>>1234779>Are parking lots that unprofitable?They are. What's worse, if the zoning had a minimum parking spot requirement defined either by built area or by class of apartment, that would skew the urban development by promoting suburbia like apartment houses far apart from each other so the cars can be parked in yard or in a single story parking garage under the yard even if the neighboring buildings are enclosed blocks in the old square grid city center.
If the zoning is by class of apartment, then the more unfavorable from the parking perspective kind of apartment (studios and single rooms) are built the minimum amount, which is bad considering people with families tend to move into the sprawl zone anyway, whereas young single people would prefer to live in the city.
Pic related: can't built as big a building as the one demolished - not enough pastures for the tin cows.
