered Europe- downtown Boise medical center but about new Boise FC an-style, boisterous soccer passion in the U.S. does not specifically address selling the amateur team). “Soccer is like a counter-culture movement in the Northwest,” Eiseman Americana property to Agon Sports. Jeff Eiseman The Boise Hawks said. “St. Luke’s is considering vacating season is limited Late last year, Agon Sports submitted an application, a business plan and a Shoreline and bringing those employ- from the second half stadium plan to USL to bring a team to Boise. USL evaluated the plans. ees closer to our flagship downtown of June to early September, while USL “We feel very good about those components,” Edwards said. “We like the Boise hospital,” according to the St. soccer plays from March to October to ownership group. Agon is an impressive group.” Luke’s statement. “St. Luke’s has been extend the active season at the stadium. negotiating appropriately with multiple Eiseman proposes a stadium with developers and parties to reach the best 5,000 fixed seats for baseball and the sports. goals, or in the left field corner and be- agreement.” option to add grandstands and conces- He’s thinking of having more seats hind the first base dugout in a baseball Eiseman and partner Chris Schoen sions on the field to increase soccer on the third-base side to provide more stadium. acquired the Boise Hawks in 2014. This seating to 7,500. Instead of shoehorning seats when that section serves as one “We’re reverse-engineering, looking year, United Soccer, or USL, moved up a rectangular soccer field onto a fan- side of a soccer grandstand. He’s also at optimal sight lines for both sports from the third to the second tier league shaped baseball field, Eiseman seeks looking at creating soccer supporter ar- alongside the North American Soccer to design a stadium that caters to both eas, which traditionally are behind the See SOCCER, page 21

Boise FC takes the field in national amateur soccer league

As Boise awaits a potential downtown stadium UPSL was established in Los Angeles in 2011 with and a higher-level pro soccer team, soccer fans in the 10 southern California teams to provide a compet- know can start taking in Boise’s first national soccer itive professional development league for players league team. seeking to play at a higher level. The league has 63 Boise FC Cutthroats plays its first home game active teams in California, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho April 1 at 5 p.m. against Real San Jose from Califor- and Colorado with teams so far announced for 2018 nia at the Boise State University Lincoln Recreation- in New York, New Jersey and North Carolina in new al Field near the Lincoln Avenue Garage and Student Northeast, Southeast and Midwest conferences. Union. The team is scheduled to Skwara said UPSL teams typically have a life of play 16 home games into Decem- about three to five years, as they are all locally fund- ber. ed, and typically operate on annual budgets ranging Boise FC joins Magic Valley from $25,000 to $100,000. FC in Twin Falls, which played “We advise teams to go slow and steady and get its first season last year in the your market built,” Skwara said. “On and off the United Premier Soccer League, field, (Magic Valley FC in Twin Falls) did very well. an amateur league with 70 teams Photo courtesy of Hector Palacios We were impressed with their commitment to get to that competes in eight states. The Boise FC’s Brian Buckingham in action in a pre-sea- season two.” league has seven conferences, son game in Pasco, Wash. In the early years, UPSL recruited teams, but Sk- with each conference designed wara said he now routinely fields calls from soccer Hector Palacios so teams are relatively close to University, College of Idaho and Treasure Valley organizers wanting to join the league. He is talking each other, UPSL Commissioner Community College, Palacios said. to a couple of teams in northern Utah, and a couple Yan Skwara said. “We just got to a point where everybody was say- of teams in Oregon are “kicking the tires,” he said. Boise FC and Magic Valley FC, for now, are in the ing, ‘We wish we were in a league playing all the Jeff Eiseman and Bill Taylor, who are trying to Northwest Conference composed of northern Cali- time,’” Palacios said. land a second division professional soccer team in fornia and Reno teams, but Skwara is aiming to cre- He researched several lower-lever player develop- Boise, both see a role for Boise FC even as they seek ate a new conference with Idaho, northern Utah and ment soccer leagues and came upon United Premier a United Soccer League team for Boise. possibly Oregon and Washington. Soccer League, based in Los Angeles. “I don’t think it gets in the way,” said Eiseman, With a first-year budget of about $60,000, the team “They had teams from anywhere,” said Palacios. president of Agon Sports and Entertainment, which is bankrolled by its president and co-founder Hector “It was so cheap for us to get in.” owns the Boise Hawks baseball team and wants to Palacios, owner of Ultimate Linings of Idaho, a Boise UPSL does not charge franchise fees, Skwara said. build a downtown stadium for baseball and a United auto accessory retailer. “We’re thrilled that Boise FC has extended a hand Soccer League team. “There are potential opportuni- Boise FC’s co-founders are Alyssa Buffi, Hector to the UPSL as it creates a first for the Boise market,” ties where we could do things together.” Coronado, Emmett Demirelli, Hector Palacios and Skwara said. “In turn, we see tremendous potential Taylor, president of Idaho Youth Soccer Associa- Emerson Peredo, who is also the team coach. in Boise FC and very much support their efforts to tion, noted that Boise State University does not have Boise FC evolved from a local traveling soccer bring a home-grown product to Idaho.” a men’s soccer team. Boise FC could fill that void. team that Palacios established about three years ago Palacios estimates each away game will cost about “This would be as close to a college Division I and took to places like Seattle and the World Soccer $2,000 to lease vans and for accommodations. Home team,” Taylor said. “it’s a lower-level team. It will 5s tournament in Las Vegas. About 80 percent of Boi- games will cost about $500 a game, mostly to rent the provide more soccer opportunities for kids. I could se FC’s roster is students from Northwest Nazarene field. dovetail into supporting a USL team.” WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM | March 24, 2017 | IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW 17 Friends without benefits: Companies are now verifying the insured

