Mixed-Use Development between Financial Success and Encroachment the Case Study of Nasr-City District Inside Cairo City

Abstract

Mixed-use development has received great attention over the past decade, through encouragement of local planning authorities to create more vibrant communities. This type of development has been verified through literature to be harder to success due to the complicated economical nature for this type of projects, which makes them riskier than tradition developments. There are important financial success factors for mixed use projects which had been revealed through previous international studies and surveys. In Cairo, mixed-use trend was spontaneously elaborated in the beginning at some places like Nasr-City, and then began to be incorporated in planning new communities. This study attempts to answer three questions; Were the financial success factors taken into consideration in the first intended plan for Nasr city or not? Are these factors achieved during the actual existing plan (construction phase and after occupation)? What are the influences of the change on Nasr-City performance? Answering these questions will help in addressing the city's problems to achieve the financial success factors for mixed-use projects through the last decades and give recommendations for further mixed-use developments establishments.