The mixed use phenomenon

Barnes, Yolande

The mixed use phenomenon - 2005 - Planning in London (54) July 2005, 24-25(2) .

Provides an analysis of the mixed use sector as it has evolved over recent years based on work carried out by the Savills mixed use research team. Defines mixed use as covering multiple occupier uses in single or multiple building developments. Looks at where mixed use developments are happening, which land uses are yielding the new mixed use opportunities and who is undertaking mixed use activity and driving the market. Concludes that the number of mixed use schemes being developed has increased by 146% since 2003 and they have spread out from their previous concentration in London and southeast England, that the majority of schemes still have a residential component and that the public sector remains a significant owner of mixed use sites. Figures.