ResidentialCity living is once agai

Residential
City living is once again both desirable and lucrative. Shooping centres in urban location are likely to need to find ways accommodating residential uses. The residential accommodation often needs to be both a mixture of private and public in order to be inclusive of all housing needs.
Private apartements and loft style housing are fashionable and in demand. However, while having the potensial for and attractive environment, private residential traditionally requires long individual leases which may conflict with the requirement for the flexible resail of a retail property investment asset. To overcome these divergent needs, it is better to plan private residential accommodation with the facility of vertical separation from the main shopping to be independently sold without affecting the residential
Public housing for students or housing associations can more readily be arranged on short leases and is therefore more flexible. As such, public housing
Figure 8.28 marikenstraat, marienburg, an open two level street integrates with the street of nijimegan, the Netherlands (2000). (Source: Sjaak Henselmans).
Figure 8.29 open street and covered urban spaces intergrate with the exixting street, the new Retail Quarter, Shelfield , UK (planned 2010- 2012). (Source: BPD)
Figure 8.30 a traditional two level street at the rows, Chester, UK . (Source: Peter Coleman).
Figure 8.31 a proposed two level open street with residential above the shops, New Burgess street, Shelfied, UK (planned 2010- 2012). (Source: BPD)
Figure 8.32 terraced catering area above the shops, Westquay, Southampton, UK (2000). (Source:David Borbour/ BPD)
Figure 8.33 cinemas located above the shops at N1, Islington, London UK (2002). (Source: Peter Coleman).
Figure 8.34 cafes and bars added at ground floor level animate the riverside walk to the large cinema box, The Oracle, Reading , UK (1999). (Source: Hammerson).
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