Westlock Village in Boise: 256 Apartments on State Street Eye December Start

BOISE — Westlock Village, a 256-home apartment and townhome community planned at 9474 W. State St. in northwest Boise, Idaho, is lining up for a December construction start. Developer Sweetwater Companies applied for building permits in September, and the Boise urban renewal agency, Capital City Development Corporation (CCDC), lists Westlock Village in its State Street District projects update after its board approved a Type 2 assistance designation for the project's public improvements.

Westlock Village sits on about 11.5 acres near State Street and Ulmer Lane. Plans call for 252 apartments and four townhomes in six three-story buildings, according to reporting summarized by Wisevoter from the Idaho Statesman.

What's planned at Westlock Village

The Boise Design Review Commission approved the apartment design on Sept. 9, 2026, according to the city's design review filing DRH26-00212. The approval covers six three-story buildings with about 252 units and a clubhouse with a pool and fitness center. The larger buildings face State Street, and the smaller ones sit to the north next to existing homes. Conditions cover landscape screening, shielded lighting, and limits on loading and maintenance hours near neighbors.

The project team on the city filings includes Sweetwater Companies as developer, Nathan Jenkins Studio, and KM Engineering. Renderings in the June 18, 2026 design review package show brick-and-shingle buildings set back from State Street behind landscaping, with parking and a pool courtyard in the middle of the site. The parent planning record PLN26-00239 lists about 320,000 square feet of building space.

A new signal at State Street and Ulmer Lane

Boise required a new traffic signal at State Street and Ulmer Lane before the homes can be occupied, and the plans extend Ulmer Lane, add pedestrian improvements and include drainage work, according to the same reporting. CCDC says the partnership covers eligible public improvements for street extensions, a new signal and crossing, sidewalks, bike facilities, landscaping, stormwater and utilities. The CCDC board agreed on Oct. 12, 2026 to reimburse about $1.2 million of infrastructure costs over four years, according to news reports, and the overall project was estimated at $78 million.

BoiseDev reported that the signal at Ulmer Lane was a condition of the project's 2022 approval. The closest signals on that stretch of State Street, at Horseshoe Bend Road to the west and Bogart Lane to the east, are each about half a mile away. CCDC project manager Corrie Brending said the transportation work is meant to improve connections and help make more projects along State Street possible, according to news reports.

Timeline for Westlock Village

The Boise City Council first approved Westlock Village in 2022, when plans called for 224 apartments in five buildings, BoiseDev reported. The current plans keep similar amenities, including a dog park, a clubhouse and a pool. Sweetwater is targeting a December 2026 construction start, with work expected to take about two years, according to news reports. A developer timeline reported by BoiseDev in July listed early site work starting in mid-December and a target of January 2029 for the certificate of occupancy. Building permits were still under city review at the time of the October reports.

Living near State Street in northwest Boise

Westlock Village is close to Garden City, the Boise River Greenbelt and the shops along State Street. See the Boise city guide, browse new home communities in Boise and nearby Garden City communities, check homes for sale in Boise, or read the Vista Point rental homes story and more Boise growth news. Thank you for reading Treasure Idaho.