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What are you for?

We are for creating more housing of all types, in all neighborhoods, for all levels of income. We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth! We are for jobs. We are for opportunity. We are for change. We are for innovation. We are for progress. We are for growth!

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Where’s the Profit in That?

So I am in a wrestling match. Right now I am trying to figure out how to explain in the simplest terms–what are often called layman’s terms–how real estate transactions work. Here’s the biggest problem: real estate professionals speak one language and lay people (a term borrowed from the division between the priesthood and everyone […]

Tower Separation Anxiety: Design Review Edition

You’ll remember several weeks ago how strident I became when I found out that Councilmember Sally Bagshaw was proposing a tower spacing scheme downtown that would make building more housing in that neighborhood more difficult. Tower spacing is a regulation that prevents the construction of multiple high-rise towers on the same block supposedly to preserve […]

Design Review Goof: Important Meeting for Builders on Wednesday, December 9

I’ve decided that my tombstone will have the following latin phrase carved into it: DIXI VOBIS. That roughly (and I was terrible at Latin so I welcome edits) translates to, “I told you so!” Dealing with members of the City Council, City Staff, “urbanists,” and press has taught me to keep careful track of what […]