Retail ribbon development in the industrial area of Haifa, Israel

Retail ribbon developments specializing in the automobile, furniture and food trades arise mainly along highways. Such a ribbon development has evolved during the last few years in the industrial area of Haifa, located between the core city and the suburbs, and specializing mainly in the automobile and furniture businesses. with two concentrations near major junctions. This ribbon development does not represent competition with the city's CBDs, and is balanced by government industrial location policies.