Politics & Government
Downtown Master Plan: (4) Hamilton and Third Street Opportunity Site
In this version of Hamilton Street, the city envisions a mixed use building with four layers: underground parking, ground-floor retail and two tiers of upper-floor residential.
- Editor's Note: On June 27, the city of Geneva held a meeting to unveil the first draft of its . The plan identifies seven site opportunities for development. This series spotlights each opportunity site and says what present structures would be replaced.
Development Concept Overview
The development concept for this opportunity site focuses primarily on providing new structured parking new multi-family residential development along the south side of Hamilton Street, between Second and Fourth streets, with limited commercial facing Second, Third and Fourh streets. The “transitional” nature of development and uses along Hamilton Street creates an area that can accommodate a variety of uses. This concept utilizes this location to accommodate new higher density residential uses adjacent to the Downtown’s primary shopping core.
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A former bank building that is for lease, parking lot and some older commercial buildings are along the south side of Hamilton Street between Second and Fourth streets.
Retail/Commercial Opportunities
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The new buildings depicted in this concept have the ability to accommodate some ground floor retail/commercial along Hamilton Street. Although residential uses and the parking structure can easily be appropriately and attrac- tively designed, retail along the street may be desirable and should be considered as part of the residential buildings between Fourth, Third and Second.
New Residential Development
New residential development opportunities are provided along the south side of Hamilton Street, between Third and Second Street. This location allows higher residential densities to be located immediately adjacent to the commercial/retail core of Downtown without disrupting the existing context of the State Street Corridor. This location allows convenient and easy walking access to Downtown destinations, a desirable attribute for multi-family residential development. This concept envisions two three-to-four-story buildings located along the Hamilton Street frontage with surface parking and internal structured parking accessible from the rear of the building with site driveways off of Fourth, Third Street and Second Street. Small retail spaces are provided along Second, Third and Fourth streets.
SOURCE: City of Geneva Downtown/Station Area Master Plan prepared by Houseal Lavigne Associates
