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DIA presents phased massing study for 330 East Bay Street, favors incremental approach
Summary
DIA CEO Colin Tarbert presented four massing schemes for 330 East Bay Street (Fort On Bay) and signaled a staff preference for a phased, lower‑parking option (scheme 3). Council members pressed on Hyatt’s right of first refusal, parking demand, and how the council’s $30 million Bay Street allocation might be used.
Colin Tarbert, chief executive of the Downtown Investment Authority, on Monday presented four massing schemes for the 2.6‑acre 330 East Bay Street site and the adjacent Hyatt North parcel, saying scheme 3 — an incremental, phased approach that minimizes immediate structured parking — is the staff preference.
Tarbert said scheme 3 would allow development of a smaller, 0.8‑acre first phase with hotel, office and retail uses and defer larger structured parking to a later phase. "Scheme 3 was the preferred 1," Tarbert said during his presentation, adding the configuration reduces upfront parking costs and allows the market to strengthen before committing to large garages.
The schemes show a range of program sizes: one option…
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