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General advantages result from the clustering of retail stores and parking <br />ate: <br /> <br />1) Much less land is ordinarily used to provide the same level of service. <br /> <br />2) Relationships to abutting land are much improved due to less peripheral <br /> length and combining of similar activity area~ (load%ng, storage, etc.) <br /> <br />3) Shopper convenience is possible by concentrating shops and eliminating <br /> non-retail space. <br /> <br />4) Most goods required at each level of service is available without <br /> driving between stores or shopping areas. <br /> <br />5) Shopping centers can be the focal point of the major residential <br /> sectors with other neighborhood service and public facilities strength- <br /> ening the shopping center potential. <br /> <br />TYPES OF SHOPPING CENTERS AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />Gross Floor Site Area Customer Range in Primary Service <br />Area Range1 2 Sq. Ft./ Parkin~ No. of Trade Area Radiu~ i <br />in Sq. Ft. Acres Family Spaces Tenants Population Miles' <br /> <br />Local Neighborhood <br />Convenience Center to 10,000 <br /> <br />to 1 75 50 2-4 2,000 <br /> <br />Neighborhood 20,000 <br />Center 60,000 <br /> 100,000 <br /> <br />Community 100,000 <br />Center- 200,000 <br /> 400,000 <br /> <br /> 2 7S 110 8 7,000 <br />6 330 (Typical] <br />10 $50 20 <br /> <br />10 40 550 1S 20,000 <br />20 1,100 (Typical) <br />40 2,200 SO <br /> <br />Sub-Regional 400,000 40 40 2,200 40 100,000 S <br />Center 800,000 80 4,400 (Typical) <br /> 1,500.000+ 150 8,250 1S0+ 250,.000 10+ <br /> <br />2Gross Floor Area per family served is approximately 20 square feet. <br />3Site area needs - one acre per 10j000 square feet of gross leasable floor area. <br />.Parking ratios - 5.5 spaces per 1~000 square feet of gross leasable floor area <br />4 ' <br /> Service radius - service radii will vary according to population densities. One- <br /> half mile is the maximum convenient walking distance; 1½ miles is a convenient auto- <br />smobile trip; five miles is a 15 minute automobile trip. <br /> Community scale shopping centers are becoming less common in urbanized areas. <br /> There is often a jump from the large neighborhood center to the small sub-regional <br /> center because of better road systems and contemporary merchandising methods. In <br /> general, community-scale centers should be designed for expansion. <br /> <br /> <br />