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strict definition
residential development
A cluster of housing complexes built under one scheme, with other uses serving a primarily residential development.
A residential development groups several housing complexes built under one scheme, which in most cases carry one name and were marketed together. Shops, schools and leisure buildings may belong to it as long as housing is the main use.
Lohas Park in Hong Kong is recorded this way, with Malibu, Marini, Hemera and the other podium complexes below it, each holding its own towers.
Where the plan gives equal weight to other uses, use the mixed-use development. Where it also fixes roads, schools and public space for a whole new settlement, use the masterplanned community.
Related definitions
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business park
A planned and jointly serviced cluster of firms' office, research, laboratory, or light-industrial premises. -
industrial estate
A planned and serviced industrial cluster grouping firms' factories, warehouses, depots, and yards on one site. -
masterplanned community
A cluster planned as a whole before construction, coordinating housing with roads, services, and open space. -
mixed-use development
A planned cluster grouping complexes with deliberately different main uses, rather than a single mixed-use complex. -
waterfront development
A planned cluster at the water's edge whose shoreline relationship defines the development and shapes its layout.