Renaissance Square This is the most significant commercial development in the East Berry Street study area and is located between Mitchell Boulevard and US-287. It was originally envisioned as an Urban Village, but the fractured Planned Developments (PD) and associated development have never seamlessly fit together as a whole in terms of connectivity or character. Rather, there are several missed opportunities to connect the commercial to the residential to the south of Renaissance Square and provide better internal connectivity between adjoining uses (Uplift Mighty Preparatory and East Berry Street). There are several plans already in place for some private development along Moresby Street, just south of the shopping center. The concept plan developed for Renaissance Square as part of the East Berry Corridor Study initiative developed ideas to reinforce the edges of the commercial development and better connect them to nearby sites and opportunities. One of the critical connections and considerations expressed in the concept plan is the implementation and connections to the “neighborhood square”. Development off the parking lot with liner buildings can help focus commercial development in a way that supports utilization of the neighborhood square, in addition to providing for some place-making elements that can create additional places for people from adjoining neighborhoods to congregate. Any implementation of these ideas will require working with the existing property owners to create the tools in the existing PDs, including recruitment and development of a major institutional user for the large undeveloped land along Vaughn Boulevard.
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