By Claude Solnik declarations at face value, rather than South Bend, Ind., says “self-service on- employees did not have legal custody. BridgeTower Media Newswires requiring proof. line enrollment, lax eligibility vendor The firm also found 108 spouses with “Quite often there was no check controls” and some plans’ exclusion of other coverage available should have After letting employees simply add on it,” Jeff Agranoff, chief human re- spouses from dependent eligibility fuel been paying a spousal surcharge and the names of spouses and dependents to sources officer and human resources a rate of 2 percent to 10 percent of inel- 926 dependents and retirees did not health insurance coverage, more firms consulting principal at Grassi & Co. in igible dependents. complete or partially completed the au- are taking a Reagan-esque approach to Jericho, said. “You could put someone The average dependent costs an em- dit requirements. policies: Trust, but verify. on as a dependent.” ployer $3,000 annually, leading to hun- BMI said this resulted in roughly $1.2 They are asking employees to verify Insurance carriers more often are dreds of thousands of dollars paid to million annual savings with a $3,500 an- spouses’ and dependents’ status with requiring documents, in part because people who don’t qualify. nual cost per dependent and retiree. birth and marriage certificates and tax costs to the individual and company BMI says it helped one firm audit If people are found to not qualify return pages, to purge ineligible people can be the same regardless of the num- 8,600 dependents to ensure they were after obtaining care, hospitals can get from the health insurance rolls. ber of dependents. eligible for benefits according to the caught in the middle. This can save companies hundreds “Insurance companies are con- plan. “The provider is the one left hold- of thousands of dollars, while requir- cerned about dependent cov- ing the bag. Sometimes it’s hard ing workers to prove something tradi- erage,” Agranoff added. “As to chase the money,” said Debra tionally taken as a matter of trust. healthcare costs rise, it’s some- Silverman, a partner/director at “I was surprised,” one employee thing the carriers are focusing Garfunkel Wild based in Great said after being asked to provide docu- on, but also companies as well. Neck. “I don’t hear about it that ments proving dependents’ eligibility. Companies are doing more in- much. I think the plans do a pret- “I’ve been working here for 10 years. I vestigative work as well.” ty good job.” told you, ‘This is my wife.’ I just took a Aetna spokesman Matthew Every process has problems woman off the street to give her health Clyburn said companies are along the way. Even though em- insurance?” “generally responsible” for con- ployees are told to erase financial Another employee echoed that sen- firming dependents’ eligibility. information if they send tax re- timent, saying she didn’t expect to be But its system tracks depen- turn pages, not all do. asked to provide documents after com- dents’ age. “I couldn’t find my marriage pleting the insurance application. Ex-spouses, children age 26 certificate. I had to locate my tax “If we have to prove that’s our hus- and older and children living in return, take pictures of it and band or our child, it’s like they think the employee’s household who attach them to an email,” one I’m lying,” another employee said. “I have not been adopted, neverthe- worker said. “A lot of person- thought I was finished. Then I found less, sometimes are improperly al information went along with out they couldn’t get [coverage] until I declared as dependents. that.” proved we’re related. I wasn’t prepared “When a person gets a divor- While providing documents when I signed up to have that material.” cee that’s no longer an eligible takes time, most people get the Managing verification can be tricky, spouse,” Quinn said. “Some- same coverage that they would since it means informing workers up- times, people keep their ex- before verification was required. front, rather than alerting them with spouse on the plan, because a “It’s nice to have coverage,” only days left to enroll. court order says they have to said one employee. “The whole But those in the insurance industry provide them benefits.” process was cumbersome. Sign- say verification has long been a best Dependents may have differ- ing up was difficult.” practice even if it hasn’t always been ent names than employees, due President-elect Donald Trump done. to second marriages or other cir- and the Republican party have “Companies are spending millions cumstances, complicating verifi- vowed to repeal or drastically al- of dollars on healthcare. They only cation. ter the Affordable Care Act, but want people on the plan who are eli- “An employer ultimately ver- have said they support keeping gible,’ said Kevin Quinn, a partner at ifies the eligibility of their em- dependents on policies under age Chernoff Diamond & Co., a benefits ployees and their dependents,” File photo 26 and insuring those with preex- consulting and risk management firm Quinn added. “Surprisingly, a Hospital equipment. With health care costs rising, isting conditions. in Uniondale, N.Y. “It’s fair and reason- lot of people don’t do that. All employers are taking more steps to verify their work- If that age limit was removed, able to verify that they’re dependents.” you have to ask for is a marriage ers’ spouses’ and dependents’ status when they sign there could be a new wave of ef- Quinn said simply adding names certificate and birth certificate.” up for health insurance benefits. forts to obtain coverage for peo- without monitoring the process is like- Henry Montag. principal of ple who don’t qualify. ly to lead to benefits for those who don’t the TOLI Center East, an insur- “I don’t think they’ll get rid qualify. ance consultant and broker, based in The company says a 12-week depen- of the 26,” Quinn said. “The two things “It’s important for companies to Melville, N.Y., believes employers and dent eligibility audit found 105 depen- popular with Obamacare are no preex- make sure they’re managing their eli- insurers will continue to do more. dents, or 1.2 percent, failed to meet el- isting condition limitation and depen- gibility process properly,” he added. “A “People are costing the insurance igibility criteria at that firm. dents until 26.” lot of money could go out the door, by companies money,” he said. “One of the The firm said its audit of claims and There’s more of a push, though, to having dependents on the plan that ar- first lines of defense is to get rid of peo- dependent eligibility for that company make sure that people aren’t kept on en’t eligible.” ple who aren’t eligible in the first place. resulted in more than $500,000 savings policies beyond that golden number. Domestic partners have long had to I think there’s going to be more and in the first year. “People are keeping children on past prove they qualify, showing they live more of this as insurance takes a hit.” BMI says a dependent eligibility 26,” Agranoff. “Now carriers are often together, with no verification of other Some insurers are being more vig- audit of city government with 5,367 requiring that they provide backup.” relationships. ilant, seeking verification through employees and retirees and 11,523 de- He added that companies could be “They had to present all this evi- payroll, birth or marriage certificates, pendents found 263 dependents and re- fined for listing people as qualifying for dence to prove they’re domestic part- according to Claudia McNally, vice tirees, or 2.3 percent, failed to meet plan coverage when they do not. ners,” Quinn said, suggesting that due president of benefits and claims at A & requirements. “They gave people a year to practice. diligence makes sense for others as C Management Group, a health benefits BMI said those included unreported There weren’t fines,” Agranoff added. well. and insurance firm in Great Neck, N.Y. divorces, failure to meet retiree subsidy “This year, supposedly they will take Insurers for many years accepted But BMI Audit Services, based in requirements and dependents where action.”

