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Mixed-Use Developments a 'Progressive' Sign

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Providence, RI-based land use planner and author Randall Arendt tells GlobeSt.com the Midwest, and Chicago area in particular, are relatively progressive markets compared to other areas of the US when it comes to commercial development.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on June 07, 2002

SCHAUMBURG, IL-In some ways, the Midwest and Chicago market is more progressive than the traditionally trendier East and West Coasts. At least that was one view shared last week at the National Edge City Conference here.

“This market is a very progressive market,” Providence, RI-based land use planner and author Randall Arendt tells GlobeSt.com. “There’s less progress in so many other markets.”

One example of non-traditional land use planning can be found in many of the suburban Downtown redevelopments, as well as some in-fill projects in city neighborhoods, where multifamily units are built above first-floor retail uses such as grocery stores and restaurants. While it creates higher density, Arendt and other proponents note that it frees up space elsewhere in the project area that could become a park or green space.

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