It’s not uncommon to find some small convenience stores, clinics, cafes, etc. within the grounds of some condo projects. Not enough to consider them mixed-use, but enough to provide small amenities; usually to condos that are (or were) further from public transport. These commercial spaces are not especially popular, though, as it’s assumed that only the condo and possibly a neighbouring project will visit; and yet our reader PY once owned such a space. This is what it was like operating a store in her own condo: Good prospects for a convenience store  PY says that at the time she bought the shop space, the surrounding areas were very undeveloped. While it’s quite different today (it’s the site of an upcoming HDB enclave), it was very inaccessible and isolated back in the 2000s. PY says: “The condo and the surrounding ones are all very big, 900 to 1,000+ units, but there was nothing nearby  ...