Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development : txt
Gibbs, Robert J.
Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development : txt Robert J. Gibbs. - xxii, 227 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Foreword xi --
Preface xv --
Acknowledgments xvii --
Introduction --
Chapter 1: Retailing Fundamentals 1 --
1.1 Retail Theory 1 --
1.2 Shopping Center Business Models 4 --
1.3 Corner Stores 5 --
1.4 Convenience Centers 6 --
1.5 Neighborhood Centers 8 --
1.6 Community Centers and Town Centers 11 --
1.7 Regional Centers 12 --
1.8 Lifestyle Centers and Town Centers 13 --
1.9 Outlet Centers 17 --
1.10 Urban Transect: Hamlets, Villages, Towns, Cities, and Metropolises 18 --
Chapter 2: Retailer Business Models 21 --
2.1 Hobby Retailers 21 --
2.2 Small Owner Operated Businesses --
2.3 Income Producing, Owner Run Businesses 23 --
2.4 Regional and National Chains 24 --
2.5 Franchise Stores 25 --
Chapter 3: Retail Anchors 27 --
3.1 Form Follows Anchor 28 --
3.2 Scale 29 --
3.3 Historic Downtowns 30 --
3.4 Anchor Business Models 32 --
3.5 Anchor Placement 33 --
3.6 Anchor Expansion 33 --
3.7 Anchor Replacement 34 --
3.8 Alternative Anchors 35 --
3.9 Shopping Center Anchor Types 35 --
3.10 New Design Trends 39 --
Chapter 4: Downtown Commerce: Challenges and Opportunities 43 --
4.1 Market Shift 43 --
4.2 Peak Retail Market Share 44 --
4.3 Urban Market Share Decline 45 --
4.5 Urban Commercial Challenges 47 --
4.6 Rents 47 --
4.7 Space Limitations 48 --
Chapter 5: Economically Sustainable Commercial Urbanism 49 --
5.1 Advantages of Strong Retail Sales 49 --
5.2 Consumer Demand and Preferences 50 --
5.3 Market Research 52 --
5.4 Worker Expenditures 53 --
5.5 Tourist Expenditures 54 --
Chapter 6: Shopping Center Built Form Types 57 --
6.1 Strip Center 57 --
6.2 Linear Strip Center 57 --
6.3 Single L Center 59 --
6.4 U Courtyard Center 60 --
6.5 Double Reverse L Center 61 --
6.6 Lifestyle or Main Street Centers 64 --
6.7 Dumbbell Center 65 --
6.8 Market Square Center 67 --
6.9 Double Market Square Center 71 --
6.10 Floating Main Street 73 --
6.11 Linear Square Center 74 --
6.12 Half Block Center 76 --
6.13 Retail Crescent Center 78 --
6.14 Deflected Blocks Center 79 --
Chapter 7: Planning and Urban Design 81 --
7.1 Urban Merchandising Planning Theory 81 --
7.2 Shopping and Weather 82 --
7.3 The Public Realm 83 --
7.4 Sidewalks 84 --
7.5 Site Furnishings 85 --
7.6 Street Trees 86 --
7.7 Tree Impacts on Shopping 88 --
7.8 Tree Selection 89 --
7.9 Street Lighting 90 --
7.10 Outside Dinning 92 --
7.11 Plazas, Squares, Greens, and Courts 92 --
7.12 Way Finding Signage 95 --
Chapter 8: Parking 97 --
8.1 Parking Demand 97 --
8.2 Historical Information on Parking Ratios and Indices 98 --
8.3 Neighborhood Center Parking 100 --
8.4 Community Center Parking 103 --
8.5 Regional Center Parking 103 --
8.6 Lifestyle Center Parking 104 –
8.7 Village and Town Downtown Parking 105 --
8.8 Large Town and City Parking 106 --
8.9 On Street Parking 107 --
8.10 Parking Garages and Decks 108 --
8.11 Parking Meters 110 --
Chapter 9: Store Planning and Visual Merchandising 113 --
9.1 Storefront Design Theory 113 --
9.2 Signage 115 --
9.3 Awnings 117 --
9.4 Visual Merchandising 118 --
9.5 Storefront Design Recommendations 120 --
9.6 Store Lighting 121 --
9.7 Lighting Recommendations 123 --
9.8 Specialty Niche Focus and Cross Merchandising 123 --
9.9 Store Maintenance 125 --
