商业住宅是指在土地性质为商业用地上建设的住宅用房，称为商业住宅。 与商品住宅的区别就在于其土地使用性质和产权性质的差异。
1991年乔·格瑞奥(Joel Garreau)在其《边缘城市》一书中描述过这一现象，探寻了本为住宅区的郊区如何崛起成为鳞次栉比的商用住宅一体化的办公空间。
Joel Garreau picks up on this phenomenon in his 1991 book, Edge City, which explores the rise of suburbs that are home to giant swaths of office space along with the usual houses and malls.
就此，美国绿色建筑商会(US Green Building Council)决定将一套用于商用物业耗能效率评估系统扩大到对民用住宅的评估，以帮助解决问题。
The US Green Building Council, for its part, is helping by expanding its energy-efficiency rating system from commercial properties to homes.
接下来的一个月中，更多的住宅和商用房屋成为火灾的受害者。
During the next month, more homes and businesses fell victims to smoke and flames.
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