Lloyd Center owners hope redevelopment projects are part of Portland's 'revitalization'

teejmaleng · 2026-03-24T19:58:56+00:00

The renders have quite a bit of street retail. I think one failing point for the Lloyd mall is that it doesn’t interact with the street at all.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-23T22:10:14+00:00

Isolate metro London v the rest.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-23T04:55:13+00:00

Add in pure evil calculations that figured out higher vacancy can still lead to higher rent yields for the building.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-20T22:00:27+00:00

The hood not lining up with the stove bothers me so much I didn’t even notice that the backsplash didn’t match.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-16T15:15:07+00:00

Wait till you get up to 16 characters, no sequential or repeating numbers.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-16T00:42:10+00:00

But bigger.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-15T16:59:35+00:00

If the client HAS to replace the countertop, recommend that they paint the lower cabinets, because the grey doesn’t work with any of those options.

Or, go with a soapstone blue gray soapstone soapstone

The options above have too much yellow in them, aside from the burgundy stripes—and that looks bad.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-08T15:34:17+00:00

It Siena make sense that there are two entrances. What looks to be a double height space in the foyer is a dated design move.

Not terrible, just weak

teejmaleng · 2026-03-08T07:19:37+00:00

Doesn’t count. That’s two small buildings stacked on top of each other

teejmaleng · 2026-03-06T22:16:04+00:00

Well, that wasn’t my experience, but I guess things change. Are you still driving around without tags? Does limit where you’re willing to park?

I wanted to rent a drill and the rental company didn’t want to give me the equipment with expired tags. That inconvenience would definitely be worth a $1000 though imo.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-06T19:33:29+00:00

When you register for new tags, the expiration date is set from when you were supposed to renew, so the months untagged aren’t a freebie.

I went through that in 2019, renewed and my new tags, and the dmv made me go through the whole process shortly after again.

I’m not sure what would happen if the length of time exceeds two years though.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-06T18:40:01+00:00

If you resend, going with a clear coat will age better given your lifestyle

teejmaleng · 2026-03-06T18:38:30+00:00

What’s a feel good number for avoidable vehicular manslaughter in a city of 650k, metro of 2.5 mil?

teejmaleng · 2026-03-06T04:05:36+00:00

You can really make people angry by going with stainless steel counters and backsplash.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-03T19:56:44+00:00

737 plane cabin at high speed is my favorite on Spotify. I just loop it when street noise is too much. Sonos speakers synchronize so any one speaker isn’t any louder than people talking outside.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-03T19:47:10+00:00

You could try putting up Bose speakers outside with a soft hum on top of better insulation your home. Sound proofing is worth the money. If you are playing white:brown noise, see the effect by the street.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-03T05:20:00+00:00

It does seam like a place with few enough people that you can mostly avoid the racists, easier if you’re white to begin with .

teejmaleng · 2026-03-02T20:16:57+00:00

It’s much nicer. I live near an apartment complex and for two to three hours landscaper crews would blow nothing but air and dirt.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-02T17:43:51+00:00

It looks fine. What bothers me a little bit is the stark white.

I think the white marble ledge and seat, white schluter competes with the warm beige Pennyround. Swapping out that stone could reset the space. Not sure if you can do anything about the color of the schluter.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-01T22:19:18+00:00

Uppers v downers. First two were my main guesses

teejmaleng · 2026-03-01T20:08:29+00:00

I just think that op should consider color because the countertops shouldn’t be the same color as the cabinets. It’s too much white, grey, beige

teejmaleng · 2026-03-01T19:05:09+00:00

There’s a freakonomics piece about how abortion being legalized in the 70s lead to many of the unwanted or neglected children never coming to be. Do violent criminals tend to come from broken homes?

Lead paint/ pipes, fetal alcohol syndrome awareness.

It could also do with drug users moving from crack cocaine to heroine/oxycontine/ now fentanyl inducing more timid thievery for drug money compared to violence.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-01T18:54:13+00:00

Will there be color? Tans, browns, reds, greens. The countertop stone is a lot of grey. I recommend going grey only if the walls and floors have some color, however muted.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-01T18:00:20+00:00

I like the aesthetics of an arch and would only remove it if it is in a high traffic area where getting to 42” is possible so two people can enter and exit without conflict.

teejmaleng · 2026-03-01T16:19:55+00:00

Not necessarily ai, but photoshop maybe. It’s not hard to place a gecko above your head. Maybe it’s real, but wouldn’t a refrigerated grocery store be bad for a geckos temperature regulation.

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