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Strip Malls and Multi-tenant Sites

Tips on how you can choose to preplan malls and multi-use office buildings

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Written by Jon Kern
Updated over a week ago

The easiest way to model sites that have multiple tenants -- like a strip mall or a mall or an office complex -- is to use the Campus Style preplan.

The goal is to choose a form of "modeling" that suits your needs. If there is a lot of risk and variation, then you can go full bore and model tenants as their own "structure" as needed. Even if it means cutting one building into 7 structures to handle the specifics about each tenant. The power is there, the choice is yours.

Let's look at a typical strip mall example.

  • The preplan reflects the name and main address of the mall and can contain an overview, any specific site details, general water supplies that can be used by any of the tenants, etc.

  • Add structures for each store (or tenant) within the mall

  • You can also choose to add structures for any of the stand-alone tenants that are often on mall property

This will allow you to then search by any of:

  • The name of the mall

  • The address of the mall

  • The name of any of the tenants

  • Or the address of the tenant

There is no "one right way" to preplan these sorts of complex facilities. "Your mileage may vary."

Do You Have Some Ideas?

We have had a few inquiries and discussions about different ways to solve this sort of requirement.

  • Add "alias" addresses that resolve to the main building.

  • That is, other associated commercial addresses: 701 Lake, 703 Lake, 705 Lake, 707 Lake, 709 Lake, 711 Lake

Possible Tenant Element?

Another approach is to consider adding a simple "Tenant" element that would serve to list the names and (associated) addresses:

  • Name: Island Dental

  • Location Number: Suite 102A

  • Location β€” simple text address or description, or full-up GPS/show on map

  • Description

  • Notes, Photos, Attachments, as per usual.

In some cases, some tenants "house" various structure elements -- for example, the shutoffs, or specific hazmats.

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