Design Review Commission

The Boise City Design Review Commission held a work session and public hearing on October 15, 2026. The commission approved project DRH26-000086, a Boise Airport improvement package that includes an approximately 240,000-square-foot concourse, a 14,000-square-foot central utility plant, a baggage-handling building, terminal work, and related improvements. The applicant described reducing the terminal expansion’s scope after a budget review because the earlier design exceeded what the airport could afford. Discussion focused on building materials, truck access, and protecting the exterior wall; the commission approved the project with conditions. No contract award, bid approval, vendor selection, or procurement amount was identified.

At the public hearing, the commission approved DRH26-000248 for an approximately 300-unit multifamily development, with a condition for further articulation of the longer street-facing building façades; it also discussed traffic mitigation, parking, and bird-safe glazing requirements. The commission approved DRH26-000249 for an approximately 20,000-square-foot industrial building at 6651 South Eisman Road, retaining the staff conditions despite the applicant’s request to remove or modify detached-sidewalk requirements. These were land-use and design approvals, not procurement actions.