Another High Rise For Downtown CdA

The profile of downtown Coeur d’Alene keeps rising, literally. A six-story office building will be built at Seventh Street and Sherman Avenue, next to one of the two new condo towers that has lifted the city’s skyline in recent years. The Plaza on Sherman, at 704 E. Sherman Ave., is being developed by Boise-based VIQ Development, a firm that has done retail and high-rise office development in the Boise market. Located just north of McEuen Terrace, on the former spot of a Señor Froggy restaurant, The Plaza is being developed in a partnership with the J.B. Dodge Co., a local landowner, and was designed by Boise-based CSHQA. … The Plaza will offer about 66,000 square feet of leasable office space with views of downtown and Lake Coeur d’Alene/Scott Maben, SR Here’s The Dirt. More here .

Question: In the early 1990s, CdA visionaries, like Mayor Sandi Bloem, decided one of the ways to “save” downtown CdA was to attract more businesses and year-round residents by building high rises. Do you prefer the new downtown with high rises or the downtown of yesteryear?