Patterns of Development
By Kyle Gulau: Missing Middle Developer
On this show, Kyle engages with fellow developers and community leaders in discussions and weekly monologues, empowering listeners to transform their communities.
Patterns of DevelopmentMay 08, 2021
#78: Weekly - Leak, Sentiment, Oregon
This week on Patterns of Development:
- CitiesTok is on the scene
- Builder sentiment is changing
- Oregon considers some regulation changes
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#77: Weekly - Urchin, Network, Condos
Bike storage is more than a bent pipe attached to some concrete. A better use for underground transportation? Condo association of the future.
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#76: Weekly - Ferry, Smart, Lanes
Transportation technology of the era shapes our urban form. Smart cities dead (at least in Toronto)? More protected bike lanes.
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#75: Weekly - Advisory, Influence, Dip
There are lots of ways to consider making a complete street. The 12cs of transportation consideration and ridesharing is down in Seattle.
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#74: Weekly - Until, $400k, Culture
Interest rates won't drop until inflation appears to be slowing. The U.S. has a new record for median household price and the culture of zoning.
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#73: Weekly - Love, Expand, Done
Our single-family psyche creates a tragedy of the commons. Micro mobility expands into small cities. Venture capital stops paying for your ride.
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#72: Weekly - Factory, Plan, Applications
Why is stick build construction STILL a thing? Form follows finance and the White House attempts to help out. Plus loan application data.
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#71: Weekly - Commute, Truck, Ballpark
There's a correlation between commute time and office occupancy. What do you do when you can't turn a parking spot into a park? Ballpark update.
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#70: Weekly - Drop, Rates, Boost
Total housing sales drop. Interest rates rise. Pension funds boost their holdings in REITs.
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#69: Weekly - Grid, Continent, 2040
Let's talk about the different grid types and where they're most commonly found. Also checking in on Minneapolis 2040. How's it going up there?
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#68: Weekly - Boom, Bank, Bummer
If population growth is flat why is demand for homes so high? A public bank in Philly. The paradox of what everyone wants and why it's a bummer.
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#67: Weekly - Now, 90, Art
A majority perceive a housing affordability problem but current homeowners feel like their current situation is fine. Also, asphalt art.
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#66: Weekly - Perception, Modest, Hottest
Two surveys that demonstrate our confusion around density and city planning. Changes on the U.S. emerging real estate market index.
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#65: Weekly - Flee To The Cleve
Cleveland, OH going for 15 min vibes. How does the cooperate with bigger developments? What do all real estate developers have in common?
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#64: Weekly - Resistance, Twins, Zone
Missing middle housing continues to be missing. Digital twins give planners and developers new ways to forecast and another pedestrian win.
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#63: Weekly - Senior, Fresh, Lane
How does a senior housing rebrand fit into real estate development? And data in favor of farmer's markets and active transportation.
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#62: Weekly - Short, Fast, Box
The housing shortage continues. As supply remains limited, demand increases prices. A resource for small developers wondering how to get started.
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#61: Weekly - Rise, Way, Rail
Micro apartments continue to be built. A project to replace a downtown highway. High speed rail connecting an airport to downtown.
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#60: Weekly - Passive, Words, MVP
Passive housing has a sweet spot with multifamily housing? 1 score card for planning and development. MVP density.
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#59: Weekly - Implications, Gem, Reverse
Introducing Live Work 2.0. A new version of the Live Work conversation. Where can we get walkability with affordability? Texas roads smh.
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#58: Weekly - Shift, Condos, Million
Ideas for attracting remote workers (pros/cons). Multifamily construction update. Million dollar cities.
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#57: Weekly - Farmer, Dynamic, Near me
Put your farmers market downtown. Benefits include: creating a circular economy, accessibility, and harmony with existing business.
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#56: Weekly - Costs, Dangerous, 55
Humans are generally bad at estimating. Places where automobiles operate are dangerous. 55 recommendations for housing in Ontario, Canada.
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#55: Weekly - Emerge, Hawaii, Parisian
Building bike infrastructure in the United States. Hawaii's Bill 7 and another cable car system.
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#54: Weekly - Analysis, Strategy, Myth
Analysis of changes to parking requirements. Missing middle housing is more appealing if you, "blend it in." Consider safe systems for roads.
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#53: Weekly - Sell, Donut, Survivor
Most popular EV in the United States in 2021? A migration pattern named after food? Is the world getting uglier?
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#52: Weekly - 5, Free, T
Record number of apartments being build in the City of Brotherly Love. A large car free zone in Berlin. New zoning regulation in Massachusetts.
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#51: Weekly - Convert, Less, Velocity
Take some space back from cars. Facts about who's driving and who's not. Keep that experience velocity low.
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#50: Weekly - Canada, Capacity, Come On
Eliminate parking requirements. Proceed with caution on large infrastructure projects. Real Estate mental model: Size, Price, Location. Pick one.
