After a lull of a few years, the development of downtown Boise’s Myrtle Street could soon resume.
Seattle-based Urbal Architecture submitted an early permit to the city of Boise to build a six-story apartment building at 350 E. Myrtle St. in a vacant lot hemmed between Whole Foods Market and a Walgreens, near WinCo Foods and across from Julia Davis Park.
Urbal’s plans are the latest puzzle piece for downtown Boise’s development. The building would include about 170 to 180 units, a retail shop, amenities on the first and second floors, an exterior courtyard and garage parking, according to the application.
Site plans show a retail store on the northeastern corner of the building, adjacent to Whole Foods, and a lobby and gym along Myrtle. A coworking space would face the shared parking lot with Walgreens…