A thing this game really needs

I'm always trying to push the boundaries of what my lots can do but I'm on console so I've had to be creative. I really like this idea to add it to the game properly.

So I do have lots that are retail/second homes. I have one Sim that has 3 places. She has her main home in Brindleton Bay plus 2 flower shops with apartments above them. One is in Magnolia Promenade and one is in Mt Komerebi. I have another Sim in Windenburg who has a big weekend place near the beach in Sulani on the Tangled Flat lot which has a gift shop attached (in the gallery, I named it Sulani Cavern). Another has a crafted furniture department store in Newcrest with a small flat. I like them to have a second home but I also want to give them a big crafting space to make their products. I add dumpsters for the crafters to keep finding dyes and scrap to use.

They all work well. I just don't open the stores while they are staying there and lock the private areas to household only. Luckily I haven't had any intruders. The only problem I have occasionally is that paparazzi spawn on the doorstep of some of the stores for some reason. Technically you can just buy a retail lot but not add a store at all, just lock the internal and external doors and computers for any residence.

But I'd like to have retail lots that have something else, like a bowling alley with gift shop or a store with food and those are the things that don't work so well. The most successful one I have is a chain of small gift shops with a roller rink and food court. The rink works, but the food stalls have to be hired or nobody staffs them. So I'd have liked a retail/restaurant for that lot.