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Commission approves design-review for Main Street Exchange with conditions; valet parking and traffic plan accepted
Summary
The commission granted design-review approval for the Main Street Exchange (DR2025-002), a mixed‑use project with an 89-room boutique hotel, marketplace, event venue and a companion 318‑space parking garage. Staff and peer reviewers said traffic impacts are acceptable; approval included limited height/stepback permissions and a revocable valet-parking agreement.
The Dunedin City Commission voted Feb. 19 to approve design-review application DR2025-002, the Main Street Exchange project at 830 Douglas Avenue, subject to conditions including consistency with approved plans, obtaining required permits, and council approval of a revocable parking agreement for valet spaces in a planned adjacent garage.
Project in brief: The proposal would replace a vacant three‑story office site with a 3‑ and 4‑story mixed-use building containing an 89‑room boutique hotel, a marketplace/food hall, retail/restaurant spaces, a multipurpose event venue, and an internal parking garage. The developer has separately begun construction of a complementary 318‑space parking garage at 968 Douglas, which would reserve 125…
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