Growing Demand For Highway Mansions

Home buyers are demanding mobility and convenience, so developers are building luxury subdivisions next to major highway interchanges.

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November 16, 2002, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The construction of highway mansions... reflects not only the scarcity of buildable land around Washington but also the erosion of the old suburban ideal: The yearning for a stately acreage has been trumped by the consumer demand for speed and mobility... Catering to this dynamic, developers around Washington are placing luxury subdivisions not on rural hillsides, but next to major highway interchanges."

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism

Read the full story: Living in High Style By the Side of a Road

Thursday, November 14, 2002 in The Washington Post

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