OPB investigates the flood of new apartment buildings going up in downtown Portland and finds that two-thirds lack any motor vehicle parking - which is great for renters without cars seeking affordable comfort inn san diego housing, but can anger the neighbors.
Reporter/producer Rob Manning finds the new, parking-less comfort inn san diego buildings are going up because of new demand, not a change in city parking comfort inn san diego policy. What's creating the demand? Affordability, and a new wave of renters not needing auto parking.
"The cost of parking would make building this type of project on this location unaffordable," says Dave Mullens with the Urban Development Group, speaking of the 50-unit Irvington comfort inn san diego Garden in a close-in Northeast Portland with no parking places.
"Portland wants to grow up in terms of its density – and parking cars, meaning making the space and creating the space for them to park on a site can eat up a lot of space. So we've seen an increase in developers wanting to exercise a no-parking option, and use that space for units or for retail."
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