Friday, July 11, 2014

Urban Cores Getting Denser via Axiometrics

If you think apartment units are getting smaller, you’re right. Densification has become a keyword in urban-planning circles, Density-microunitespecially in urban core submarkets.

But while the center-city trend is toward smaller units geared to the active millennials who use their apartments almost solely as a place to sleep, Axiometrics doesn’t expect “microunits” to spread to the suburbs.

Average unit size nationally has fallen from a high of 1,010 square feet (s.f.) in 2006 to 940 s.f. in 2013, though that figure is expected to rise to 959 s.f. this year.

Read more...Urban Cores Getting Denser

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.