Despite its relative prosperity and numerous attractions, Bay Village’s supply of local retail is very limited. Less than 3% of the city’s land is in commercial use, concentrated in two small retail centers, less than half a mile apart on Dover Center Road. The range of tenants is limited, and neither area offers the ambiance of a town center or community meeting place.
The deficiencies of commercial development were recognized in the city’s Master Plan of June, 1999 which presented a series of conceptual recommendations for improvement of the Dover Center Road corridor. The Bay Village Retail Improvement Strategy builds on these recommendations to provide more detailed definition of the master plan concepts. The objective of the study was to develop a physical framework for commercial reinvestment which establishes the mix of uses, density and massing of appropriate levels of development in the Dover Center Road corridor and illustrates the potential design character of buildings and open spaces.
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