Bayfront Place

Facts about Bayfront Place

Bayfront Place is a 29-acre site, owned by Erie Events (Erie County Convention Center Authority), that includes the former GAF shingle plant property and the land occupied by the Bayfront Convention Center, The Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel, and the Courtyard Marriott Erie Bayfront Hotel.

The Bayfront Place Development Plan promotes new restaurants and retail spaces at ground level with residential apartments and condominiums on the upper floors.  A market house and new office buildings will be located on the south end of the site. The proposed buildings are organized around a network of parks and open spaces providing "view corridors" of Presque Isle Bay.

The Bayfront Place Development Plan includes 790,000 square feet of new development with an estimated construction cost between $200 and $300 million dollars.

Bayfront Place Strategy

• The goal for the Development Plan is to transform Erie's waterfront into a vibrant and pedestrian friendly, mixed-use neighborhood that will contribute to the vitality of the City of Erie and the region.
• The Development Plan promotes new restaurants and retail spaces at ground level with residential apartments and condominiums on the upper floors.  A market house and new office buildings will be located on the south end of the site.  The proposed buildings are organized around a network of parks and open spaces providing "view corridors" of Presque Isle Bay.
• More than 40% of the site is dedicated to parks and open space, making this site a valuable public amenity. The remainder of the site is divided, with 32% being structures, 15% parking and 12% roads.
• Once the site is fully developed, it will generate an estimated $7-10 million in property tax annually and will create thousands of short and long term jobs.

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