Optimizing land usage is becoming an even bigger priority for developers. In some city centers, many large grocery stores sprawl across valuable land. This inefficient use of space doesn't reflect the ...

Multifamily mixed-use properties—complete with ground-floor retail space—are on the rise. One reason for this trend is municipal requirements. Another is developers’ and owners’ belief that such ...

Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, many shoppers again prefer in-person retail experiences to buying online, which is rebooting the bricks and mortar retail market. While availability of retail ...

City centers may have to be reimagined to solve the problem of vacant storefronts. By Emily Badger Emily Badger covers cities and urban policy for The Times. She spent much of her summer photographing ...