First Look at Latest Riverside Revitalization Proposal Shows New Streets, Downtown Blocks - 27 East

First Look at Latest Riverside Revitalization Proposal Shows New Streets, Downtown Blocks

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The town's planning consultants envision the new development growing gradually along new streets laid out across large swaths of currently vacant or blighted land south of the Riverside traffic circle. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

The town's planning consultants envision the new development growing gradually along new streets laid out across large swaths of currently vacant or blighted land south of the Riverside traffic circle. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

One of the areas in Riverside that would be part of the revitalization effort, as it looks today....

One of the areas in Riverside that would be part of the revitalization effort, as it looks today....

...and how it could look after the revitalization in the latest conceptual designs brought to Southampton Town by consultants.

...and how it could look after the revitalization in the latest conceptual designs brought to Southampton Town by consultants.

The plans call for about 970 housing units and 72,000 square feet of new commercial space in a wide range of different development styles, from single family homes to townhouses to mixed-use commercial buildings with residential apartment above. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

The plans call for about 970 housing units and 72,000 square feet of new commercial space in a wide range of different development styles, from single family homes to townhouses to mixed-use commercial buildings with residential apartment above. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

The plans call for about 970 housing units and 72,000 square feet of new commercial space in a wide range of different development styles, from single family homes to townhouses to mixed-use commercial buildings with residential apartment above. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

The plans call for about 970 housing units and 72,000 square feet of new commercial space in a wide range of different development styles, from single family homes to townhouses to mixed-use commercial buildings with residential apartment above. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

The town's planning consultants envision the new development growing gradually along new streets laid out across large swaths of currently vacant or blighted land south of the Riverside traffic circle. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

The town's planning consultants envision the new development growing gradually along new streets laid out across large swaths of currently vacant or blighted land south of the Riverside traffic circle. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS

authorMichael Wright on Apr 10, 2025
Consultants for Southampton Town last week unveiled the first look at what the town’s revitalization effort in Riverside may look like under broadly different potential build-out than a decade ago,... more

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