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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Design and Planning
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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
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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
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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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Design and Planning
Investing in a Live/Work Environment
A couple transforms a defunct factory/warehouse and abandoned gas station into live/work units for lease—and a private art studio/home for themselves.
November 17, 2014
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Development and Construction
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Residential
Fee-Simple Small Lots Yield Urbane Density
A Los Angeles developer and architect use a new small-lot ordinance to build single-family houses at a garden-apartment type of density.
August 13, 2014
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Design and Planning
Avoiding Retail Vacancies with Flexible Retail/Residential Design
Two Dallas suburban cities experiment with flexible retail or residential space designs to help urbanize their city centers.
June 16, 2014
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Design and Planning
Courting Density
Courtyard houses provide higher-density urban infill development, yet integrate privacy, transparency, security, accessibility, and economy.
April 28, 2014
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