Mixed-use development

Mixed-use development is a type of urban development that blends residential,

commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are
[1][2]
physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections.
Mixed-use development can take the form of a single building, a city block, or entire
neighbourhoods. The term may also be used more specifically to refer to a mixed-
use real estate development project—a building, complex of buildings, or district of
a town or city that is developed for mixed-use by a private developer, (quasi-)
governmental agency, or a combination thereof.
Traditional mixed-use development:
Traditionally, human settlements have developed in mixed-use patterns. However, residential and retail, pedestrian-
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with industrialisation as well as the invention of the skyscraper, governmental
zoning regulations were introduced to separate different functions, such as
manufacturing, from residential areas. In the United States, the heyday of separate-
use zoning was after World War II, but since the 1990s, mixed-use zoning has once
[3]
again become desirable as the benefits are recognized. These benefits include:

greater housing variety and density

reduced distances between housing, workplaces, retail businesses, and
other destinations
more compact development
stronger neighborhood character
pedestrian and bicycle-friendly environments

Contents
Benefits
Types of contemporary mixed-use zoning
See also
Notes Marina City in Chicago, a mixed-use
Further reading skyscraper

External links

Benefits
Benefits of mixed-use development include:[3][4]

greater housing variety and density, more affordable housing (smaller units), life-cycle housing (starter homes to
larger homes to senior housing)
reduced distances between housing, workplaces, retail businesses, and other amenities and destinations
better access to fresh, healthy foods (as food retail and farmers markets can be accessed on foot/bike or by transit)
more compact development, land-use synergy (e.g. residents provide customers for retail which provide amenities
for residents)
stronger neighborhood character, sense of place
walkable, bike-able neighborhoods, increased accessibility via transit, both resulting in reduced transportation costs
Types of contemporary mixed-use zoning
[2]
Some of the more frequent mixed-use scenarios in the United States are:

Neighborhood commercialzoning – convenience goods and services, such asconvenience stores, permitted in
otherwise strictly residential areas
Main Street residential/commercial– two to three-story buildings with residential units above and commercial units
on the ground floor facing the street
Urban residential/commercial– multi-story residential buildings with commercial and civic uses on ground floor
Office convenience – office buildings with small retail and serviceuses oriented to the office workers
Office/residential – multi-family residential units within office building(s)
Shopping mall conversion– residential and/or office units added (adjacent) to an existing standalone shopping
mall
Retail district retrofit – retrofitting of a suburban retail area to a more village-like appearance and mix of uses
Live/work – residents can operate small businesses on the ground floor of the building where they live
Studio/light industrial– residents may operate studios or small workshops in the building where they live
Hotel/residence – mix hotel space and high-end multi-family residential
Parking structure with ground-floor retail
Single-family detached home district with standalone shopping center

See also
Activity centre
Automobile dependency
Edge city
Main Street
New Urbanism
Principles of Intelligent Urbanism
Public space
Single-use zoning
Smart growth
Sustainable development
Third Place
Transit-oriented development
Urban design
Urban sprawl

Notes
1. Business Geography and New Real Estate Market Analysis
, Grant Ian Thrall, p.216(https://books.google.com/book
s?id=iB_ALDYrWMUC&pg=PA216)
2. "Quality Growth Toolkit: Mixed-use Development" (https://web.archive.org/web/20111128011547/http://www .atlantar
egional.com/File%20Library/Local%20Gov%20Services/gs_cct_mixedusetool_1109.pdf) (PDF). Atlanta Regional
Commission. p. 2. Archived fromthe original (http://www.atlantaregional.com/File%20Library/Local%20Gov%20Servi
ces/gs_cct_mixedusetool_1109.pdf)(PDF) on 2011-11-28.
3. American Planning Association, "Planning and Community Health Research Center: Mixed Use Development
(http://
www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/mixedusedevelopment.htm)
4. "Mixed Use Zoning", Livable New York Resource Manual (http://syracusecoe.org/gpe/images/allmedia/LivableNewY
o
rk/Mixed-UseZoning.pdf)

Further reading
Reclaiming the City, 1997, Andy Coupland
 "Mixed use development, practice and potential", Department for Communities and Local Government, UK
Government
What is functional mix?, Planning Theory and Practice18(2):249-267 · February 2017

External links
Media related to Multipurpose buildings at Wikimedia Commons

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