General Portland Discussion

Lambert Woods North progress (72 affordable rentals, occupancy 2027):
https://www.mainecooperativehousing.com/lambert-north-apartments.html#/

I didn't get photos, but part of the work on this project involves some pretty significant traffic calming on Washington Ave. Ext. and a small adjacent part of Auburn Street, with new curbs and curb extensions to narrow the street, and wide new sidewalks. The narrower roadway ought to make a meaningful reduction in the City of Portland's annual plowing and road maintenance costs:

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cneal said:
Lambert Woods North progress (72 affordable rentals, occupancy 2027):
https://www.mainecooperativehousing.com/lambert-north-apartments.html#/

I didn't get photos, but part of the work on this project involves some pretty significant traffic calming on Washington Ave. Ext. and a small adjacent part of Auburn Street, with new curbs and curb extensions to narrow the street, and wide new sidewalks. The narrower roadway ought to make a meaningful reduction in the City of Portland's annual plowing and road maintenance costs:

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I haven't looked closely at the proposal yet but hopefully the plan includes some kind of real-ish bus stop--it always feels strange seeing the Metro dropping people on the random shoulder. Some of the rendered pictures show a bus in the cut-out in front of the buildings, maybe they will put a canopy and bench there and make it the stop?
 
Route 9A and 9B already run along this section of Washington Ave. Extension but don't have any stops (because until now, it's only been woods) until the corner of Auburn Street.

IIRC from the site plan approval, they're planning to build two new bus stops with shelters on either side of Washington Ave. Extension, on the widened sidewalks right in front of these buildings. However, the curb work and bus stop on the south side might be on hold until phase 2.
 
I love these project updates, very helpful in keeping https://cranewatch.biz/ fresh and up to date 😀. I encourage everyone to visit the site, very apropos to Portland ArchBoston folks.
 
Also noticed that site work has started on the GreenMars Stroudwater Commons project on outer Congress (I didn't take a photo because there's not much to see there yet). This is a pretty big one: 13 12-unit buildings for a total of 156 homes, and 26 of those will be accessory dwelling units attached to a for-sale condo, to give buyers some extra rental income.

Not to beat a dead horse, but this one is willingly going above and beyond the city's IZ requirements because they see untapped demand in the middle-income housing market. They're planning to setting aside 25% of its units for households earning 80 percent or less of AMI to satisfy the city's IZ ordinance, but they're ALSO setting aside another 25% of units for households earning 100% of AMI. In other words, half of the 130 condo units will be income-restricted.
https://www.mainepublic.org/busines...er-home-condos-adus-for-portland-neighborhood
 
I have to imagine it is light years less expensive to build on outer Congress than downtown. Likely zero soil contamination remediation/disposal costs. Easier to make the economics work.
 
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