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
Dividing Blocks and Adding Vitality to Salt Lake City
The development arm of the Mormon Church redevelops the urban heart of Salt Lake City, Utah, with a new, large-scale, integrated mixed-use concept.
March 13, 2014
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Development and Construction
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Retail/Entertainment
Clustering Micro-Restaurants
A Portland, Oregon, architect/developer transforms a car dealership into an experimental pedestrian-oriented cluster of micro-restaurants.
January 1, 2014
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Residential
Saved by the Grid
An isolated, crime-ridden, half-empty public housing enclave is being transformed into a mixed-income, higher-density neighborhood newly connected to San Francisco’s urban grid.
November 19, 2013
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Design and Planning
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Urban Design
Intergenerational Ingenuity: Mixing Age Groups in Affordable Housing
Age segregation is a silent and growing problem in the United States of the 21st century. In Portland, Oregon, a nonprofit organization has built an urban solution that addresses the problem of age segregation while brightening the prospects of families who adopt children out of the foster care system.
August 28, 2013
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Design and Planning
Scaling Up with the Honeycomb Prefab System
Where others have failed, triangle-based modular wood structures may achieve manufacturing economies for commercial and residential uses.
July 10, 2013
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Economy, Market & Trends
A Public University/Private REIT Partnership in Portland
A fast-growing urban university partners with an equity REIT to add student housing—along with academic and retail space.
May 1, 2013
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Mixed-Use
University Unites Uptown
A new public/private, mixed-use Uptown project unites celebrated but disparate institutions in Cleveland’s University Circle district.
February 20, 2013
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Development and Construction
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Economy, Market & Trends
City as Master Developer
A newly incorporated suburb near Salt Lake City takes on the challenge of becoming master developer of its new urban heart.
December 10, 2012
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Design and Planning
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Architecture – Design
Greening the Big Blue Box
A compact new Denver IKEA uses geothermal and solar energy, coupled with parking ramp conveyors, to create a more land- and energy-efficient alternative to sprawling big-box stores.
October 26, 2012
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Design and Planning
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Economy, Market & Trends
Multiblock Underground Shared Parking
Contiguous underground, shared parking can be a critical stimulus for horizontal mixed-use density.
August 23, 2012
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