Lloyd developer proposes 1,000 more low-car apartments including 32-story tower
It looks as if the mother of all Portland’s low-car apartment projects is likely to get a sibling – an even bigger one.
The Real Estate Beat
Welcome to our special coverage of how real estate and housing are closely intertwined with bicycling in Portland. We’ll track the latest bike-friendly developments (both commercial and residential) and share our analysis of how low-car trends are impacting the places we live and work. The Real Estate Beat is edited and produced by our News Editor Michael Andersen.
Two years after Portland’s auto parking wars, apartment garages aren’t filling up
What happens when you build a garage that nobody wants?
LEED apartment building lacks cargo bike parking, so family rents an auto space
A $40-a-month lesson in the details of modern Portland architecture.
State report shows Portland’s economic surge outpacing Washington County
The central city, not its more auto-oriented suburbs, has been leading the region’s charge out of the recession.
2,000 missing homes: Prices soar in bikeable areas as Portland’s rental shortage deepens
New construction in the central city hasn’t come close to relieving one of the country’s harshest rental housing shortages.
Pittsburgh is (in many ways) the city that Portland wants to become
Pittsburgh is successful today in part because of its catastrophic economic collapse. Can Portland have the good without the bad?
Tech will make central-city parking spaces pointless, Gabe Klein tells Portland crowd
The author of the transportation reinventions in Washington DC and Chicago offered some advice to Portland-area developers Thursday: start building for parking-free cities.
The case for streetcar as pro-bike infrastructure
Streetcars might actually be the very best sort of public transit at improving biking.
Should central-city apartment buildings charge extra for bike parking?
The new landlord of an inner North Portland apartment building is putting the question to the test.
Backyard homes are almost as car-lite as apartments on transit lines, study finds
When it comes to cars, accessory units in backyards and basements are nearly as low-impact as big apartment buildings next to bus lines.
Is Portland’s newest urban corridor good or bad? City is asking residents
Portland’s planning department is trying to figure out if the rapid transformation of Southeast Division Street will become a template or a cautionary tale.
New Relic’s palatial in-office bike parking is Portland’s answer to the Google bus
The Portland tech scene’s version of Silicon Valley’s on-site laundry services and all-you-can-eat buffets: hiring a bike mechanic to come by the office for free on-site tuneups while the bikes’ owners are at work.
Comment of the Week: The public health angle should matter more