Urbek City Builder: How To Unlock Retail Stores
Urbek City Builder has several upgrade paths for neighborhoods, and a district's composition can shift and evolve over the course of a game. Advanced buildings require nearby retail, which doesn't sound too hard on the surface - after all, buying and selling things is a foundation of society!
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New players might be confused to notice that no buildings seem to provide retail to their area at first glance. That's because retail actually develops out of residential areas that have been designed for that purpose! If a lack of shopping has caused your Urbek city to stagnate, here's how to develop a thriving downtown.
To create retail stores in Urbek, you'll need to develop a housing district into Mixed-Use Commercial & Residential buildings. These evolve from Modern Two-Storey Houses, so they have similar prerequisites to other neighborhoods that produce Skilled and Highly Skilled Work; they need to be away from Pollution and have access to tools, multiple sources of leisure, food services, healthcare, and high-school-level education. It's also a good idea to have at least one bus stop in the area so that your neighborhood doesn't need to take up valuable space with parking lots.
Construct a Supermarket to provide both tools and food services with a single building.
Once your city is large enough to unlock it, build a Small Bank in the neighborhood you wish to upgrade. The presence of banking along with all the other requirements will cause the Modern Two-Storey Houses to evolve into Mixed-Use Commercial & Residential buildings, granting retail to nearby buildings that may need it.
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Mixed-Use buildings can eventually upgrade even
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