According to the Bend Bulletin, Pahlish Homes will be building a new subdivision on 150 lots in southeast Bend Oregon which will be mostly devoted to town homes. The 16.5-acre parcel used to be the Luderman Ranch. Hayden Homes had proposed a mix of single family and multifamily homes for the same site in 2017 but the plans stalled. “Southeast Bend is getting hammered with development, and it’s being very short-sighted because we don’t have the infrastructure to handle it,” said Beth Larsen, a southeast Bend resident.
Residents of Luderman Crossing would have to use the Reed Market Road roundabout in order to go any direction except south on 15th Street. There would be access to and from the neighborhood on Reed Market Road west of the roundabout, plans show, but it would allow right turns only. The new Pahlisch subdivision would extend west to the railroad tracks, which cross Reed Market and cause traffic stoppages on the road.
“Personally, I’m for town houses,” said James Dorofi, chairman of the Old Farm District Neighborhood Association. Sixty-two of the 120 lots would be for town homes, according to plans filed with the city. Pahlisch has other town house developments in Bend. At McCall Landing, a project begun before the last recession, the company built and sold more than 60 town houses, Chad Bettsworth, director of land development, said in an email.
Dorofi said he’s disappointed that the development doesn’t provide space for businesses within walking distance of the homes. “Everybody in this area would’ve been absolutely stoked if there was a pizza place, another restaurant or two,” he said. The city would have allowed a limited commercial component on 2.3 acres at the corner of 15th and Reed Market, but Pahlisch believes residential is the “highest and best use of the property,” Bettsworth said.
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