This style is not new. The earliest planned community in Reston VA built 50 years ago [1] uses this approach, except the housing is more integrated. Housing a

This style is not new. The earliest planned community in Reston VA built 50 years ago [1] uses this approach, except the housing is more integrated. Housing above the shops and immediately adjacent produces the ambiance of a walkable community around a lake. Still, it has to be surrounded by parking lots. There’s just no way around it unless you move all the work and the schools there too. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Anne https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Anne