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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Development and Construction

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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Will Macht

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

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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Design and Planning

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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Design and Planning

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

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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Design and Planning

Residential

Making Walkable Townhouses Affordable for Millennials

A Miami architect/developer conceives flexible, two-unit urban townhouses to make them more affordable—especially in the walkable, close-in urban neighborhoods that millennials prefer.

September 14, 2015

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Development and Construction

Developing Resilient Waterfront Blocks

Boston architects propose an elevated, connected network of buildings and services that would allow the land beneath to flood without destroying the community.

July 20, 2015

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Development and Construction

Developing Private Accessory Dwellings

Large homebuilders—and small-scale specialists—are coming up with ways to increase the supply of affordable and versatile accessory dwellings.

June 26, 2015

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Design and Planning

Residential

Rethinking Private Accessory Dwellings

Owners of detached single-family houses are finding ways to add accessory dwellings to their homes. Planners have only recently started to address the trend, crafting regulatory changes that can help PADs enrich the intergenerational fabric of communities.

March 6, 2015

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Design and Planning

Universal Structures as Long-Term Sustainable Assets

A Boston convention authority develops universally adaptable structures as long-term assets that can transition from parking to retail, office, hotel, housing, and entertainment uses.

January 23, 2015

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Infrastructure

Design and Planning

Flexible Parking Structures as Civic Catalysts

A design challenge inspires a proposal for flexible parking structures that can house a range of uses—and spur mixed-use, transit-oriented development.

November 24, 2014

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Urban Land Contributors