Rochester Park redevelopment plans include food outlets but some ex-tenants may not return

Plans for the cluster now include food outlets, but some of the restaurants that used to be located there say they have no plans to bid for another unit

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The announcement earlier this month that five black-and-white bungalows in Rochester Park will house retail and food outlets as part of the new Rochester Commons to be completed late next year was news to many.

They had been occupied by restaurants since 2006 in one of the first food and beverage enclaves housed in colonial buildings outside the city.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on September 20, 2020, with the headline Rochester Park redevelopment plans include food outlets but some ex-tenants may not return. Subscribe