All of these businesses complement and support each other, as they further establish the entertainment district as a destination through their synergies. Attendees of a concert at a theatre, for example, are likely to support neighbouring restaurants and bars before and after the event.
To ensure there are minimal conflicts with these businesses and the public events and activations that spill out into the street, it is a best practice to have non-competing uses in and around the entertainment district.
Market rental homes by Bosa Properties at 1142 Granville Street, Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)
One alternative use found in successful entertainment districts is office space, particularly in the upper levels, while the lower levels are dedicated to the venues and establishments. Office uses generally do not compete with entertainment and other commercial businesses, and in facts they serve to support the businesses during the daytime, such as office workers filling restaura