Many residents of metropolitan Chicago have gained a new appreciation for the old-time concept of a walkable town center with compact development and mixed uses. While those centers have often developed along Metra rail lines, the availability of mass transit is not an absolute requirement. Read more in an article about mixed use development (725KB PDF) by CMAP's Tedd Carrison and Randy Blankenhorn for Office and Commercial Real Estate Magazine's Winter 2008 issue. (Posted 1/9/08)