In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Idaho retailers are feeling the impact personally. Although Idaho hasn’t enacted a shelter-in-place policy at the time of this post, many cities are starting to mandate social distancing orders which directly impacts restaurants, gyms, retail stores, and more.

In response, retailers are becoming resourceful with many restaurants switching to take-out or delivery, fitness centers adding online fitness videos, and retail stores offering online ordering.   

We’ve compiled five frequently asked questions that we hear in our industry, in an effort to provide you with a little more insight into commercial real estate.

The Situation: Health Foods Franchise Targets the Treasure Valley

• Clean Juice, a national smoothie, juice and health foods restaurant franchise, was seeking a space to expand the brand into the Treasure Valley.
• The client had been assigned to a national broker for over 90 days with no success in finding a suitable location in the Boise market. After being referred to Thornton Oliver Keller, JP Green eagerly took on the client confident that he could find the right space to expand Clean Juice.

The Situation: New Idaho community bank plans first location in downtown Boise

• A new Idaho community bank decided to launch operations in the Treasure Valley by targeting Boise as their first Alpine State Bank location.
• The bank, hoping to open in the market as soon as possible, reached out to Thornton Oliver Keller to identify temporary space, since they had already identified a location which required a lengthy remodel.