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#49: Weekly - You, Cohousing, 4 ways
The speed of communication has caught up to architecture. Sprawl affects us all and the theory of walkability.
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#48: Weekly - For, Against, Corner Platform
No surprise, the data shows that people are moving south and west. The case for and against the suburbs. And the corner store as last mile.
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#47: Weekly - Campus, UP, Distance
Zone your "Eds and Meds" the same way you would your favorite neighborhoods. If you haven't heard, the housing market is hot. And a framework.
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#46: Weekly - The Business Of Single Family Homes
A case study of Zillow's "ibuying" business serves as a cautionary tale for anyone looking to get into the real estate market.
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#45: Weekly - Micro, Toronto, Conversion
A hybrid transit strategy that covers a variety of use cases. Toronto's thinking "missing middle". USA apartment conversions are at a record high.
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#44: Weekly - Working, Mandates, Flipside
Commercial real estate continues to be, well, weird. A solid source for parking mandate updates and the flipside of e-commerce in communities.
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#43: Weekly - Basic, Time, Free
Ecommerce continues to impact the future of our urban fabric, bike parking problem, and more on supply and demand for affordable housing.
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#42: Weekly - E-Bike, Decarb, Vacant
The pandemic bike boom is real. Ithaca, NY is the first US town to operationalize a decarbonization plan and Phoenix is considering housing.
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#41: Weekly - Free, Brooklyn, Windowless
Electric cars are still cars, they need to be stored but how do we charge them? Where are the car-free neighborhoods in the US? And a dormitory.
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#40: Weekly - Ban, Pigovian, Velo
An attempt to regulate the supply/demand issue in housing, an economic approach to alternative transportation, and Paris Mayor Hidalgo’s Act 2. Check out show notes for links to sources, context outside the episode, and episode transcript.
#39: Weekly - Big, Last, Push
A big development in Chicago starts looking for zoning, mixed-use zoning is so last decade, and the push for outdoor seating to be permanent. Check out show notes for links to sources, context outside the episode, and episode transcript.
#38: Weekly - Timber, Playability, Markets
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
World's tallest timber tower (3 min read). As of Q3 2021, over a thousand buildings in the United States have used the same method (source)
More insights into building a playable city (pdf: 64 pages) by design firm Urban Conga.(marketing site)
3 strategic actions for supporting city markets (5 min read)
#37: Weekly - Backyard, Play, Cable cars
On this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
How public space transforms a city. (4 min vid. Apparently, I'm on a Montreal binge...)
"The most comprehensive and holistic ranking of bicycle-friendly cities on planet earth." (1 min read. Bonus points for awesome data visualization)
Playable public space is next? (3 min read)
Rethinking urban transportation. (6 min read. Paywall possible)
#36: Weekly - Mixing, Awards, Musicians
On this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
Why did front yard business become illegal? (8 min vid)
And a follow up: the mixing middle (Review competition criteria - Canada)
How one award highlights the debate on the future of transportation (4 min read) Musician, Brian Eno on street design. The image alone will get you thinking. (33 min read: paywall possible)
#35: Weekly - Paris, Montreal, Mix
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
On Sunday, Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris was car-free. (2 min read)
This summer, 13 streets in Montreal have been designated to be mostly or fully car-free 24 hours a day. (7 min vid)
Design your own street scape.
#34: Weekly - Utopia, (Not)Smart, Minimums
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
Covered by many, I think this is the original story on Telosa. The, "city of the future" (5 min read)
One recent example of smart city challenges (4 min read, paywall possible)
Another data point in the conversation for removal of parking minimums. (4 min read)
#33: Weekly - Decoupling, Overestimation, Activity Centers
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
We haven't been able to separate transportation and land use in urban planning (4 min read)
Retailers have skewed perception of mobility habits (2 min read)
Density and proximity naturally create activity centers (10 min read)
#32: Weekly - Ideas, Density, Apartments
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
10 ideas to improve life in small and midsize cities (5 min read - paywall possible)
Senate Bill 9 passes in California. An opinion in favor (2 min read) and against (4 min read)
Apartment construction remains strong in the United States (7 min read)
#31: Weekly - Bonus, Investment, Big Box
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
What happens when your city can't find anyone to work for them? (4 min read)
Best practices for public space investment (6 min read)
The people who tried to fight big box stores in the 90s were right (3 min read - twitter thread)
#30: Weekly - Wellness, Biophilic, Blockchain
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
The next real estate frontier? (2 min read)
Biophilic design and its relation to wellness. Short (3 min read) Long (64 page pdf)
If it's not about how we design the space, it's how the transactions will be different? (List of 21 real estate blockchain companies)
#29: Weekly - Fourplex, Policy, Appleton
What are the patterns of development?
I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
This week:
Fourplex legislation in San Fransisco (both articles, 5 min read)
Rethinking economic development policy, specifically for smaller towns (4 min read)
A point of view case study of Appleton, WI (10 min read)