In suburban areas, my guess is that most of that space will become residential. That should offset some of the issues we have with (sub)urban sprawl.

Undisciplined

Also related to this topic, is the likelihood of autonomous vehicles freeing up enormous amounts of urban real estate that is currently dedicated to parking space. That could dwarf even the effect of all this empty commercial real estate

yes, this is going to be a huge trend, probably even more so in suburban places where big box retailers have thousands of parking spots.

what do you think parking lots will be repurposed for?

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What Will Happen to Empty Office Space?

> Also related to this topic, is the likelihood of autonomous vehicles freeing up enormous amounts of urban real estate that is currently dedicated to parking space. That could dwarf even the effect of all this empty commercial real estate

yes, this is going to be a huge trend, probably even more so in suburban places where big box retailers have thousands of parking spots.

what do you think parking lots will be repurposed for?