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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
Question: If a residential is built for ground floor apartments, how difficult is it to convert to retail years later? What about plumbing for a restaurant with a kitchen, restrooms, etc? What about getting the necessary zoning changes?
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It's doable as you can always cut a trench into the slab for plumbing. Hard part is lobby/elevator access so upstairs tenants can get up without going through retail or restaurant, it would have to be thought through. As for zoning changes, it's hard but doable - but normally in urban/downtown settings the zoning designation allows both.