Midtown Lofts | ?m | 6 fl | Complete

[tomh009]

Realistically, we'd be talking about a few small commercial units whose tenants could be supported primarily by the building's own residents.

I can't think of many businesses that could (realistically) be supported primarily by the residents of a six-story condo building (assuming the ground floor is retail).  A business will need a larger customer base than that.

Dentist or doctor offices -- the challenge here would be parking.  At this time, most of a doctor's patients will be driving (any doctor moving to downtown will likely already have a practice in a less urban area), and a single doctor's office would probably need 10+ spaces.  And doctors generally prefer proximity to a pharmacy, and often to other medical offices.  There simply isn't a waiting list of doctors, dentist or lawyers clamouring to move to the downtown.