Wednesday, 13 May 2020

TRD INSIGHTS: Will the coronavirus kill downtowns?

Residential development in downtowns has accelerated over the last 30 years, in part to meet demand from decamping suburbanites attracted to better amenities and proximity to jobs. Yet the defining quality of downtowns — high population density — places them at higher risk of becoming hotspots for infectious disease. Could the coronavirus pandemic reverse the decades-long trend of population growth and investment in downtowns? It’s not likely, according to a recent report from the Brookings



source https://therealdeal.com/2020/05/13/trd-insights-will-the-coronavirus-kill-downtowns/

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