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Successful retail requires adequate ceiling heights of feet, generous storefront glazing (60-75% of facade), proper depth of feet, adequate utilities including grease interceptors for restaurants, and accessible entries. Design parking utilizing shared arrangements reducing total spaces 15-30% as residents use evenings while commercial users need daytime access. Mixed use financing proves difficult because lenders underwrite …

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The houses above shops, the workshops behind residences, the markets embedded in neighborhoods — all of this was the default pattern of urban development until planning orthodoxy decided that separating uses was more efficient and hygienic. A residential neighborhood with a school, a park, a market, and a medical clinic nearby is effectively mixed use …

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