Will Macht

William P. Macht is a professor of urban planning and development at the Center for Real Estate at Portland State University in Oregon and a development consultant. (Comments about projects profiled, as well as proposals for future profiles, should be directed to the author at [email protected].)

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Resilience and Sustainability
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Design and Planning
Solar Array Yields Environmental—and Economic—Rewards
An office building in Palo Alto, California, benefits its city utility, university landowner, tenants, and the developer.
May 26, 2017
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Property Types
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Urban Design
Many Uses, Linked by One Vibrant Alley
A Denver developer activates an alley to tie together a hotel, offices, food, and “maker” retail on the site of a former dairy.
February 27, 2017
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Will Macht
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Design and Planning
Northwestern Small Blocks: The History and Rationale Behind an Urban Model
The scale of Portland’s and Vancouver’s small blocks sets patterns that solve multiple development problems and can be a contemporary model for developing urbane, walkable, and sustainable communities.
January 17, 2017
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Will Macht
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Development and Construction
Splitting Makes It Whole
An architect splits an apartment complex in a small metropolitan town in the Pacific Northwest to capture views and make units private, urbane, and whole.
November 30, 2016
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Development and Construction
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Industry Sectors
From Suburban Office Park to a New Downtown in Florida
A father/daughter development team is transforming an office park into a downtown for the city of Doral in the Miami suburbs.
July 27, 2016
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Development and Construction
Radiating Resourcefulness
A small Portland, Oregon, developer marshals a variety of resources to redevelop a city block with three creative office buildings fronting a city park.
July 11, 2016
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Development and Construction
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Mixed-Use
Combining—and Dividing—Uses at Portland’s Goat Blocks
A developer uses suburban retail experience to craft a dense, mixed-use community in the heart of Portland’s Central Eastside.
May 26, 2016
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Will Macht
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Design and Planning
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Economy, Market & Trends
Placemaking on the Pike
A national developer is transforming a former retail strip center in the Washington, D.C., suburbs into a dense, urban, mixed-use neighborhood.
March 21, 2016
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Will Macht
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Design and Planning
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Food and Real Estate
Retail Jewel Box Houses Fast Food in Rotterdam
In Rotterdam, a fast-food tenant replaces an obstructive kiosk in a prominent location with a simple glass box that draws people—and sunlight—in.
January 25, 2016
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Retail/Entertainment
Incubating an International Marketplace
A planner and an architect develop an international marketplace on a commercial strip in the middle-city area of Boise, Idaho.
November 23, 2015
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