Four Key Factors in Montana’s Success at Providing More Housing:
1. Diverse interests all at the table. 2. Open debate. (Tradeoff analysis). 3. Stated dissent (so solutions are not overly-compromised). 4. A short stop on ...
Will Programming “Fun” Events Turnaround the Fortunes of One of the World’s Largest Business Parks?
At the sprawling, 7000-acre Research Triangle Park (RTP), which sparked the growth of the Triangle, job growth slowed profoundly about 20 years ago. Faced with ...
One of the Most Mobile Things On the Planet is Becoming Part of The Electric Infrastructure
This isn't about adding motors to all-electric vehicles but making car batteries a place for storing home power. This makes the car more than a ...
Oregon Governor Stepping Over Portland Mayor To Fix Downtown
She will co-lead a task force with the CEO of The Standard, a well-run company that has long been a good corporate citizen. Who called ...
WeWork Bankruptcy: New York City, Boston, and Miami May Be Hit Especially Hard
There's little public information about how much space WeWork occupies in individual markets, but its 10K for 2023 states that on a square foot basis ...
When It Comes To Retail, Denser Development Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Urban
I took this photo near downtown Bellevue while trying to cross N.E. 4th Street from the Target store in a multi-story project on the south ...
A New UC Campus in Downtown SF is a Great Idea… and a Non-Starter
For years, California has been falling behind in the construction of UC campuses. (The last, Merced, was started in 1988, and it's up to only ...
An Heretical Question: Do Financial Districts Still Matter?
I was reviewing the recovery plans for the four major downtowns on the West Coast- Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles- and found that ...
The Densest, Best Educated and Most Technical Cities Will Be Those Most Affected by Work-From-Home
Some interesting statistics from this study: Work-from-home ("WFH") increases in denser cities, with places like Brooklyn, Berkeley and DC near the top of the list. ...
How Do We Kill Off Bad Retail and Replace It With Housing?
It's not often you see a combination of tenants this close to the bottom. This is a photo from Wheaton Way, an ailing commercial strip ...