Gated communities are physical private areas with prohibited access and directed with special rules where outsiders and insiders exist. Our aim is to investigate the phenomenon which is one of the most important driving forces in housing market from the perspective of developers. The data is obtained from two questionnaires filled out by developers. The first questionnaire aims to understand the developers approaches to gated communities, while the second one addresses the main characteristics and development process of gated communities. On the basis of the characteristics of...