Real Estate

Visions for Vacancies: Bringing New Business to South Main

The space next to Rosina's Pizza is free and could be open for business, whether it contains a "for sale" sign or not. How would you fill the Plantsville space?

There's no sign hanging in the open space along South Main Street in Plantsville, but next door to Rosina's Pizza sits a vacant storefront that has gone unused for commercial or industrial use over the past several years now.

If you had your way, what would be the best fit to fill it?

Let's call this a modern spin on community planning - Patch's version of a charette, a digital drawing board where all ideas are on the table.

Each week we'll present a new vacant building and ask you to tell us what you think would be the best use. Forget what zone it's in, ignore setback regulations, dump lot coverage rules and all the other zoning jargon that puts people most to sleep. If you had your way, what would you like to see there? What would be the best use for the community?

Located in a plaza that includes a restaurant, tattoo parlor, karate studio and more sits a vacant space that while one of the largest in the plaza has served for little more than storage for existing businesses in recent years.

There may be no sign, but that doesn't mean the space couldn't be made available. Open your mind and give us your take on the best use for the space.

Tell Us: What's the best way to move forward with the South Main Street business space?

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