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.
Green Zebra Grocery wants to be the bike-friendly Plaid Pantry
Lisa Sedlar is on a mission to do for the Portland mini-mart what Burgerville did for fast food and New Seasons did for grocery stores. And it won’t work, she says, without bikes.
Will Portland’s biggest apartment project wake the sleepy Lloyd District?
Dozens of big new apartment buildings that will cater to low-car Portlanders are popping up all over the inner east side, but the one where work started two weeks ago will be the biggest one of all.
Meet 4 of the best indoor bike racks on the market (videos)
When square footage is at a premium, sometimes plastic hooks just won’t do.
Q&A: Peter Andrews on Portland’s bike-powered office boom
Portland’s central-city office market is soaring out of the recession, and bike, foot and transit access are driving its desirability.
The BikePortland Housing Index project: Your map to 5,000 new low-car homes in Portland
Homebuilders have discovered low-car life in Portland. But until now, nobody’s made a comprehensive effort to help Portlanders locate low-car homes.
For downtown office space buyers, food carts are the special sauce
In the first six months of 2013, 92 percent of demand for high-quality downtown Portland office space occurred within two blocks of a food cart pod.
Guardian Management takes on two bike-friendly buildings
One of Portland’s major property management companies is taking advantage of Portland’s rising demand for low-car housing by stepping up its bike-friendly housing portfolio.
Low-car households account for 60% of Portland’s growth since 2005
There’s a very simple reason why Portland’s real estate market is shifting fast: Over the last eight years, households whose members get around without cars account for about three-fifths of Portland’s growth.
CityTarget opens with bikes on billboards, but access an afterthought (UPDATED)
City Target is using bikes to market their new downtown Portland store.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The nation’s smallest Target, which opened its doors on the west end of Portland’s downtown Wednesday, was happy to use bikes in their marketing campaign. “I’m all for Target jumping on the bike bandwagon, but you’d think they’d put some … Read more
Introducing the Real Estate Beat
For decades, Portlanders have been looking for bike-friendly, transit-accessible, walkable real estate to live, shop or work in. Now, low-car real estate has finally come looking for us.
‘Bike-friendly’ is main selling point at Milano apartments
Architect Murray Jenkins (L), Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette, and real estate developers Phil Morford and Konstantin Klebleev cut the ribbon on the new Milano apartments today.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The ribbon was cut at the new Milano apartments in the Lloyd Center this morning. As people streamed by the newly painted bike lanes on NE … Read more