Chapter 10: Retail Development Finance 127 --
10.1 Methods for Analyzing Real Estate Development 127 --
10.2 Parking Structures 129 --
10.3 Vertical Stacking of Mixed Use Projects 130 --
10.4 The Push for Local Retailers 130 --
10.5 Elements of Making Deals with Retail Tenants 131 --
10.6 Purpose of public Subsidy 133 --
Chapter 11: Leasing The Lifeblood of the Deal 135 --
11.1 Operating Covenants 136 --
11.2 Permitted Use and Exclusive Use 137 --
11.3 Co tenancy Clauses 138 --
11.4 Sales Driven Provisions: Percentage Rent, Radius Clauses, and Early Termination 139 --
11.5 Maintenance 140 --
11.6 Signage 140 --
11.7 Assignment 141 --
Chapter 12: Management and Operations 143 --
12.1 Central Management 143 --
12.2 Cost Benefit Metrics 145 --
12.3 Special Events: Ho do They Impact Sales? 146 --
12.4 Business Recruitment and Leasing 148 --
12.5 Pop up Stores 148 --
12.6 Defensive Management Practices 149 --
12.7 General Guidelines for Commercial Center Management 152 --
Chapter 13: Platted Town Centers 155 --
13.1 Background 155 --
13.2 Land Speculation 156 --
13.3 Building Standards 157 --
13.4 Management 158 --
13.5 Parking 158 --
13.6 Alleys 159 --
13.7 Regulated Use 159 --
13.8 Operating Standards 159 --
13.9 Recommended Minimum Operating Standards 160 --
13.10 Developer Responsibilities 160 --
Chapter 14: Case Studies: Historic City Centers 163 --
14.1 Bay City, Michigan 163 --
14.2 Alexandria, Virginia’s Old Town 164 --
14.3 Ballwin, Missouri 169 --
14.4 Birmingham and Pontiac, Michigan 170 --
14.5 Charleston, South Carolina 172 --
14.6 Damariscotta, Maine 174 --
14.7 Fresno California 176 --
14.8 Houston Texas 177 --
14.9 Naples, Florida 181 --
14.10 Oxford, Mississippi 182 --
14.11 Santa Ana, California 184 --
14.12 Santa Cruz California 187 --
14.13 St. Andrews, Scotland 188 --
14.14 Wasilla, Alaska 191 --
Chapter 15: Case Studies: New Town Centers 197 --
15.1 Birkdale Village, Huntersville, North Carolina 197 --
15.2 Daybreak Village, South Jordan, Utah 198 --
15.3 East Fraserlands, Vancouver, British Columbia 198 --
15.4 Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio 200 --
15.5 Middleton Hills, Middleton Hills, Wisconsin 201 --
15.6 The Glen Town Center, Glenview, Illinois 202 --
15.7 The Grove, Los Angeles, California 203 --
15.8 Mashpee Commons, Mashpee (Cape Gold), Massachusetts 205 --
15.9 San Elijo Hills Town Center, San Marcos, California 206 --
15.10 Rosemary Beach, Fort Walton County, Florida 207 --
15.11 Seabrook, Washington 209 --
15.12 Seaside, Florida 210 --
15.13 University Place Town Center, University Place, Washington 121 --
15. 14 The Village of Rochester Hills, Rochester Hills, Michigan 214 --
Endnotes 217 --
Index 221 --
Downtown shopping areas are making a comeback. Economics and demographics have shifted in favour of smaller, smarter, more walkable, and more sustainable retail locations. However, these downtown areas still present numerous challenges as retail centres. This book offers urban planners, urban designers, and architects a comprehensive and current guide to meeting these challenges. With coverage ranging from psychographics to shopper behaviour to building design types, this resource lays out all the retail concepts and best practices needed to create, revitalize, and sustain urban shopping districts --
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Shopping centers--Planning.--United States
City planning--United States.
