POSSIBLE USES OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IN A MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD

 

CONSIDERATIONS

LOCATION-        STREET  vs  REAR UNITS, GROUND FLOOR VS UPSTAIRS

OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE-       FOR-PROFIT,  NON-PROFIT,  MEMBERSHIP/PRIVATE  “CLUB”

 

SHARED AMENITIES/OWNERSHIP

• Roof top viewing, happy hour
• Sauna
• Hot Tub
• Recycling Center-cardboard, paper, etc
• Composting
• Methane generation
• Hot Water Boiler System, submetering
• Aging in Place-Time Banking
• Car Share, Truck
• Laundry
• Guest Rooms
• Common House
• Common Kitchen
• Community Meeting Room
• Commercial Spaces
• Recycled Potable Water for Agriculture
• Internet Connections
• Classroom
• Workout Facility/Yoga

• Basketball, Badminton

• Library, Reading Room, Magazines

RECREATION

• Home Theater Big Screen
• Landscaping, Pond, water features, Woods
  Ping Pong
• Friends over for Live Music Place
• Movie Theater
• Woodworking
• Ceramics
• Weavers
• Sailboat
• RV       

 

FOOD

• Vegetable gardens
• Herb Gardens
• Flowers
• Dryer, food
• Freezer
• CSA (Community Subscription Agriculture)
• Greenhouses
• Community Garden
• Commercial Kitchen
• Beer
• Wine Room

 

SERVICES

• Daycare Elders, Youth
• After School Care
• Laundry
• Car share
• Assisted Living Cluster
• School
• Library

 

HEALTH

• Health Practioners
• Spa
• Massage
• Yoga
• Fitness/Gym

RETAIL

• Artist Studios
• Gallery
• Professional Offices-Architect
• Real Estate Sales Office
• eBay Store
• Book Store
• Home accessories
• Design office
• Interiors
• Online retail storefront
• Jewelers
• Clothes
• Chocolate
• Specialties
• Bakers
• Pizza
• Grocery
• Cheese/wine/deli 
• Prepared meals
• Assembled Meals
• Ice Cream /Candy
• Pets and Supplies
• Sustainable Store
• Landscape, garden supplies
• Bicycle Sales/Rentals
• Bank/ Credit Union
• Music Sales Video Store
• Music Live/Production
• Salon/Barber
• Newsstand
• Coffee/Tea House
• Café
• Fed Ex/ Kinkos
• Post Office
• Toys/gifts
• Drug store
• General Store
• Biofuel Station/Organic, Healthy 7-11
• Drycleaners
• B  & B

 

 

  Beyond suburbia lives a spirited, mutually-beneficial neighborhood…We’ll meet you there!

 

 

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