A rendering of Coronet Park (By Design Consultants)
A new park is being developed in downtown Harrisburg, with a groundbreaking slated for Tuesday.
Harristown Development Co. stated on Monday that it plans to build “Coronet Park” in an empty lot just off Market Square on S. 2nd Street.
The park will occupy about 3,300 square feet of space with a stage, seating, pavers, planters and other amenities. The park is being designed to host live music and other events and activities.
Harristown will hold an official groundbreaking at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, with construction expected to take several months.
The park’s name derives from the former Coronet Restaurant, which long occupied the first floor of a small commercial building that once stood on the parcel. The restaurant burned in a fire in the early 1990s, and the building was largely vacated.
Harrisburg-based Harristown bought the building in 2017, razing it and planning to construct a six-story office building on the site. However, the pandemic and the downturn in the office market quashed that plan, leading the company to consider other uses.
In 2018, Harristown received a $1 million state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant for the site, which now will be used for the park project, according to the company.
Harristown also owns the building next door, redeveloping it as the Menaker apartment building, which opened in 2022. The first floor of that building is currently under renovation as the newest location of Denim Coffee Co., expected to open in early 2026, according to Harristown.
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