This autumn we broke ground on The Wren — 168 homes, a neighbourhood café and a rooftop garden on a corner lot that has been empty for over a decade.

The Wren is our first mixed-use building and our first project in downtown Boise. From the start, we wanted the ground floor to belong to the street as much as to residents: a café with a generous terrace, a bike repair room that opens to the sidewalk, and a lobby that doubles as a small gallery for local artists.

Designed with the neighbourhood

Over six months we held open workshops with neighbours, future residents and local businesses. Their feedback shaped the warm terracotta facade, the stepped massing that keeps afternoon light on the street, and the decision to plant twenty-two new street trees around the block.

“We wanted a building that makes the whole corner better — not just the homes inside it.”

— Elena Marsh, Head of Design

Early massing studies for The Wren in our Portland studio.

What comes next

Construction is scheduled to finish in spring 2027, with leasing opening in early 2027. Over the coming months we will share updates from the site, from the first timber deliveries to the café’s opening menu.