Open! Guide to the Temporary Use of Vacant Stores

This guide is for those who interested in the temporary use of vacant stores, including initiatives looking for a place and owners of vacant premises –along with those who’d like their city become a flexible, responsive, open system, with room for collaborative development projects. Vacant stores deterioration and maintenance involve both expenses and lots of hassle. Meanwhile, there is a growing number of initiatives looking for ways to test themselves in a place of their own. Temporary use at a reduced fee provides a testing ground for these initiatives, offering practical experience they could not get elsewhere. Temporary use also serves the city: giving space to value-creating initiatives that generate both economic and social capital.