April Arch Street Update

Corby Goade • April 29, 2025

April Arch Street Update: Re-zone, Applications and Design

There has been plenty of action behind the scenes for the Arch Street development. March and April have been filled with conversations with the City of Boise, Ada County and our development team regarding our proposed design along with all of the utilities and services that future owners and residents will have at their disposal. 


As previously mentioned, we had our meeting with the design review board a few weeks ago and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. The city has proven again that they are committed to creating higher density housing in order to address the affordability needs of people living and working in Boise. 


The only meaningful pushback we received was from Ada County Highway District, who had concerns regarding the egress for trash collection trucks. Our amazing design team at Rodney Evans and Partners along with Pivot North have been working through those issues so we can get back with the design review board and assure them that those concerns have been addressed. We are currently working through a few different options and expect to have an update for them within the next couple of weeks. 


Beyond the feedback we received regarding waste collection, there were other pieces of feedback that will have smaller impacts on the project. Fire will require that we install a hydrant at the entrance to the property, which should be relatively simple, given the previously planned improvements that will be made to the street, water supply and sidewalks. 


The city also suggested some designated bicycle parking and storage, which we thought was a great idea, with Boise being such a bike and pedestrian friendly city. Many recent developments like Arch street have included community bike tools, compressors and spaces to store and work on bikes, which we are considering. Not only encouraging residents to bike and use more public transportation, but also to lessen the need for more asphalt and parking. 


Although already planned, we did get some feedback regarding the importance of proper drainage, planting new trees and native plants, but also doing everything in our power to keep some of the larger, healthy trees on the lot. Boise being “The City Of Trees,” we want to do everything in our power to maintain the healthy trees that we already have. Not only because they provide shade and privacy, but it can be expensive to mitigate larger trees that are removed. 


We should have some healthy progress over the next month or so and look forward to updating all of our partners in this project. As usual, please feel free to reach out if you have questions or just would like more information. 


Happy Investing!

February Arch Street Update

By Camel Team • 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:

January Arch Street Update

By Robert Frazier • January 6, 2025
Things are moving right along here with the project on Arch street. December was busy finalizing our platting and submitting our application for rezoning. We have gone through five or six iterations for the platting of the project and the number and layouts of the units that we plan to build. As our application is submitted, we are currently at 32 units, though it is likely that we will reduce the total number by a few in order to create a little more greenspace and better functional living spaces for future residents and owners. One of the biggest changes with our current design is that we’ve added a 10 unit multifamily building, which will create several potential exit opportunities. We could possibly hold it collectively as a for-rent product and depreciate it as we collect rents or sell it to another investor. There’s a possibility of condoizing the units and selling them individually platted as well. As part of the re-zoning process, we will hold a neighborhood meeting at the end of January. All of the neighbors must be notified by mail, which is going out this week. The meeting isn’t for feedback, votes or permission of any kind, simply to inform neighbors of the project. As a side note, we have reached out to every property owner within a block and offered to meet and discuss the project with them individually. Beyond that, we are about to pick up our fundraising and marketing efforts again. We are about ⅓ of the way to our goal and expect to have a few more investors jumping in over the next few weeks. We’ll be holding a few more webinars over the next few weeks and would love for you to send any friends or family who might be interested in the project to check those out. We are happy to report that things are moving along smoothly thus far and we are on track with the schedule we have planned from the beginning. As always, please feel free to reach out at any time.

December Arch Street Update

By Alyssa Stadtlander • December 16, 2024
November was another busy month for the Arch Street Development. Now that we have locked in with both an architecture firm and our landscape architect, things are really starting to take shape. One of the biggest benefits of working with Pivot North, our architecture firm, is that they’ve got plenty of manpower to communicate regularly with us, but they also have plenty of experience with projects like ours all over Idaho. This means that they can save us time, money and energy by providing us with existing plans and elevations and we can pick and choose what we like from their archives and they can put together ideas for us based on that feedback. It makes turnaround times much quicker. Some of their existing designs that are heavily influencing our plans are as follows;