Mixed-use development: Difference between revisions

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Mixed use commercial space is best suited to retail and small office uses. This precludes it's widespread adoption as the trend to ever-larger corporate and government employment accelerates.

Mixed use residential space is best suited to the needs of small households. The lack of private outdoor space for kids and pets is anathema to some, particularly in some North American expectationscultures. Moreover, buildings with interior hallways channel additional noise and cooking odors between units.

Construction costs for mixed-use development exceed that for similiar sized, single use buildings{{fact}}. Challenges include fire separations, sound attentuation, ventilation, and egress. Additional costs arise from meeting the design needs: A large, high-ceilinged, columnless lower floor for commercial uses is not entirely compatible with the smaller scale of walled residential space above.

Others maintain that modern consumers prefer big box retailers, as evidenced by the fact that most grocery shoppers today would prefer the convenience of weekly shopping, as opposed to picking up each day's food items from many small shops.