A window of opportunity for retailers – ADA Design Standards
by Kevin Hughes, Jones Lang LaSalle and Doug Anderson, LCM Architects
New ADA Design Standards will take effect on March 15, 2012. In the interim, the Department of Justice has allowed an 18 month window in which retailers can choose to use either the existing or new standards. Depending on portfolio structure and plans for new construction, using one standard over the other may provide retailers with an advantage.
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