By Camel Team
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February 12, 2025
January has been a great month for Arch street- lots of progress and generally, we’ve been getting good news. For one, the real estate market in Boise has been extremely competitive- our real estate team had 7 listings in January and all of them but one had multiple offers and we were able to either sell them or currently have them under contract for over the asking price. What does that have to do with the Arch Street development? It shows that the hunger and demand for housing in Boise is not waning in any way, even in the dead of winter. As a matter of fact, as of this writing, there are only 7 properties in all of Boise with at least 2 bedrooms and 1300sf that are under $400K. None of them are new and mostly are at least cosmetic fixer uppers. For the type of property and homes with are building with Arch street, we will be able to fill an absolute need in the community. With that being said, we had our neighborhood meeting last week. This is the last requirement before we submit our rezone application and typically there are some interesting conversations at these meetings, to say the least. As a matter of fact, I brought two of my kids and prepped them to pay attention to how adults handle stress, confrontations and uncomfortable questions. We are happy to report that about a dozen neighbors showed up and, while I wouldn’t go as far as to say that we received a standing ovation, the feedback was mostly positive. There were several questions about site plans, density, parking and road improvements, but the overall feeling was that this project would be an improvement to the neighborhood and definitely an improvement to the existing, overgrown and muddy lot. At the moment, we are completing our application for the rezone and finalizing the site plan and layouts of the units. We are working on creating a little more common space for each unit and maximizing the the square footage. We should have some concrete plans and be well on our way to a final plat by Spring. At the moment, this is a draft rendering of the site: