The Minneapolis Business, Housing and Zoning Committee will hear a report from city staff Thursday on how the city could go about allowing for commercial uses in residential-guided areas when they serve the neighborhood's residents.

Neighborhood-serving commercial uses, as the staff report defines it, is something that an area's immediate residents might utilize on a daily basis, rather than a "destination business" that draws residents from outside the neighborhood. Most uses, as the report says, would be in the zoning code of food and beverage, as well as general retail sales.

The report will also detail ways that the real estate market is challenging in terms of demand for commercial retail space.