Patterns of Development

Patterns of Development

By Kyle Gulau: Missing Middle DeveloperEducation
Download on the App Store

Patterns of Development episodes

  • #28: Weekly - Economics, Statistics, and a Bill
    On this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
    This week:
    Seattle Bill 120081
    ...and the relationship between these 3 ideas: 
    Supply and Demand - two thoughts from an economist (1 min read)  
    AMI - (4 min read)  
    Proforma basics - (5 min read)
    9 min
  • #27: Weekly - Everywhere and Warehouses
    On this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
    This week:
    The work from anywhere index. (data table)  
    The hot "new" type of commercial real estate. (4 min read)
    8 min
  • #26: Weekly - Transportation as a Strategy, Boring Florida, Mobility as a service
    On this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
    This week:
    Stronger cities have shorter commutes? (3 min read)
    Economic development should be focused on transportation? (7 min read)
    Florida's boring? (2 min read)
    Property price growth in the US (2 min read)  
    Mobility as a service (3 min read)
    8 min
  • #25: Weekly - Affordable Creativity, Reduction, Corner Store
    On this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
    This week:
    Owner-occupied duplexes create opportunities for new homeowners. (6 min read)
    Use solar energy to offset the cost of the internet. (5 min read)
    Denver reduced minimum parking requirements. (5 min read)
    Bring back corner stores (3 min read)
    6 min
  • #24: Weekly - Montreal, xratedcheese, Beat
    Hey everybody it's Kyle. Where, on this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.  This week I learned about:
    Fixing the Suburbs in the Montreal Area, Slowly but Surely (5 min read)
    xratedcheese killed it responding in this thread (reddit thread)
    3 patterns learned from the housing beat (4 min read)
    7 min
  • #23: Weekly - Old School, Euro Trends, Robot Paths
    Hey everybody it's Kyle. Where, on this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities.
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
    This week I learned about:
    No one wants their neighborhood to be an experiment. (5 min read)  
    5 things happening in Europe. (6 min read)?
    Infrastructure expenses are institutional. (7 min read)  
    Robots on bike paths? (3 min read)
    8 min
  • #22: Weekly - Tiny Forests, Outdoor Awards, Street Cars
    Hey everybody it's Kyle. Where, on this podcast, I share, discuss, ponder, and try to connect some dots through the best content I've discovered each week related to urban planning, architecture, and cities. 
    What are the patterns of development?
    I want to share with you case studies, examples, ideas, that might inspire you where ever you're at in your journey as a developer, real estate agent, city staff, builder, or citizen. If you don't have time to read, I'm trying to break down the patterns here.
    This week I learned about:
    Communities are creating small-footprint, urban forests. (12 min read). Catch the TED Talk here. (4 min vid). The business making it happen.
    Outdoor dining award in NYC. (wsj paywall, 3 min read). Here's the program page.  
    Bring back streetcars? (5 min read)
    9 min
  • #20: Weekly - Street Design, A Manual, Parking Data
    How we experimented with street design to help small businesses. (3 min read)
    Who's streets are they now? (paywall - 4 min read)
    The Federal Highway Administration released a draft of proposed changes to the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices. (4 min read). Timeline of activity here.  
    Parking increases rent, decreases affordable housing. 2 sources: National (USA) Data Set, Minneapolis.  
    For fun, the most expensive parking space in the world? (2 min read)
    6 min
  • #19: Weekly - The Queen, Virginia, 3D, Highways
    The Queen Mary might sink in place. (5 min read)
    Semi-related: Oakland considering a new ballpark (4 min read)
    Local communities in Virginia no longer can deny building permits to projects because they contain affordable housing. (4 min read)
    ​3d model of your town coming soon? (2 min product landing page)
    ​15 highways that split our cities and could go away soon...(20+ min read)
    7 min

About Patterns of Development

From the publisher's feed

Kyle Gulau, a missing middle housing developer, has received Western Michigan University's 30 under 30 and Southwest Michigan's Small Business Founder awards for his incremental real estate development work. A member of his community's economic development board and past presenter with the Incremental Development Alliance and Strong Towns, Kyle is passionate about demystifying why missing middle housing is missing.