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Engineer urges council to ease barriers to adaptive reuse to spur downtown housing
Summary
A structural engineer and downtown building owner told the council that Portland can expand housing supply and preserve historic buildings by easing zoning and design-review requirements for office-to-residential conversions, citing Los Angeles’ 1999 adaptive reuse ordinance as an example.
Carl Close, a principal at Kurt Fisher Structural Engineering and manager of the Downtown Portland office, spoke during public comment on Feb. 5 and recommended that the City Council consider regulatory changes to encourage office-to-residential adaptive reuse in downtown Portland.
Close said conversions can reduce carbon…
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