MERIDIAN, Idaho — After years of sitting unfinished, a long-stalled downtown Meridian development is getting a fresh start under new ownership.

Local developer Tommy Ahlquist has purchased part of the two-block property across from City Hall, an area many residents have come to call Meridian’s “Boise Hole.” The site was sold at auction for just over $6.7 million, including more than $5 million in credit from a contractor previously owed by the former developers.

WATCH | The new developers talk more on how they're re-imagining the property— Downtown Meridian’s “Boise Hole” Gets New Life Under Tommy Ahlquist

“It’s a relief. It’s been kind of an eyesore for the last four years,” said Wayne Martin, who owns Las Calaveras and Level Up Lounge in Downtown Meridian. “There’s not a business d

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