Building Housing Over Single-Story Retail in Downtown or Main Street

Building Housing Over Single-Story Retail in Downtown or Main Street: Code Challenges and Alternatives By Shaler Campbell Master of City Planning, 2023 Department of Urban Studies & Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA & Jeff Levine Lecturer Department of Urban Studies & Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

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Building Housing Over Single-Story Retail in Downtown or Main Street

Published on Feb 15, 2023

MIT DUSP

Single-story retail is a common building typology in many downtowns or Main Streets in the United States. While not problematic in and of itself, the single-story retail can limit the type of density that is beneficial to the local economy. Furthermore, with housing shortages in many parts of the country, creative solutions are beginning to emerge for addressing the shortage. This memo is intended for municipal planners and officials who may not know all the details of building code but have an interest in promoting housing over commercial uses. We seek to distill essential considerations for constructing housing above retail in a straightforward, singular document.

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