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.
Low-income and senior housing projects see a bike parking boom, too
Bike parking has become a must-have for publicly subsidized apartments in Portland, too.
Bike lanes may help spur big changes at Lloyd Center Mall
The two-story parking garage that for 50 years has walled off Portland’s biggest mall could be in for changes, people familiar with the plans say.
What if you could auction off the right to park a car in front of your home?
If you didn’t need it, you could sell it to someone who does.
Q&A: Can inclusionary zoning keep low-car neighborhoods diverse?
One after another, Portland’s formerly affordable neighborhoods have seen the rising appeal of low-car life drive their mortgages and rents sky-high. But what’s to be done?
How much auto parking do we need? City of Portland looks long-term
It looks like Portland is finally ready to think long-term about its auto parking policies.
New bike-friendly ‘micro-apartments’: 200 square feet and no car parking
A rendering of the new micro-apartment buildingpermitted for Northwest Thurman near 23rd.(Image: Footprint Investments) The tiny house movement for apartment dwellers has arrived. Think 200 to 300 square feet, and a kitchen shared with five similar units. It’s a new milestone for the Portland area’s off-the-charts rental shortage, the third-tightest in the nation in the … Read more
Low-car, upscale: New buildings dare to expand the Pearl
Two big new apartment buildings that opened for rental this month are aiming to kill the notion that well-to-do Portlanders will always own cars.
Reminder: A Wonk Night tomorrow about bike parking reform
How much is enough?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A group of believers in low-car real estate development will meet at Lancaster Engineering Tuesday night (tomorrow!) for a free, wonky evening of creating “the manifesto for how we’ll turn Portland into the easiest place in the world to park a bicycle.” That’s the description from organizer Chris … Read more
Will Portland’s rising rents squeeze out low-car life?
Are the bad parts of San Francisco coming to Portland, too?
Lured by livability, the eastside’s office building market blooms
The rising appeal of low-car-friendly life on Portland’s eastside grid is busting an old Portland stereotype: that getting a good-paying job means heading west.
A real estate Wonk Night: Let’s reform Portland’s bike parking code
Portland’s eight-page bike parking code is overdue for an overhaul. A Portland planning commissioner is organizing a one-night workshop to get things going, and we’re helping.