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Originally Posted by bvpcvm
Aren't the suburbs around Belleview fairly expensive? And Microsoft is one city over. Gateway has no large equivalent, large employers that would draw higher income people to the area, which would stimulate development. For a "Portland Belleview" to occur, I think it would have to be on the west side.
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I meant more a development pattern similar to Bellevue in that the mall comes before the density. In Gateway's case it has the advantage of MAX already being in place to supplement excellent freeway access to jump-start the densification process.
I doubt Portland will ever have a suburban center as large and wealthy as Bellevue though.