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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Nimbies make is hard for small businesses to survive[/quote]

This is 100% bass-ackward.

If a developer gets his (it's always "his") way and gets to build a 13-story mixed use piece of shit construction over the objection of the people most directly affected, then that developer will want a ROI.  Charging high commercial rent for the 1st floor space is one way to ensure ROI.

Who can pay for expensive commercial leases?  Answer:  corporate chains, national banks, mortgage companies.

See, e.g.

Panera 
Chipotle
CitiBank
Silver Diner
CAVA
WellsFargo
OrangeTheory
CVS
Petco Unleashed
Chik-Fil-A
MattressFirm
Starbucks
BlueMercury
TrueFood
FiveGuys
. . . . .

occasionally, and typically as an explicit contract agreement as a condition to override local zoning codes, a developer will set aside a small % of the commercial space in the new project that is offered at a below-market rent to a lower-revenue business.  That's how you see the one, tiny mom-and-pop nail salon or dry cleaner squeezed in between the CVS and WellsFargo in these millennial dormitories.    
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