Downtown Waterfront Redevelopment Plan - City of Alma

Downtown Waterfront Brownfield ProjectA. Conceptual Master PlanRedevelopment of Alma’s riverfront involves a proposed mix of retail, office and residential uses organizedaround a series of waterfront plazas and parks. The proposed Master Plan includes 130 residential units in threedifferent housing types, 35,600 square feet of retail floor area and 25,600 square feet of office floor area. Themix of residential housing types includes:Live/Work 60 units 2,000 S.F. – Average SizeApartment 20 units 850 – 1,250 S.F. – 1 to 3 BedroomsMixed-Use 18 units 850 – 1,250 S.F. – 1 to 3 BedroomsTownhomes 32 units 1,800 – 2,150 S.F. – 1 to 3 BedroomsThe retail floor area is planned for the ground level of four mixed-use buildings: three office over retail buildingsand one residential over retail building. The site is divided into two principal land use districts – a mixeduse district and a medium density residential district.The distribution of retail and office development square footage represented in the master plan is:Commercial Use Gross Floor AreaRetail 35,600 Square Feet (Ground Floor)Office 25,600 Square Feet (Upper Floor)Public open space, including plazas, promenades and public parks, depicted in the master plan total approximatelytwo acres.Consistent with the urban design framework established for the project, the plan extends the existing streetthrough the site to the riverfront. The riverfront is proposed as a narrow, waterfront public space consisting of apaved promenade punctuated by plazas and parks located at street ends and at the mixed use complex ofbuildings clustered at the State Street/Mechanic Street intersection.32ConceptualMaster Plan