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Name Key Executive Address Phone | Fax No. of Attorneys Website Email No. of Other Staff Notable Clients Areas of Emphasis Hawley Troxell LLP Nicholas G. Miller Alternative dispute resolution, antitrust, banking, business, construction, creditor rights and bankruptcy, employment and labor, health care, 877 W. Main St., Ste. 1000, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-344-6000 | F 208-954-5282 55 - insurance, intellectual property and internet, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, patent and emerging technology, public finance and local 1 www.hawleytroxell.com [email protected] 63 government, real estate, renewable energy, securities, tax, estate planning and employee benefits; wine, brew, spirits Holland & Hart LLP Brian Hansen Bankruptcy, business litigation, business transactions, emerging growth, financing and lending, employment, environmental compliance, 800 W. Main St., Ste. 1750, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-342-5000 | F 208-343-8869 44 Undisclosed health care, IP transactions, IP litigation, mergers & acquisitions, natural resources, real estate, trade sanctions and export controls, trusts and 2 www.hollandhart.com [email protected] 39 estates Givens Pursley LLP L. Edward Miller 601 W. Bannock St., Boise, ID 83702 P 208-388-1200 | F 208-388-1300 40 - Real estate, land use, environmental and natural resources, water, business and finance, creditors' rights, employment, litigation, estate 3 www.givenspursley.com [email protected] 32 planning, government affairs, healthcare, agriculture, regulated industries, and food law Moffatt Thomas Christine E. Nicholas, Stephen Thomas Agriculture; banking/finance; bankruptcy/creditors rights; business; commercial litigation; construction; employment; environmental/natural 101 S. Main St., 10th Floor, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-345-2000 | F 208-385-5384 31 Undisclosed resources; estate planning; government, regulatory and administrative affairs; health law; insurance defense; mediation and arbitration; 4 www.moffatt.com [email protected] 34 professional malpractice; real estate and land use; start-ups; securities; tax; trademark; water law; workers compensation Parsons Behle & Latimer Brook B. Bond 800 W. Main St., Ste. 1300, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-562-4900 | F 208-562-4901 21 Undisclosed Business litigation, employment and labor; environmental and natural resources; estate planning; government relations and lobbying; health 5 www.parsonsbehle.com [email protected] 22 care; intellectual property including copyrights, licensing, litigation, patents and trademarks; real estate; and tax law Stoel Rives LLP Nicole C. Hancock 101 S. Capitol Blvd., Ste. 1900, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-389-9000 | F 208-389-9040 19 Undisclosed Corporate and securities, M&A, litigation, appellate, labor & employment, environmental, real estate, agribusiness, food & hospitality, 6 www.stoel.com [email protected] 20 technology, health care, construction, manufacturing, energy, forestry, mining, oil & gas, retail Anderson, Julian & Hull LLP Robert A. Anderson 250 S. Fifth St., Ste. 700, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-344-5800 | F 208-344-5510 18 Several leading Idaho businesses and Litigation including employment law, insurance, commercial, workers' compensation, construction law, personal injury, professional liability, 7 www.ajhlaw.com [email protected] 15 institutions real estate and civil rights. Beard St. Clair Gaffney PA Gregory C. Calder 2105 Coronado St., Idaho Falls, ID 83404 P 208-523-5171 | F 208-523-5069 18 - Commercial litigation, business transactions, complex estate planning, real estate, agribusiness, labor & employment www.beardstclair.com [email protected] 12 Elam & Burke PA 251 E. Front St., Ste. 300 , Boise, ID 83702 Ryan P. Armbruster 17 Undisclosed Bankruptcy, civil rights, commercial litigation, employment law, environmental law, estate planning, governmental liability, health care law, 8 www.elamburke.com P 208-343-5454 | F 208-384-5844 17 insurance litigation, products liability, professional and medical liability, real estate, workers' compensation Perkins Coie LLP Kelly Cameron 1111 W. Jefferson St., Ste. 500, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-343-3434 | F 208-343-3232 15 - Litigation; emerging company/venture capital, finance, corporate governance; private equity energy, environment, natural resources; 9 www.perkinscoie.com [email protected] 25 employment/labor; health care; mergers/acquisitions; intellectual property; licensing; government contracts; real estate/land use

1 Andersen Schwartzman Woodard Brailsford PLLC Steven Andersen 12 Complex commercial and civil litigation, agribusiness, wood products, employment, partnership disputes, products liability, shareholder, 101 S. Capitol Blvd., Ste. 1600, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-342-4411 | F 208-342-4455 9 Agrium, RedBuilt, Idaho Power derivative claims, patent, securities litigation and injury. Represents plaintiffs and defendants. 10 www.aswblaw.com [email protected] Carey Perkins LLP Hans A. Mitchell 300 N. 6th St., Ste. 200, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-345-8600 | F 208-345-8660 12 - Civil litigation, agricultural law, automobile and transportation, business liability, construction, employment, intellectual property, medical www.careyperkins.com [email protected] 10 liability, personal injury, premises liability, professional liability and licensing, real estate and transportation Eberle Berlin Kading Turnbow & McKlveen Chartered Stanley J. Tharp 1111 W. Jefferson, Ste. 530, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-344-8535 | F 208-344-8542 12 - Real estate, personal injury, civil litigation, commercial and business litigation, insurance bad faith defense, workers' compensation, tax and www.eberle.com [email protected] 8 estate planning, real estate finance and development Cosho Humphrey, LLP Thomas G. Walker 1501 S. Tyrell Ln., Boise, ID 83706 P 208-344-7811 | F 208-338-3290 10 - Family law, trust, estate and tax planning, bankruptcy, commercial civil litigation, gun law and trusts, commercial transactions, real estate, 11 www.cosholaw.com [email protected] 17 probate Gjording Fouser PLLC Trudy Hanson Fouser 121 N. 9th St., Ste. 600, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-336-9777 | F 208-336-9177 10 - Employment; medical malpractice defense; professional malpractice defense; insurance defense; construction litigation www.gfidaholaw.com [email protected] 9 Greener Burke Shoemaker Oberrecht PA Fredric V. Shoemaker 950 W. Bannock St., Ste. 950, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-319-2600 | F 208-319-2601 10 Litigation, real estate, products liability, construction law, banking, insurance www.greenerlaw.com [email protected] 16 Naylor & Hales PC Roger J. Hales 950 W. Bannock St., Ste. 610, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-383-9511 | F 208-383-9516 10 Undisclosed Civil litigation, general business and transactions, employment, real estate, wills and estates naylorhales.com [email protected] 7 Duke Scanlan Hall PLLC 1087 W. River St., Ste. 300, Boise, ID 83702 Keely Duke 9 Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Commercial litigation, professional liability defense (legal, medical, accounting, engineering), employment defense law 12 www.dukescanlanhall.com P 208-342-3310 | F 208-342-3299 8 Center, YMCA, The Hartford Jones Gledhill Fuhrman Gourley PA Todd Winegar 225 N. 9th St., Ste. 820, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-331-1170 | F 208-331-1529 9 - Business litigation, construction litigation, civil litigation, insurance litigation, bankruptcy, real estate, mortgage foreclosure, family law, estate www.idalaw.com [email protected] 7 planning, wills, employment law, education law, mediation, dispute resolution Angstman Johnson PLLC Thomas J. Angstman 3649 N. Lakeharbor Ln., Boise, ID 83703 P 208-384-8588 | F 208-853-0017 8 Banner Bank; Noah Hillen - Chapter 7 Real estate, land use; development; creditors rights; securities; business; litigation; finance; estate planning (wills, trusts, probate) 13 www.angstman.com [email protected] 8 Trustee; CableOne Fisher Rainey Hudson Vaughn Fisher 950 W. Bannock St., Ste. 630, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-345-7000 | F 208-514-1900 8 - Appeals, civil rights, commercial litigation, employment litigation, Fair Labor Standards Act, government investigations, personal injury, www.frhtriallawyers.com [email protected] 3 professional malpractice Title IX Andrade Legal Maria E. Andrade Micron Technology, B & D Foods, 3775 Cassia St., Boise, ID 83705 P 208-342-5100 | F 208-342-5101 6 Catholic Charities Of Idaho, Community Immigration Law; removal defense, family immigration, I-9 consulting, business immigration, naturalization, appeals, criminal defense, illegal- 14 andradelegal.com [email protected] 12 Council of Idaho reentry defense, misdemeanor defense, post conviction relief employment, fair housing, civil Foley Freeman PLLC Mark Freeman 953 S. Industry Way, Meridian, ID 83642 P 208-888-9111 | F 208-888-5130 6 Not Disclosed Real estate, business and employment law, civil and commercial litigation, estate planning, family law, wills, trusts, probate, and bankruptcy www.foleyfreeman.com [email protected] 6 (debtor & creditor) McConnell, Wagner, Sykes + Stacey PLLC 827 E. Park Blvd., Ste. 201, Boise, ID 83712 Rick L Stacey 6 Simplot Co., McAlvain Group, DL Evans Construction, employment, real estate and business litigation www.mwsslawyers.com P (208) 489-0100 | F (208) 489-0110 6 Bank Stewart Taylor & Morris PLLC Daniel W Bower 12550 W. Explorer Dr., Boise, ID 83713 P 208-345-3333 | F 208-345-4461 6 - Business counseling, litigation, family wealth management, real estate, intellectual property www.stm-law.com [email protected] 4 Woolston & Tarter PC Darin DeAngeli 250 S. Fifth St., Ste. 660, Boise, ID 83702 P (208) 342-9300 | F (602) 532-9193 6 - Former IRS attorneys; IRS audit defense and U.S. tax court litigation. www.woolston-tarter.com [email protected] 4 Cantrill Skinner Lewis Casey & Sorensen LLP Dean C. Sorensen 1423 Tyrell Ln., Boise, ID 83706 P 208-344-8035 | F 208-345-7212 5 - Litigation, real estate, insurance defense, business law, medical malpractice, employment law 15 www.cssklaw.com [email protected] 6 Capitol Law Group PLLC Allan Bosch 205 N. 10th St., 4th Floor, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-424-8872 | F 208-424-8874 5 - Business litigation, estate planning, employee fringe benefits, family law, corporate governance, partnership, individual and corporation www.capitollawgroup.com [email protected] 7 taxation, probates, guardianships, entity formation, insurance defense, medical malpractice Spink Butler LLP Michael T. Spink 251 E. Front St., Ste. 200, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-338-1000 | F 208-388-1001 5 M3, Harris Ranch Real estate, land use, commercial transactions and litigation; business formation, operation and dissolution; mediation (commercial disputes); www.spinkbutler.com [email protected] 7 employment Susan Lynn Mimura & Associates PLLC Susan Lynn Mimura 3451 E. Copper Point Dr., Ste. 106, Meridian, ID 83642 P 208-286-3140 | F 208-286-3135 5 - Business, real estate, employment, administrative, municipal, criminal, Family, elder, estate planning, litigation, civil rights, personal injury www.idahoattys.com [email protected] 4 Varin Wardwell LLC 242 N. Eighth St., Ste. 220, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-345-6021 | F 866-717-1758 5 - Corporate and transactional, real property, civil litigation/dispute resolution, intellectual property, franchising, wills and estates, small business www.varinwardwell.com [email protected] 1 formation, taxation, alcohol licensing, water law, natural resources and land use Evans Keane LLP James D. Hovren, Jed W. Manwaring 1161 W. River St., Ste. 100, Boise, ID 83702 P (208) 384-1800 | F (208) 345-3514 4 - Corporate, securities law, business transactions, civil litigation 16 www.evanskeane.com [email protected] 4 Evans Keane LLP James D. Hovren, Jed W. Manwaring 1161 W. River St., Ste. 100, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-384-1800 | F 208-345-3514 4 - Corporate, securities law, business transactions, civil litigation www.evanskeane.com [email protected] 4 Sasser & Inglis PC M. Michael Michael Sasser 1902 W. Judith Ln., Ste. 100, Boise, ID 83705 P 208-344-8474 | F 208-344-8479 4 Not disclosed Business law and commercial transactions, and all aspects of civil litigation and insurance defense; bankruptcy law www.sasseringlis.com [email protected] 6 Buchanan Nipper LLC Stephen M. Nipper 1508 W. Cayuse Creek Dr., Ste. 125, Meridian, ID 83646-6425 P 208-629-0020, ext. 152 3 - Intellectual property strategy; patent applications; trademark applications; copyright applications; intellectual property licensing 17 bnip.com [email protected] 3 Goicoechea Law Offices Chtd. Jerry J. Goicoechea 2537 W. State St., Ste. 130, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-336-6400 | F 208-336-6404 3 - Workers' compensation, personal injury, social security disability www.goicoechealaw.com [email protected] 4 Mauk Miller & Hawkins PLLC Boyd J. Hawkins, William Mauk 515 S. 6th Street, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-287-8787 | F 208-287-8788 3 - Business and transactional