Cohousing-L Mailing List: Mixed Commercial/Cohousing

[Richard L. Kohlhaas (chan]

Our group has an option has an option on a 4.7 acre parcel, 3/4 of a city 
block adjacent to a bicycle path,  in the middle of an old (100 years) 
established residential area, with some nearby commercial use.   We will 
need to apply for a zoning change to Planned Urban Development, and the 
City planning office, which has been very cooperative and supportive of 
cohousing, has encouraged "mixed uses [commercial] if small in scale."  The 
site will have plenty of room for the 30 to 35 units we intend to build as well 
as for some commercial use in one corner of the site [which we would limit 
to professional offices--some to be used by our members-- and maybe a 
coffee shop].  We could sell the land, or build the units ourselves and then 
sell or lease them.  

Have any other cohousing communities had experience with doing anything 
like this?   
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Dick Kohlhaas <chan [at] usa.net>
Colorado Springs (Colorado) Cohousing Community
(Currently 17 intending owner families; we have an option on a 4.7 acre 
property 1.5 miles from downtown,
where we plan to build 25-35 units; now doing due diligence on the property and 
feasibility studies.)