Cohousing-L Mailing List: Alternative Cohousing Sites

[Thomas Lofft (tlofft]

Recent comments suggested considering shopping malls for retrofit cohousing.

How about retrofitting an office park?

Eastern Village Cohousing makes it work in a multi-story concrete office shell, 
resulting from a developer driven project.

How about retrofitting underutilized office space to replace a major walkaway 
office tenant like Marriott?

The real secret: Always engage a very knowledgeable professional to guide your 
efforts.

What does an office park offer? Lots of land, glorious land, with sewer, water 
and great road access already in place, and location, location, location.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/looking-for-city-living-in-the-suburbs-some-are-finding-it-in-aging-office-parks/2017/08/05/e126017c-72e2-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.af9f7ccd84a5

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Looking for ‘city’ living in the suburbs? Some are finding 
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>From the rooftop terrace of their new townhouse, Keisuke and Idalia Yabe take 
>in their suburban Maryland neighborhood: a staid, 1970s-era office park of 
>glass office ...