law relating to all areas of business operations, including entity formation, contracts, lease agreements, collections, www.idahojustice.com [email protected] 3 employment law and litigation Meuleman Law Group Wayne Meuleman 950 W. Bannock St., Ste. 490, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-472-0066 | F 208-472-0067 3 - Construction law meulemanlaw.com [email protected] 2 Pickens Cozakos PA Terri Pickens Manweiler 398 S. Ninth St., Ste. 240, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-954-5090 | F 208-954-5099 3 - Commercial and real estate litigation, general real estate matters, business matters, and estate planning www.pickenslawboise.com [email protected] 4 Risch Pisca PLLC Jason Risch 407 W. Jefferson, Boise, ID 83702 P 208-345-9929 | F 208-345-9928 3 Idaho Association of REALTORS, Litigation, real estate and government relations www.rischpisca.com [email protected] 6 Potlatch, Saint Alphonsus Arkoosh Law Offices C. Tom Arkoosh 802 W. Bannock St., 9th Floor | P.O. Box 2900, Boise, ID 83701 P 208-343-5105 | F 208-343-5456 2 - Administrative law; agricultural, energy and water law; business transactions and litigation; civil litigation; construction law; employee benefits 18 www.arkoosh.com [email protected] 2 and ERISA; energy law; family law; lobbying; mediation; real estate law; water law; white collar crime; wills, trusts, estates and probate Physicians, chiropractors and providers Bengoechea Law Office PLLC Shane O. Bengoechea of health care, numerous small and 671 E. Riverpark Ln., Ste. 120, Boise, ID 83706 P 208-424-8332 | F 208-392-1406 1 medium-sized businesses, general Business, health care claims disputes, provider audits by health insurers, insurance, personal injury, contracts, Social Security, disability, 19 www.soblawyers.com [email protected] 1 practice and numerous homeowners workers' compensation, employment, criminal offenses, litigation, governmental and homeowners associations associations and contracts Jeppesen Law PLLC Justin Jeppesen 3330 N. Meridian Rd., Ste.100, Meridian, ID 83646 P 208-477-1785 1 - Estate planning, wills, trusts, probate, families with young children www.jeppesenlaw.com [email protected] 0 List is ranked by number of attorneys. If ranking criteria was not provided companies are listed alphabetically below those who did. Ties are also listed alphabetically. IBR does not imply that the size of a company is any indication of its quality. Not all companies contacted responded to our survey. 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COAL Utility seeks to tap into Oregon grid Continued from 1 3D Continued from 1 added 250 megawatts of solar energy to its system this year with about 50 more tos, you can’t look at the light fixtures and other coming online soon. features from every angle. I think it creates a lot “This will be the first summer we of added benefit.” have seen all that production at full ca- Macelino Barrera, owner of Homes Online pacity,” Bowlin said. Realty, purchased the Matterport camera for his The utility plans to tap into an Ore- own real estate listings, but soon realized that gon power grid along the Columbia Riv- there weren’t many other agents in the area with er Gorge that will deliver 500 megawatts 3D capabilities. In November, he created a sec- of energy to Idaho in the summer and ond company called Virtual Prevue that creates 200 megawatts in the winter. 3D videos for agents. If the project is approved by Oregon “I had only noticed 3D videos four or five and the federal government, construc- times before I met Marcelino,” said Marilyn Van tion will begin in the early 2020s. If ap- Dorne, a realtor with Sotheby’s International proved, Idaho Power will run an electri- Realty. “I imagine as word gets out about this it cal transmission line from a proposed will take off.” substation near Boardman, Ore. to the Van Dorne and Wilhite have both used Barre- Hemingway Substation near Melba. ra to create videos and say the price is compara- “The energy from that transmission ble to having a professional photographer take line will provide hydro and wind energy still photos. through the summer when we have low Barrera uses the 3D camera to survey each flows and our wind stops blowing on room from many locations, and can shoot a res- those hot days,” Bowlin said. “Accord- idential or small commercial space in about an ing to our demand projections, we don’t hour. He then uploads the photos to a Matterport expect to have to add any sizable project server and Matterport compresses them into vir- to our portfolio until around 2029.” tual tours. Once the videos are compressed, they are emailed back to Barrera and he adds information about the property before emailing the A Hells Canyon dam. As Idaho Power links to realtors to be placed on listing websites. makes a transition away from coal, it “It just works so well,” Van Dorne said. “Af- will increase the amount of wind- and ter he shot it, (Matterport) stitched the video to- hydro-generated electricity in its port- gether and they had it up and running within a folio. few hours. File photo “I’ve been very impressed with it because I had a house that a couple made an offer on without having to be here in person,” she said. “They President Donald Trump has said he will review coal regulations with an eye to helping felt comfortable with what they saw.” Barrera shoots residential and commercial the industry grow. But Idaho Power is worried that despite talk of lower regulation, properties as well as vacation rentals for realtors and for his own clients. high CO2-emitting fuel sources such as coal will continue to become less profitable in The Matterport equipment cost Barrera about $5,000. He shoots properties for between $150 and the long term. $300 depending on the size of the building.

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A word with... Kevin Booe of the Boise Public Library

evin Booe has been director since 2006 of the Boise Public Library system, which includes the downtown main library, three branches that have been completed within the last decade, and a branch Kunder construction. The main library sees about 4,000 visitors a day. ‘Main The Boise Library system has an annual operating budget of $11 million and 150 employees. Booe, who has spent his career with the Boise library since he was a Boise State University student working there libraries are part-time, started out as a children’s librarian. Now he’s responsible for overseeing an expansion project at the main library that could cost as much as $40 mil- critically lion. Idaho Business Review spent some time with Booe learning about the library expansion and what it might mean for the city. The interview has been edit- important.’ ed for length and clarity.

