"Neighborhoods change and grow, and Hyde Park is certainly no exception," Green Farm Juicery founder Mara Boord said this summer. She was announcing that her juice bar would leave 2727 Erie Avenue for 3431 Edwards Road, as WLWT reported. The business gave the Hyde Park Square redevelopment project as its reason.
That move went around the corner, not out of the neighborhood. It is one of several this year that are pulling the Square's daily traffic toward the corner of Erie Avenue and Edwards Road. The holiday season starts tonight in the middle of that shift. The two events on the calendar center on the Kilgour Fountain and the 1908 firehouse, and those are the two landmarks the redevelopment plan for the south side leaves where they are.
Two dates on the Square's holiday calendar
The Hyde Park Square Business Association lists two upcoming holiday events, and the first one is today.
- A Shopping Soirée in Hyde Park Square, Thursday, November 5, 4:00 to 8:00 PM. The association's Retail Committee runs this free evening of after-hours shopping. Drinks, snacks, discounts and promotions vary by store, according to the event listing.
- Hyde Park Square Fountain Lighting, Saturday, November 21. The holiday season officially opens around the historic Kilgour Fountain with festive lights, live music and family activities. Past lightings have included children's storytime, photos at the firehouse, live entertainment, community caroling and holiday drinks from participating businesses, according to the Fountain Lighting page. The listing gives no start time yet, so check the page again closer to the date.
That firehouse is the city fire station at 2729 Erie Avenue. Every year it gives the lighting its photo backdrop, and it will matter again further down.
Who has moved, and which corner they picked
Here are the Square's recent openings and relocations, laid out by address.
| Business | Where it was | Where it is or will be | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Farm Juicery | 2727 Erie Ave. | 3431 Edwards Rd., the former Macaron Bar space | Hyde Park store now listed at Edwards Rd. |
| Parkside | 2637 Erie Ave. | 2635 Erie Ave., the former MexCantina corner at Erie and Edwards | Current space stays open; new space expected in spring 2027 |
| Dovetale Bakery | New | 3441 Edwards Rd. | Opened April 3, 2026 |
| KORIELA Bakery & Kitchen | New | 3670 Erie Ave., the former Grandin Desserts space | Opened at the end of July 2026 |
Green Farm and Dovetale are now neighbors on Edwards Road, ten street numbers apart. Green Farm's locations page lists its Hyde Park store at 3431 Edwards Road, with hours and ordering links. The company started in Blue Ash in 2017 and now has five Ohio locations. Hyde Park was its first expansion, in 2019. Dovetale, owned and operated by Laura Houston and Ellie Wells, opened on that same block of Edwards in April.
Parkside's move is a short one, from 2637 Erie Avenue to the corner of Erie and Edwards at 2635. It is taking over the MexCantina space, which closed in December 2025. Owner Trevor Snowden, who also runs Delwood and Guardia in Mount Lookout, told the Cincinnati Business Courier that the current restaurant will stay open while the new one is built. The larger location is expected to open in spring 2027, Local 12 reported. For the Soirée tonight and the lighting on the 21st, Parkside is still at its familiar address.
KORIELA, owned by Ifat Lahyani, is farther out Erie Avenue. It is kosher-certified and closed on Saturdays. The Fountain Lighting falls on a Saturday, so plan a KORIELA stop for a weekday, or tonight.
Why the south side of Erie is emptying out
The moves follow a map. In June 2026, PLK Communities, The Loring Group and NorthPointe Group filed a revised proposal for a mixed-use redevelopment of the Square's south side, WCPO reported. The site is the block of Erie Avenue between Edwards Road and Michigan Avenue. The group bought 2717 Erie in March 2026, and Local 12 reported that the purchase gave it nearly the whole block. The one exception is the city-owned fire station at 2729 Erie.
According to WCPO, FOX19 and WVXU, the revised plan includes:
- 116 new apartments, plus 45 units in the renovated A L'aise building, for 161 homes in total
- About 21,250 square feet of retail and restaurant space
- All new construction in a single six-story building, up to 75 feet 6 inches tall
- Two outdoor plazas and an underground garage, which WVXU said could hold between 235 and 362 vehicles depending on its final depth
- No hotel, a feature of the earlier version that this plan drops
The developers estimated that construction would take 24 to 30 months from groundbreaking.
This is the second version of the project. City Council approved an earlier plan in April 2025. The City of Cincinnati's project record shows that Council repealed that approval on September 4, 2025, at the applicant's request. When the new plan was filed in June, the developers told WVXU they hoped for Planning Commission approval in late summer or early fall, with City Council to follow. The Hyde Park Neighborhood Council said it would review the revised design before taking a new official position.
Green Farm left an address inside the proposed footprint. Dovetale opened on Edwards Road. Parkside's new spot is at the corner where Erie meets Edwards. Each business stayed in Hyde Park and picked an address near the Square's eastern corner.
The two old buildings at the center of the debate
The most pointed discussion of the revised plan has been about one building. An Enquirer opinion piece published July 16 argued against demolishing Peebles Flats, built in 1915 next to the 1908 fire station. The writer said earlier plans shown to the public had not called for tearing it down.
Save Hyde Park Square took a position on June 10. The group opposed demolishing the Peebles Building and building a single six-story, 75.5-foot structure. It also called dropping the hotel and the design changes at the southeast corner positives. The plan keeps and renovates the A L'aise building, so two older structures would remain on the south side. One is A L'aise, rebuilt with apartments inside. The other is the city's firehouse, which the developers do not own.
That brings back the holiday calendar. The firehouse where children line up for photos at the Fountain Lighting is the one parcel on that block outside the developers' control. The Kilgour Fountain sits in the middle of the Square, outside the project area. Whatever happens to the south side over the next few years, both of the lighting's fixed points stay put.
Planning your evening on the Square
Tonight's Soirée runs from 4:00 to 8:00 PM, and offers vary by store. One easy route starts at the fountain, walks to the corner of Erie and Edwards, and goes up Edwards to Green Farm at 3431 and Dovetale at 3441. Parkside is still at 2637 Erie for dinner, a few doors from the corner it will move to in the spring.
For the Fountain Lighting on November 21, the association suggests arriving early to shop and eat at the Square's locally owned businesses. Its business directory lists who is open around the Square, and it is the place to check before you go, since several familiar names have changed addresses this year.
The holiday walk around the Square passes the same storefronts and corners we look at when we prepare a home for sale. At Julia Wesselkamper, we follow how changes like these, from Parkside's move to Erie and Edwards to the redevelopment plan for the south side, affect the streets around them. If you live near the Square and want to talk through what these changes mean for your home, please contact us.
