The city of Hayden, Idaho, has approved two new housing developments and has received an application for a third. Altogether, the three projects could result in the construction of nearly 100 single-family homes.


The developments would range from 53 units to 14 units in size.


The two approved projects are called Riley Place and Parents Pasture, and are located a short distance from each other along Wyoming Avenue.


The 31-unit Riley Place development to be located south of Wyoming, between Reed and Ramsey roads, has had its preliminary subdivision plat approved by the City Council, says Karen Henriksen, a Hayden administrative assistant. Development plans for that 10-acre project werent available from the projects owner, K & S Development LLC, of Hayden.


As part of that project, both the west leg of Stinson Loop and Cutlass Street, which currently come from the north and stop at Wyoming, will be extended to the south into Riley Place, says Henriksen. As a result, the extension of Stinson Loop south of Wyoming would become Riley Street, she says.


The second project given preliminary subdivision plat approval by the Hayden City Council, Parents Pasture, is to be located at the northwest corner of Wyoming and Reed, a short distance east of Riley Place, Henriksen says. It will be a five acre, 14-unit development owned by developer Randy Cox, of Coeur dAlene.


Cox says he plans to have infrastructure to the lots completed by June or July, and to sell them to BlackWolf Homes & Development Inc., of Hayden Lake, which would build homes on them. Cox envisions the average home price on the development to be between $300,000 and $400,000.


The largest of the three proposed developments, called Williams Grove, would be located on 15 acres at the northwest corner of Ramsey Road and Orchard Avenue, and would include 53 homes priced at about $250,000 each, says Mike Threadgill, owner of Starwood Homes Inc., of Coeur dAlene. Starwood Homes and AB & K Construction Inc., of Spokane, are the majority owners of that proposed project, he says.


We have filed with the city for a preliminary subdivision plat and are in the notification period before it can be heard by the planning and zoning commission, says Threadgill.


If the application is approved, he anticipates that infrastructure work at the site would begin no earlier than May, with the possibility that lots could be ready to sell by October. Threadgill says he and his partners are undecided whether they will build homes on the lots themselves, or sell lots to other contractors to build on.