What do librarians do? I think a lot of people have a perception that we sit around and read books and buy books and check books in and out and tell people to be quiet and answer reference questions. We do some of that, abso- lutely, but there are so many other things that we do at the library. We’re very engaged in the community. People need all kinds of assistance. Some are doing business research, some are doing nonprofit research, some just want a book to read for pleasure, or a movie to watch. They need help signing up for the Affordable Care Act, and we help them with that. As librarians, we need to be generalists in a lot of topics; we’re not experts in any one topic. We need to know how to fa- cilitate that information-finding for them, and that’s really how our role has shifted over the last 20 years from information provider to facilitator and teacher. We’re probably one of the last places left in the U.S. Photo by Glenn Landberg that is totally neutral. We try hard to have all kinds of points of view in the library, and welcome every demographic. You see babies, immigrants, refugees, Where are you in the process? the homeless population, senior citizens, profession- We are working with Architectural Nexus in Salt als. There’s not too many places left in the U.S. where Across the country, we’re seeing Lake City to develop concepts and space planning, you see that. “ and we’re leading some design thinking workshops We are not guardians of taste; we collect as much people stay longer. Part of it is the with stakeholders and opinion leaders across all de- information and provide access to as much infor- mographics. We’re asking them, “What is your vision mation as possible. That’s exactly what Benjamin Wi-Fi. And younger generations are for a library? What kind of spaces should it have? If Franklin wanted: a place that was everyman’s uni- we incorporate the arts and history component, what versity. The library is everyman’s university. connecting into community in a way can they do to bring better access to the public for arts and history?” How are libraries changing? they haven’t before. And it even goes beyond that, to, “What kind of Across the country, we’re seeing people stay lon- ” collections would you like to see? What things are in- ger. Part of it is the Wi-Fi. And younger generations teresting people today? What are the kinds of things are connecting into community in a way they haven’t people would like to see for the platform? What plat- before. form and tools does this library need to be a hub for Libraries are now providing application tools, like fourth floor is not public; it’s closed stacks and class- creativity for knowledge?” 3D printing, laser cutters, robotics, coding classes. rooms. Nexus will get data from the workshops and come We have maker spaces, we have virtual reality. We When we redo this building, what we would look at up with space-planning and concepts for us. We’ll have been doing coding classes for over a year now; is 110,000 gross square feet to 120,000 gross square feet. share them with the public, so the public can com- over 1,000 people have signed up. We need more meeting room space, and spaces ment. We have got the most extensive collection in Idaho where we can set up our technologies and let people We’ll make some presentations to our board of on grant-making, board development, and fundrais- use them, without interruption. trustees and the City Council in June. ing for nonprofits. We have free legal clinics where And we need about 300 parking spaces. We have 92 Then we’ll begin a financial analysis and see what we partner with Concordia University and the Uni- now. kind of tools, like partnerships and fundraising, the versity of Idaho so individuals can receive basic le- city has to help fund this. Hopefully we’ll be able to gal counsel from law students. And then we have a Would you want to take this building down and kind of hone in on a realistic financial projection and person from the Veterans Administration who meets put up a new one in its place? then begin some of the preliminary design schemes in veterans and gives them counsel on health care and Not necessarily. That’s one possibility, but a more fiscal year 18, which starts in October. housing, and then finally we have a business team likely scenario is expanding this facility. and we have SCORE counselors. It would be really nice to incorporate some new Any idea what it might cost? We do research for folks trying to start a small technologies. One of those would be an automated We’re kind of zoning in on around $40 million. business, resume-writing workshops and career materials retrieval system that you see in academic Main libraries are critically important. This is the workshops, job application processes. libraries a lot. They are big giant towers with bins and only major urban library in the state, and we have a they have microclimates and a robot that retrieves responsibility to keep things here – such as back is- What would you like to see happen with the items and brings them down to you. sues of periodicals. We are a federal deposit library, main library? The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University so we keep federal government documents from every It needs to be bigger; it’s small for a city this size. of Utah in Salt Lake City has one; if we did that we agency. Typically, what you find is about 1 square foot per would be the first public library in the country. It’s the We have back issues of magazines going back to capita. Right now Boise is I think at .56 per capita, kind of thing you’d use for back issues or periodicals, the 1800s and hard copy and magazines are starting including branches. and other items that didn’t circulate as much such as to become digitized, but the really old issues are so far This building has 78,000 gross square feet, about artifacts and government documents. The popular behind that none of that has become digitized, so we 52,000 of which we use for public space. The entire stuff would still be on the floor in stacks. have those hard copies. WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM | March 24, 2017 | IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW 21 WWW.IDAHOBUSINESSREVIEW.COM | March 24, 2017 | IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW 14

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Patricia Marie Sexton, deceased A Petition to change the name of Joan Marc Monserrat Marzal, Notice is hereby given that Carly now residing in the City of Meridian, PROBATE Ann Winegar has been appointed INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY State of Idaho, has been filed in the personal representative for the District Court in ADA County, Idaho. above‑named decedent. All persons The name will change to John Marc having claims against said deceased Monserrat. The reason for the or the estate are required to present change in name is: people mispro‑ Visit us Probate their claims within four months after Name Change nounce my name and I only want the date of the first publication of one last name instead of two. A hear‑ NOTICE TO CREDITORS this notice or said claims will be for‑ NOTICE OF HEARING ON ing on the petition is scheduled for CV 01 17‑02815 ever barred. Claims must be presen‑ NAME 1:30 o’clock pm on April 11, 2017 at online ted to Carly Ann Winegar c/o Robert CHANGE (Adult) the Ada County Courthouse. Objec‑ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE L. Aldridge, Chtd., 1209 N. 8th St, CASE NO. CV 01 1702557 tions may be filed by any person who FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF Boise, ID 83702, AND filed with the can show the court a good reason idahobusinessreview.com THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND Clerk of the Court. IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR against the name change. PUBLISH‑ FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA Published: March 24, 31, April 7, THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ED: March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2017. 2017 FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN 11282273 IBR 3/3/2017 In the matter of the Estate of 11301967 IBR 03/24/17 AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA Idaho loosens agricultural field burning restrictions

