Tigard Triangle: Where is Lake Oswego?

Mixed-Use development planned for Tigard Triangle.  Will light rail be far behind?  Requests for proposals are already out for developers who want the freebies thrown in.

Our next door neighbor is planning a huge make-over for the office district known as the Tigard Triangle.  Any place that still has undeveloped or underdeveloped land in large chunks is destined to be developed into high den side mixed use.  Those places that are near freeways or light rail stations will become Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) - instant, planned communities for real humans to "live, work and play" in.

Will the residents find these places "homey" enough so they put down roots, raise their kids there, and live there for decades along with their neighbors who feel the same way?  Or are these just communities for people to pass through with little commitment to the place?  A good test is to see how many planners wind up living in TODs (short or long term), and ride their bikes and use transit to work and to do errands.

Here are the latest set of maps to hit the City's website, though I have seen more recent ones with more recent changes.  Use the link to see enlargements and more maps in the set.  

In some places, the Tigard maps do not coordinate with the Lake Oswego Transportation System Plan.  Maybe someone from LO ought to inform the neighbors that things have changed here.  

Map 1 shows how the Triangle fits into the context of Eastern Tigard and the edge of Lake Oswego on the other side of I-5.  On the LO side you can see pathways that go across private property.  These have been supposedly removed from the LO TSP.  The LO TSP gets its final stamp of approvals at the first City Council meeting in September.  I assume all the maps have been corrected from our side.

There are two bike paths shown that cross the freeway into Lake Oswego on existing bridges at I-217 and Haines Rd.  Another new path crosses the freeway at the North end of theTriangle to connect to PCC.  On a map from a meeting last week, a fourth bridge was shown coming from Beveland St. In Tigard to Southwood Dr. in Clackamas next to Lake Oswego.  This is the first time I have seen this option - presumably things are still in flux.



















Map 3 shows the area with land uses and heights of buildings.  Imagine yourself living in the Triangle.  Is this what Millennials want?  Who are the intended occupants of these homes and
offices?  Offices in the Tigard sub market are overbuilt.  Will developers want to risk adding even more?