Trends in Downtown Development Safety and crime prevention encourage downtown visits. Mixed-use downtown developments that include retail, residential and entertainment create downtowns that are busy around the clock all week long. Large scale projects, are developed to stimulate lagging areas. Waterfront development utilizes neglected or underutilized down town waterfronts to provide recreation, business, commercial and residential areas. The redevelopment and preservation of railroad stations to attract business near the stations and help to revive surrounding downtown areas.
Communities develop open space to create improve the quality of life in urban cores.
Hotel construction in downtown areas meets the growing demand for accommodation from people on business, and also acts as a spur encouraging tourists. Building pedestrian friendly streetscapes Market research has become a key component of downtown developments. Understanding local markets helps to decide which potential projects will meet local demand and receive support. IT businesses are moving into downtown offices with large open plan offices to nurture team work and collaboration. Downtowns also have developed fiber optic infrastructures to support IT businesses.