I was happy to see ULI’s online magazine take up the issue of Little Infill in a recent article post. You must be a member to read, but regardless, the article picked up on a theme I started last year in an Urban Land article called Little Infill. In the Little Infill article, I made the case that smaller projects, fewer than 100 housing units and 10,000 commercial square feet (be they mixed-use or not) are often overlooked by investors, and are difficult to design, finance and get approvals for. And yet, they represent a trememdous infill opportunity wholly supported…

A couple years ago I had the honor of playing guitar (In My Life by the Beatles, no less!) at my friend’s wedding in Seattle. Several other friends from college converged on Seattle, and we decided to rent an apartment through VRBO, a vacation rentals website. We wound up with a lovely two-bedroom place with a stunning view of Elliot Bay and just down the Post Alley from Pike Place Market. Other than the wonderful access to the historic Pioneer Square district, Pike Place Market and the waterfront, we could have just stayed in and enjoyed the view. Indeed we…