United States
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Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development : txt Robert J. Gibbs. - xxii, 227 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Foreword xi --
Preface xv --
Acknowledgments xvii --
Introduction --
Chapter 1: Retailing Fundamentals 1 --
1.1 Retail Theory 1 --
1.2 Shopping Center Business Models 4 --
1.3 Corner Stores 5 --
1.4 Convenience Centers 6 --
1.5 Neighborhood Centers 8 --
1.6 Community Centers and Town Centers 11 --
1.7 Regional Centers 12 --
1.8 Lifestyle Centers and Town Centers 13 --
1.9 Outlet Centers 17 --
1.10 Urban Transect: Hamlets, Villages, Towns, Cities, and Metropolises 18 --
Chapter 2: Retailer Business Models 21 --
2.1 Hobby Retailers 21 --
2.2 Small Owner Operated Businesses --
2.3 Income Producing, Owner Run Businesses 23 --
2.4 Regional and National Chains 24 --
2.5 Franchise Stores 25 --
Chapter 3: Retail Anchors 27 --
3.1 Form Follows Anchor 28 --
3.2 Scale 29 --
3.3 Historic Downtowns 30 --
3.4 Anchor Business Models 32 --
3.5 Anchor Placement 33 --
3.6 Anchor Expansion 33 --
3.7 Anchor Replacement 34 --
3.8 Alternative Anchors 35 --
3.9 Shopping Center Anchor Types 35 --
3.10 New Design Trends 39 --
Chapter 4: Downtown Commerce: Challenges and Opportunities 43 --
4.1 Market Shift 43 --
4.2 Peak Retail Market Share 44 --
4.3 Urban Market Share Decline 45 --
4.5 Urban Commercial Challenges 47 --
4.6 Rents 47 --
4.7 Space Limitations 48 --
Chapter 5: Economically Sustainable Commercial Urbanism 49 --
5.1 Advantages of Strong Retail Sales 49 --
5.2 Consumer Demand and Preferences 50 --
5.3 Market Research 52 --
5.4 Worker Expenditures 53 --
5.5 Tourist Expenditures 54 --
Chapter 6: Shopping Center Built Form Types 57 --
6.1 Strip Center 57 --
6.2 Linear Strip Center 57 --
6.3 Single L Center 59 --
6.4 U Courtyard Center 60 --
6.5 Double Reverse L Center 61 --
6.6 Lifestyle or Main Street Centers 64 --
6.7 Dumbbell Center 65 --
6.8 Market Square Center 67 --
6.9 Double Market Square Center 71 --
6.10 Floating Main Street 73 --
6.11 Linear Square Center 74 --
6.12 Half Block Center 76 --
6.13 Retail Crescent Center 78 --
6.14 Deflected Blocks Center 79 --
Chapter 7: Planning and Urban Design 81 --
7.1 Urban Merchandising Planning Theory 81 --
7.2 Shopping and Weather 82 --
7.3 The Public Realm 83 --
7.4 Sidewalks 84 --
7.5 Site Furnishings 85 --
7.6 Street Trees 86 --
7.7 Tree Impacts on Shopping 88 --
7.8 Tree Selection 89 --
7.9 Street Lighting 90 --
7.10 Outside Dinning 92 --
7.11 Plazas, Squares, Greens, and Courts 92 --
7.12 Way Finding Signage 95 --
Chapter 8: Parking 97 --
8.1 Parking Demand 97 --
8.2 Historical Information on Parking Ratios and Indices 98 --
8.3 Neighborhood Center Parking 100 --
8.4 Community Center Parking 103 --
8.5 Regional Center Parking 103 --
8.6 Lifestyle Center Parking 104 –
8.7 Village and Town Downtown Parking 105 --
8.8 Large Town and City Parking 106 --
8.9 On Street Parking 107 --
8.10 Parking Garages and Decks 108 --
8.11 Parking Meters 110 --
Chapter 9: Store Planning and Visual Merchandising 113 --
9.1 Storefront Design Theory 113 --
9.2 Signage 115 --
9.3 Awnings 117 --
9.4 Visual Merchandising 118 --
9.5 Storefront Design Recommendations 120 --
9.6 Store Lighting 121 --
9.7 Lighting Recommendations 123 --
9.8 Specialty Niche Focus and Cross Merchandising 123 --
9.9 Store Maintenance 125 --
Chapter 10: Retail Development Finance 127 --
