Connecting Community Spaces with Mixed-Use Developments

When cities face development pressures and affordability concerns, community spaces—which contribute to the distinct knowledge, meaning, connection and identity of a community—are continuously lost. Community-minded spaces include churches, bike repair shops, makerspaces, coworking or studio spaces, community kitchens and venues. To ensure the preservation and enhancement of these types of spaces, developers can incorporate such spaces into new mixed-use developments. There are often financial or operational challenges to integrating these types of spaces into new developments. This research hopes to understand how developers, in the private and non-profit sector, can best incorporate community-minded spaces into new mixed-use developments.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jordi Honey-Roses

Student:

Partner:

Catalyst Community Developments Society

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program: