The clustering of housing and mixture of residential with commercial usage ensures critical mass to support neighborhood businesses, and provides an economy-of-scale to ensure cost-effective delivery of utilities and infrastructure resulting in a tax-positive development. The high density design is environmentally-positive by increasing energy efficiency and preserving open green-scapes, while the design of front porches, sidewalks, parks, shops, cafés, and alleé setting of tree-lined streets encourage a friendly, pedestrian-oriented sense of community.
The extensive range of residential units from single-family attached, clustered town homes, flats, to rental apartments and/or live/work studio spaces above retail, offers a breadth of alternative housing choices for varied incomes and lifestyles.
