buildings, when you are thinking of them in connection with how much they cost to build or how much they are worth; housing, when it is considered as an investment
Example:
- People invested in bricks and mortar.
- Bricks and mortar outperformed the stock market.
- Bricks and mortar are a sound investment.
a business that operates from a shop or a building that customers visit, rather than only online
Example:
- They translated a bricks and mortar to the Web.
- bricks-and-mortar businesses
- brick-and-mortar businesses