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Developer describes live‑work child care units in Bend mixed‑use project
Summary
Killian Pacific's Nicole Stein told the council her Jack Straw project in Bend will include two two‑level live/work units designed for registered family child care operators, income‑restricted at 60% AMI and capped at 30% of income; she described code, permitting and operational steps to make the units licensable.
Nicole Stein, director of social impact and sustainability at Killian Pacific, presented details of a mixed‑use Bend development that will include two live/work childcare apartments designed to host registered family child care operators.
"We will be on track to deliver in October of this year," Stein said of the Jack Straw project, which includes 313 apartments and 17,000 square feet of retail. The two childcare units are two‑story, live/work units with residential space and ground‑floor childcare space; Killian plans to income‑restrict those units to renters at 60% of area median income (AMI) and cap housing costs at 30% of income to support operator affordability.
Stein described permitting challenges — city questions about occupancy classification — and said the team resolved that by using a live‑work designation consistent with Oregon building code (Group E use within R‑2 occupancy through a live‑work permit revision). She said the developer is coordinating with local early childhood training programs for operator pipelines and working through operational logistics (drop‑off, parking, licensing navigation).
Why it matters: The project is notable as an early example in Oregon of embedding family child care within newly built rental housing; council members flagged the need to record the regulatory solutions and lessons so other developers and cities can replicate the approach.
What’s next: Killian Pacific will continue operational planning and licensing coordination and the council asked DELC and OHCS staff to capture implementation lessons for broader dissemination.