By Keith Ridler able if the state reduced the level of particulate mat- cent of the federal limit. The Associated Press ter in the air when allowing field burning. When the Farmers said the new, tougher limit would re- state refused, Gora-McRavin and representatives of duce field burning, used to rid fields of stubble and Idaho officials have approved rules loosening -re two other groups quit an advisory board intended to pests. Field burning runs from March to September, strictions on agricultural field burning that health guide field burning rules. with about 35,000 to 45,000 acres burned annually. advocates say will lead to breathing problems for “We felt the state was not bargaining in good faith The board also on March 17 approved a rule that some residents. anymore,” she said. allows crop burning this year using the old federal The Idaho Board of Environmental Quality vot- Health advocates said the change betrays a 2008 standard. That decision also matches action taken ed March 16 to allow field burning during worse air by state lawmakers. quality thresholds for ozone that could start in 2018 State officials said using the outdated standard is if approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection allowable because it won’t result in ozone levels ex- Agency. Both of these kinds of air pollutants are ceeding the new standard. The change will be healthier for residents be- “ Gora-McRavin took issue with that interpreta- cause it allows burning on days more conducive to scientifically proven to increase deaths. tion. dispersing smoke, Idaho Department of Environ- ” “The state of Idaho can’t simply choose a year mental Quality officials said. Patti Gora-McRavin of Safe Air For Everyone they want to use,” she said. “If you’ve got good dispersion, all of that is going Idaho plans to submit a new State Implementa- to go up in the air and nobody is going to breathe it,” tion Plan to the EPA this fall seeking an increase in said the agency’s director, John Tippets. ozone limits and expects approval in late February. Ground level ozone is typically produced in pop- Specifically, Idaho is seeking to allow field burning ulated areas from motor vehicle exhaust and indus- agreement struck after a federal court in 2007 when ozone levels are at 90 percent of the new fed- trial emissions, according to the EPA. It can trigger banned Idaho field burning at a time when the prac- eral limit of 70 parts per billion. health problems in children, the elderly, and those tice generated thousands of complaints and serious “Once submitted, EPA will evaluate these rule with lung diseases, including asthma. health problems for some residents. The groups say revisions to ensure that the National Ambient Air But rural areas can have high background lev- legal action is again a possibility. Quality Standards continue to be protected,” the els and health advocates said combining increased The rule approved March 17 brings the state federal agency said in an emailed statement to The ozone with particulate matter caused by field burn- agency in line with a statute approved by Idaho law- Associated Press. ing can be harmful. makers earlier this year. Nick Purdy, a central Idaho rancher and member “Both of these kinds of air pollutants are scien- Lawmakers took that action after the EPA low- of the Idaho Board of Environmental Quality, said tifically proven to increase deaths,” said Patti Go- ered allowable ozone limits from 75 parts per billion he doesn’t do field burning but knows others in the ra-McRavin of Safe Air For Everyone. to 70 parts per billion. Under Idaho’s federally-ap- region who do. Gora-McRavin’s group during negotiations last proved State Implementation Plan, crop residue “It will be detrimental to them if this isn’t ap- summer said the increased ozone would be allow- burning can only occur if the ozone level is 75 per- proved,” he said after the meeting.

SOCCER Continued from 16 so it’s not just fitting a soccer field on a counterparts, such as Seattle, Port- “We haven’t targeted any (retail or Right now, USL and potential tenants baseball field,” Eiseman said. land, Ore., New York, and Kansas City. restaurant) franchises,” Eiseman said are waiting for Agon Sports to assemble The concept pleases USL President But other USL teams play in the much about the Boise stadium project. “We’re property. Jake Edwards, who is strongly sug- smaller cities of Reno, Nev., Bethlehem, not talking about putting McDonald’s “It’s a chicken-and-egg component,” gesting that teams wanting to join the Penn., Tulsa, Okla., Harrisburg, Penn. down there. A hotel is not in our plan.” Eiseman said. league consider building soccer-specific and Rochester, N.Y. stadiums, which have become common “There is a spotlight on the league in the 2010s higher-level soccer leagues. and players that we have never had “What we’ve told them is you’ve got before,” Edwards said. “We are raising to build a stadium that is a true environ- the stakes for teams every year. We are One of the faces behind the ment for that sport improving the overall quality of the as it it’s playing,” competition and the professionalism of said Edwards about every club and its facilities.” push for professional soccer accommodating soc- And United States Soccer Federation cer, baseball and is raising the stakes on USL at its new Bill Taylor, a Boise neuroradiologist, has been the public face of bringing concerts, “(Agon) Division 2 level, mandating that stadi- professional soccer to Boise as president of the Idaho Youth Soccer Associa- presented a design ums seat at least 5,000 people. Edwards tion. able to achieve those already sees attendance trending to- Taylor has been talking to USL for a couple of years, and when the city three goals.” ward 7,000 to 10,000 with USL’s top five of Boise and the Basque community were negotiating to A USL team in teams averaging 9,000 people per game. bring the Basque Athletic Club from Spain’s top soccer Boise would enter “For Boise coming into the league league to Boise, they turned to Taylor to find an opponent. a league with much Jake Edwards now, there are some new standards that “The goal is to have a team here by 2019,” Taylor said. higher standards have changed,” Edwards said. “To do that you need to have a stadium under construction than when the Agon Agon Sports embraces the higher by January.” Sports official first started chatting with standards, eyeballing $40 million to Taylor said he started with trying to get the Seattle USL in 2014, or when Idaho Youth Soc- $45 million to build the stadium and Sounders, Real Salt Lake or Portland Timbers, adding that cer started lobbying for a USL team in $100-million-plus for the entire mixed- the Major League Soccer season conflicted with a July vis- 2015. Back then, USL was a Division 3 use stadium complex on Boise’s West it to Boise. league. End. Agon is now building a similar He then looked at the Mexican League and brought On Jan. 1, USL was promoted to Di- $170 million mixed-use stadium project Club Tijuana to Boise, drawing 22,000 to Albertsons Stadi- Bill Taylor vision 2, alongside the eight-team North in August, Ga., for the August Green- um at Boise State University. American Soccer League, both of which Jackets, the other minor league base- “That woke everybody up,” Taylor said. “The next year now directly feed players to Major ball team that Agon owns. I approached (Portland Timbers General Manager) Gavin Wilkinson and told League Soccer. Boise definitely would Eiseman’s business partner at Agon, him what we need for a greater plan, we need a USL game. We put a real prod- be a small-market team in a league Chris Schoen, heads up Greenstone uct down and had real results and people paid $20 for a ticket. That convinced where many teams are named for and Properties, the development company the Hawks.” play in the same cities as their MLS for the Augusta and Boise projects. Idaho Business Review is launching Reader Rankings awards! Vote now idahobusinessreview.com/reader-rankings

