Business park

Not to be confused with Industrial park.
For a property containing a group of businesses, see serviced office.
A business park in Santa Barbara County, California, United States

A business park or office park is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. All of the work that goes on is commercial, not industrial nor residential. The first office park opened in Mountain Brook, Alabama, in the early 1950s to avoid racial tension in city centers.[1]

These are popular in many suburban locations, where development is cheaper because of the lower land costs and the lower building costs for building wider, not necessarily higher. Some businesses prefer the larger floorplates as more efficient, reducing time lost moving between floors. They are also often located near motorways or main roads.

Criticism

The impact of these areas on the urban fabric has been criticized:

List of major business parks

Suburban office parks like this in the Boca Corporate Center & Campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, are usually lushly landscaped so that a peaceful workspace is created

See also


Reference

  1. ↑ Zak, Dan (20 July 2015). "The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
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