Hyde Park Square's South Side Is Shuffling Before Anything Gets Built

The revised plan for the south side of Hyde Park Square has been on file with the city since June 2. Since then, no Planning Commission hearing has been scheduled, no council vote has been taken and no construction date has been announced. On the ground, though, the block is already changing. One business has announced it is leaving a building the plan would remove. A second is moving to the corner of Erie Avenue and Edwards Road. Neither one is leaving Hyde Park. Together they show what the Square looks like while it waits.

What's on File, and What Isn't

The current proposal comes from HPSRD LLC, a partnership of PLK Communities, The Loring Group and NorthPointe Group. FOX19 reported the details when the plan was released in June. The site covers about 2.9 acres on the south side of the Square, bounded by Erie Avenue, Edwards Road and Michigan Avenue.

The revised version is smaller than the one the neighborhood argued over in 2025. Here is what the June filing proposes:

• One six-story mixed-use building, with a peak height of 75 feet 6 inches
• About 116 new homes, plus 45 renovated units in the existing A'Laise building, for roughly 161 in total
• 21,250 square feet of shops and restaurants
• Plazas and an underground parking garage
• No hotel, which the earlier version included

The plan still needs votes from the City Planning Commission and City Council. As of the June report, no hearing dates had been set. We have not found a later public record of a hearing being scheduled.

The approval history explains why. The earlier proposal cleared Planning Commission on March 7, 2025, and the council's Equitable Growth and Housing Committee on April 22, 2025. City Council then repealed that approval on September 4, 2025, through Ordinance 278-2025, according to the City of Cincinnati's project page. So the June 2026 filing starts the process over. In July, WLWT reported that the developers hope to finish key parts of the project before the end of the decade. No phasing schedule came with that goal.

So the formal process is paused. The businesses on and around the block are not.

The Moves Are Short Ones

Green Farm Juicery was the first business to publicly tie a move to the project. In July it announced it would leave 2727 Erie Avenue and move around the corner to 3431 Edwards Road, the former Macaron Bar space. WLWT reported that the company named the redevelopment as the reason. 2727 Erie is the Peebles Building, which sits inside the proposed footprint.

In the WLWT report, founder Mara Boord framed the decision around staying put:

"Staying in Hyde Park was incredibly important to us because of the relationships we've built with our customers and neighbors over the years."

Green Farm started in Blue Ash in 2017. Its first expansion, in 2019, was the Hyde Park shop. WhatNow reported in July that the owner hoped to open the Edwards Road shop by late summer. FOX19 noted that no closing date had been announced for the Erie Avenue location. As of mid-October, we have not been able to confirm that the new shop has opened or that the Erie shop has closed. The Hyde Park Square business directory still lists Green Farm at 2727 Erie. If you're headed there, check before you go.

The second move is not tied to the redevelopment, but it lands on the same corner. Parkside, at 2637 Erie Avenue, plans to move to 2635 Erie, the corner space at Erie and Edwards. That space was home to MexCantina until it closed in December 2025. Local 12, citing the Cincinnati Business Courier, reported that owner Trevor Snowden will keep the current restaurant open while the new one is built, with a target opening in spring 2027. Snowden also runs Delwood and Guardia in Mount Lookout.

Both moves are a block or less, and both head toward the same intersection. While the plan waits, the Erie and Edwards corner and the stretch of Edwards just off the Square are taking on businesses rather than losing them.

Two Questions the September Minutes Added

The most recent details about the project don't come from a news story. They're in the meeting packet the Hyde Park Neighborhood Council prepared for its October 13 meeting, which includes minutes from September. HPNC had said in June that it would send the new application to its Zoning Committee before the full council took it up. The September minutes show two questions that have come up since.

Stormwater detention. In a discussion led by HPNC's new Flood Response Ad Hoc Committee, the minutes say the development team is "revisiting detention capacity" and looking at a possible partnership with the city on improvements. They describe the effect on the Hyde Park Square development as "TBD." Trustees also discussed using redevelopment as a way to bring developers and the city together on detention basins. This means a technical piece of the plan is still being worked out, months after the filing.

The Peebles Building. At a September 17 executive meeting, trustees voted 6 to 4, with one abstention, to send a letter asking the Cincinnati Preservation Association to support preserving the building. The minutes say the association could write to the city, testify at hearings and offer historical expertise, but would not do a structural analysis. Trustees debated whether the letter would amount to a broader HPNC position on the project, and they discussed adaptive reuse that would keep much of the building's exterior.

The resident group Save Hyde Park Square says the Peebles Building dates to 1915 and calls it a contributing, architecturally intact building. The group opposes the revised plan's scale and says it would support a five-story maximum.

So the building Green Farm is leaving is now the main subject of the preservation discussion. Its fate depends on decisions that haven't been scheduled yet.

What the Block Looks Like Right Now

Most of the south side looks the same as it did last spring. The Square's directory still lists Peace Love and Little Donuts at 3440 Edwards Road and Shop Jacob James at 3442 Edwards Road, with regular hours posted. Neither has announced a change. The A'Laise building would be kept and renovated under the revised plan, not torn down.

New businesses are also still opening on Erie. KORIELA Bakery & Kitchen opened on Erie Avenue in late July, according to Everything Cincy's September roundup. A short drive from the Square, Better Blend opened August 8 at 3842 Paxton Avenue in Hyde Park Plaza, in the former Bruegger's Bagels space.

So far, the changes have come from leases, announcements and short moves. No permits or construction fencing are involved yet.

The Rest of October on the Square

Two dates remain on the Square's October calendar.

1. Sunday, October 18 and Sunday, October 25. The Hyde Park Farmers' Market runs Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. through the end of October, so these are its last two dates of the season.
2. Saturday, October 24. Trick-or-Treat on the Square, where children collect treats at participating businesses. The official event page doesn't list a time yet.

The Hyde Park Square Art Show held its 60th edition on October 4, with more than 200 artists according to CityBeat's preview. Erie Avenue was closed from Edwards to Michigan for the day. That stretch of Erie runs right along the proposed footprint.

The next public step is a Planning Commission hearing date. When one is posted, it will be the first fixed date this version of the plan has had.

If you own near the Square and want to understand how a project like this can affect property decisions while it moves through review, Luther Group Real Estate can walk you through what we're tracking. Schedule a Consultation, and we'll share updates as the hearing calendar develops.