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Following his time with District 3 NEW HIRES Bruce managed numerous GARVEE Former Idaho Supreme Court Chief projects for Connecting Idaho Part- Justice Jim Jones has joined the law ners (CIP) including State Highway firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer’s 16 and the Meridian Interchange. Boise office in an of Harral brings T-O Engineers a depth of counsel position. His management, design, and construction practice will include knowledge. mediation, appeals and legal consul- Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Group tations on a broad has added four realtors. Patricia Cole Sandra Braley Josh Lisa Bowman range of legal-re- Shearer Zeiter lated issues. He will also dedicate time to cipient. Homes with her husband and is active pro bono work. Sandra Braley has joined Group in design, decor, project management, Jones’ legal ca- One Sotheby’s International. She grew and quality control. Staging homes and Jim Jones reer spans more up with a family in preparing them to sell is her specialty. than 50 years, in- the construction and She has more than 20 years in the resi- cluding serving as remodeling indus- dential construction industry. chief justice of the Idaho State Supreme try, learned early Josh Shearer has bought, rehabbed, Court, a position he was elected to in about building and and sold dozens of properties. Shearer’s 2015. He served as legislative assistant materials and served experience with multi-unit properties, to former U.S. Senator Len B. Jordan for Hafdis Don as laborer and esti- tenants, and commercial real estate three years, beginning in 1970. He main- Arnadottir Bergland mator in her family gives his clients an extra edge. tained a private law practice, starting in business. Lisa Bowman Zeiter is a full-time 1973, until his election as Idaho Attor- Newly licensed Hafdis Arnadottir, Missy Coman associate broker at Group One Sothe- ney General in 1982. During his eight- Don Bergland, and recently added asso- by’s International Realty. She is in the year tenure as Idaho Attorney General, Randal Hetz have Missy Coman ciate broker license Boise Regional Realtors Circle of ex- Jones successfully battled the State’s joined the compa- to her role as a real- cellence top producers. In 2015 she re- largest electric utility over control of ny’s Merdian office. tor at Group One So- ceived the Gold Level award. Lisa is a the Snake River, resulting in the mod- Trayce Ghislain, theby’s International Realty. Coman is retired librarian of 22 years and holds ernization of Idaho’s water law and an who has been a re- co-owner of Coman Collection Custom an MBA and MA in library science. adjudication of the Snake River. He had altor since 2014, has documented this historic water fight joined the Eagle of- in his recently released book, A Little fice. All will focus on residential homes, Dam Problem. Jones also argued three For more People, Good Works and Out of the Office cases before the United States Supreme including resale, Court. Trayce new construction, announcements, go to idahobusinessreview.com After completion of his service as Ghislain and acreages across attorney general, Jones began private the Treasure Valley. Submit press releases and photos at practice in Boise, which continued un- idahobusinessreview.com/business-announcements til being elected to the Idaho Supreme Bobbi Mehringer has been named Court in 2004. He was re-elected in 2010 SVP bank administration at Idaho First and elected to serve as Chief Justice on Bank. She holds re- Follow us on Twitter @ibrnews for breaking #IBRpeople news. July 15, 2015. sponsibility for all administrative op- Gary Vidales has joined McAlvain erations of the bank Group of Companies, Inc. as a junior from the McCall estimator. headquarters build- Vidales has more ing. than 13 years of ex- Mehringer has perience in the con- served in a variety NomiNatioNs opeN struction industry of banking positions with an extensive during her career, background in con- Bobbi including lending crete construction. Mehringer and operations man- He has spent the last agement. Most re- three years local- cently, she was the VP of the enterprise ly as a detailer and content management department with construction esti- Glacier Bancorp in Kalispell, Mont. Gary Vidales mator for a national Mehringer served as a board mem- concrete reinforcing ber for the United Way of Kootenai steel fabricator, infor seven years. staller and distributor. Vidales’ responsibilities will include Beth Beechie has joined Fahlgren structural and site concrete quantity Mortine as an account executive in the takeoffs, soliciting bids from subcon- agency’s Boise office. tractors, preparing bid spreadsheets, Beechie will sup- and reviewing project requirements port several Boi- and specifications. He will work closely se-based accounts, with McAlvain’s established concrete including the J.R. The Idaho Business Review’s Accomplished self-performing group assisting with Simplot Compa- supporting material and supplier bid- ny and Idaho State Under 40 program honors 40 Idaho ding while assisting lead estimators on Dental Association. business and professional leaders who have all construction estimating. Prior to joining achieved success before the age of 40. Fahlgren Mortine, Bruce Harral has joined T-O Engi- Beechie was an ac- Prospective honorees must be under the neers as a transportation project man- count executive at ager. Beth Beechie another Boise agen- age of 40 as of June 1, 2017. Harral comes to cy and previously T-O after a long ca- served as marketing Nominate at: idahobusinessreview.com/events/au40/ reer with ITD Dis- director at Hummel Architects. trict 5 and 3 as well Beechie is a Boise native who re- Nominations close - March 27 as serving as a proj- turned to the city after earning a BA in Application deadline - April 3 ect manager for Con- journalism at the University of Mon- necting Idaho Part- tana. She is actively involved in the Finalists announced - April 21 ners (CIP) managing community, serving as a member of the Awards event - June 15 GARVEE Projects Boise Young Professionals leadership Email Cindy Suffa at [email protected] for ITD. He started team, United Way of Treasure Valley’s or call (208) 639-3517 to learn more his career working Women United and the Boise Ad Feder- about sponsorship opportunities. Bruce Harral for ITD District 5 in ation. Pocatello where he primarily worked Patricia Cole has attained the posi- overseeing construction projects. He tion of associate broker at Group One Presented by Sponsored by then transferred to District 3 in Boise Sotheby’s International. She has been where he continued his construction involved with real estate, advertising, oversight on the Wye Phase I and later sales and marketing in the Treasure was appointed as a project administra- Valley since 1990. Cole is a Boise Re- tor. gional Realtors Circle of Excellence re- RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE New @ Perkins Coie

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