Population and Housing

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It would be interesting to see how commercial growth fits into new communities. From what I have seen (and admittedly, I have not toured many developments), most of the commercial space that is part of the "live-work" units that encourage ground floor commercial uses trend towards medical, particularly counselling, or investment brokers. Other ground floor units without connecting residential tends to be either small scale restaurants or convenience-level stores. How long does it take for community to be in place before other types of commercial moves in? I'm thinking of things like hardware stores, book stores or what might typically have been in a "small-town, walkable" main street. Without a complete commercial profile, residents will still need to travel elsewhere for those needs, either by walking, biking, transit or driving.