They should look at Singapore. In Singapore, the idea of a corner shop has been extended to a shopping centre and leisure centre under each group of skyscrapers. The buildings are around a children's park and landscaped gardens. The idea is that each community has a doctor, fast food, grocery, pharmacy, supermarket, meeting room, sports facilities on the ground level around the outside.
A void deck allows for parking and keeping the building above flooding and animals and insects.
