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Kootenai County commissioners deny tax cancellation request from White Pine Apartments owner; advise hardship filing
Summary
On Aug. 13, 2025, Kootenai County commissioners voted to deny a request by Greystoke Capital Alpine LLC to cancel 2024 property taxes for White Pine Apartments, concluding the damage did not meet the statute—s definition of a "casualty event." The board suggested the owner pursue a hardship application or an appeal to the Board of Equalization.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — On Aug. 13, 2025, the Kootenai County Board of County Commissioners denied a request to cancel 2024 property taxes for White Pine Apartments, a 60-unit complex owned by Greystoke Capital Alpine LLC, after concluding the reported damage did not meet the statutory definition of a casualty event.
The denial was made by motion and approved unanimously at the county's tax-cancellation meeting. The board's action followed testimony from the property's majority owner, Gray Parnell, and legal guidance from county staff about Idaho Code § 63-711 and the appropriate administrative routes for value adjustments.
Parnell told the board the buildings, which the applicant bought in 2022, suffered extensive dry rot and related structural problems discovered during unit turn work in 2023. He said the city inspector ordered units vacated and that the owner completed approximately $2,100,000 in structural rehabilitation; the complex resumed move-ins in August 2024 and…
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