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Live-work condos offer dual-purpose space
These condo hybrids allow professionals, entrepreneurs, artists and others to own a space that's well-suited to serve both home and work needs. Developers are catching on.
By Marilyn Bowden, Bankrate.com
With more and more people working at home at least part of the week, it's perhaps not surprising that condo developers around the country are beginning to promote live-work units as part of their mix of offerings. Though the concept harks back to days when the corner grocer lived in rooms above the store, the design usually owes more to the artist's loft that has proliferated over the past few decades in renovated commercial buildings found in resurrected downtowns.
In addition to sculptors and painters, these modern, at-home work spaces target professionals and entrepreneurs. While they may appear to be a good solution to such urban problems as sprawl, traffic congestion, rising fuel costs, parking and the mounting price of leased office space, the newness of the concept can present a number of challenges to consumers and developers.

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