RETAIL SHOPS AS AN ELEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SPACE OF SUBURBAN SETTLEMENTS
Nowadays, we have a situation in Ukraine, when large companies control the trade market; in this case, small companies have no chance to compete with them. Nevertheless, it should be understood that small shopes carry a very important mission in suburban settlements. In a situation when the property market demanded to sell any free territory for housing development, we got a situation with a deficit of «third places» located close to our houses where we can walk.