commercial buildings <p>Use broadly to refer to buildings associated with any aspect of the various activities and business relationships of industry and trade; when referring to structures associated with the purchase, sale, or exchange of goods in business, use "mercantile buildings."</p> <p>Source: AAT</p> <p><a href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005147">http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005147</a></p>