Glendoveer Woods will have a self-service bike repair shop consisting of work benches and tools for the project’s residents and community biking organizations to utilize.
— From City of Portland memo about the development
We’ve covered new housing developments (like the “Milano” coming to the Lloyd District) that actively seek bike-oriented tenants in the central city; but now the trend is spreading to a place not usually associated with bike-friendliness — outer east Portland.
According to a staff report on the project by the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission, developers of a proposed 113 unit, four-story apartment building on NE 146th between Glisan and East Burnside (about 10 miles east of downtown Portland) plan to offer residents a large bike repair room, parking spaces for 124 bicycles, and even a “transportation coordination” center in the lobby for bus schedules, bike maps and more.
Developers of the Glendoveer Woods Apartments are seeking tax exemptions under the City of Portland’s Transit-oriented Development policy (the location is 1/4 mile from a MAX light rail stop and just 1/10 mile from the route 25 TriMet bus stop) and as such, they are required to demonstrate public benefits their development will have. Among the benefits listed in a memo to the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability are:
Glendoveer Woods will have a self-service bike repair shop consisting of work benches and tools for the project’s residents and community biking organizations to utilize.
Glendoveer Woods will have an area of its lobby dedicated to transportation coordination that will display and hold copies of maps, schedules, and other valuable information relating to mass transportation in the Portland metropolitan area.
According to the builders of the apartment the bike repair room will be 500 square feet and will be stocked with tools, work benches, and an air compressor.
When it comes to parking, the new apartments will provide 124 outdoor bike parking spots. Six of those will be short-term spots for visitors and half of them will be covered. (As a comparison, the Glendoveer Woods will provide 115 parking stalls and 11 garages.)
The Planning Commissioned approved the developers request for tax abatement “with the condition that all proposed public benefits be provided.” I’m hoping to track down some drawings of the bike repair room. I’ll update this post when I get them.
NOTE: The original headline of his post was “Bike-oriented development…” After reading your comments and thinking about it a bit more, I realized “Bike-oriented development” was not the right term to use. I’ve changed it to “Bike friendly”. Thanks — JM