10.1 Methods for Analyzing Real Estate Development 127 --
10.2 Parking Structures 129 --
10.3 Vertical Stacking of Mixed Use Projects 130 --
10.4 The Push for Local Retailers 130 --
10.5 Elements of Making Deals with Retail Tenants 131 --
10.6 Purpose of public Subsidy 133 --
Chapter 11: Leasing The Lifeblood of the Deal 135 --
11.1 Operating Covenants 136 --
11.2 Permitted Use and Exclusive Use 137 --
11.3 Co tenancy Clauses 138 --
11.4 Sales Driven Provisions: Percentage Rent, Radius Clauses, and Early Termination 139 --
11.5 Maintenance 140 --
11.6 Signage 140 --
11.7 Assignment 141 --
Chapter 12: Management and Operations 143 --
12.1 Central Management 143 --
12.2 Cost Benefit Metrics 145 --
12.3 Special Events: Ho do They Impact Sales? 146 --
12.4 Business Recruitment and Leasing 148 --
12.5 Pop up Stores 148 --
12.6 Defensive Management Practices 149 --
12.7 General Guidelines for Commercial Center Management 152 --
Chapter 13: Platted Town Centers 155 --
13.1 Background 155 --
13.2 Land Speculation 156 --
13.3 Building Standards 157 --
13.4 Management 158 --
13.5 Parking 158 --
13.6 Alleys 159 --
13.7 Regulated Use 159 --
13.8 Operating Standards 159 --
13.9 Recommended Minimum Operating Standards 160 --
13.10 Developer Responsibilities 160 --
Chapter 14: Case Studies: Historic City Centers 163 --
14.1 Bay City, Michigan 163 --
14.2 Alexandria, Virginia’s Old Town 164 --
14.3 Ballwin, Missouri 169 --
14.4 Birmingham and Pontiac, Michigan 170 --
14.5 Charleston, South Carolina 172 --
14.6 Damariscotta, Maine 174 --
14.7 Fresno California 176 --
14.8 Houston Texas 177 --
14.9 Naples, Florida 181 --
14.10 Oxford, Mississippi 182 --
14.11 Santa Ana, California 184 --
14.12 Santa Cruz California 187 --
14.13 St. Andrews, Scotland 188 --
14.14 Wasilla, Alaska 191 --
Chapter 15: Case Studies: New Town Centers 197 --
15.1 Birkdale Village, Huntersville, North Carolina 197 --
15.2 Daybreak Village, South Jordan, Utah 198 --
15.3 East Fraserlands, Vancouver, British Columbia 198 --
15.4 Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio 200 --
15.5 Middleton Hills, Middleton Hills, Wisconsin 201 --
15.6 The Glen Town Center, Glenview, Illinois 202 --
15.7 The Grove, Los Angeles, California 203 --
15.8 Mashpee Commons, Mashpee (Cape Gold), Massachusetts 205 --
15.9 San Elijo Hills Town Center, San Marcos, California 206 --
15.10 Rosemary Beach, Fort Walton County, Florida 207 --
15.11 Seabrook, Washington 209 --
15.12 Seaside, Florida 210 --
15.13 University Place Town Center, University Place, Washington 121 --
15. 14 The Village of Rochester Hills, Rochester Hills, Michigan 214 --
Endnotes 217 --
Index 221 --
Downtown shopping areas are making a comeback. Economics and demographics have shifted in favour of smaller, smarter, more walkable, and more sustainable retail locations. However, these downtown areas still present numerous challenges as retail centres. This book offers urban planners, urban designers, and architects a comprehensive and current guide to meeting these challenges. With coverage ranging from psychographics to shopper behaviour to building design types, this resource lays out all the retail concepts and best practices needed to create, revitalize, and sustain urban shopping districts --
9780470488225 978118122297 9781118122303 978111812771 9781118127728 9781118127735
2011020121
Shopping centers--Planning.--United States
City planning--United States.
United States
HF5430.3 / G53 2012
307.3/3316