Last summer, rumors swirled that the carts at the Good Food Here pod on SE Belmont were going to get the boot to make way for condos. But lot owner Urban Development Partners said they had no plans to develop. Turns out, the rumors were true. The Portland Business Journal reports that the lot will soon become a four-story, 27-unit, senior co-housing community called PDX Commons. Apparently, half the units have already been sold.

The nearly 5-year-old cart pod (once home to the Sugar Cube, Eurotrash and the original Lardo), is currently home to about 15 carts, including the perennially popular Viking Soul Food and new-ish Monk's, a cart that specializes in East Coast style deli sandwiches. Monk's owner Andrew Heckcrote says the lot's owner hasn't told the carts about the development, but no one is surprised. "We saw it coming," he says. "There was that scare last summer. I wasn't here but I heard about it."

He said the cart owners are examining their options. "A few people are talking about opening a brick and mortar. A few others are talking about getting a different lot and trying to move the whole pod all at once. I think personally my cart and the food I do would do better in a different neighborhood anyway. I was thinking downtown or even the suburbs."