My company is currently developing a new 40 story high rise in downtown Seattle (super excited!), and we've been having a debate over what residents would rather have: Space for a dining room table, or a kitchen island. My personal thoughts are that the kitchen island essentially makes the kitchen space bigger by increasing counter space, and you also can put a couple stools up to it and eat like a table. But now all the floor plans show dining room tables instead of islands and I feel like we're missing an opportunity here. I think kitchens really sell people on apartment homes, especially in vacants where there's not much else.
Perhaps my own personal thoughts are getting in the way of what renters want, so I thought I would ask all of you. What do you think renters would rather have? Room for a table or have a kitchen island? Depending on the results, maybe I can give them info to back up my argument, or finally lay my objections to bed!