Multi-Housing News Examines Why Multifamily Developers Are Mixing It Up

Multi-Housing News published a feature by Patricia Kirk on July 22, 2026, examining the growing role of mixed-use residential in multifamily development. The article draws on perspectives from Feasibly, Hines, PTM Partners, and McCullough Landscape Architects.

Feasibly Founder and CEO Brian Connolly appears throughout the piece. He explains that mixed-use provides multiple demand drivers in one asset. "In metro areas still working through oversupply, rising operating costs, and selective capital availability, investors are looking harder at projects with durable demand, limited new competition, and a clearer path to stable occupancy," Connolly told the publication.

The article maps where mixed-use residential is gaining momentum, including high-growth markets, urbanizing suburbs, transit-oriented districts, and university and medical corridors. It also examines two development paths: ground-up districts planned as complete environments, and the addition of housing to existing retail centers, where visibility, infrastructure, and an established customer base already exist. Contributors describe residential as the stabilizing force in these projects, supplying consistent daily activity for restaurants, retailers, and services.

The piece closes on execution. Elevated construction costs, cautious lender underwriting, retail pre-leasing requirements, and coordination across uses, capital sources, and operating models all raise the bar for developers. Connolly observes that the projects that work treat housing, retail, and entertainment as an integrated operating ecosystem.