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A master-planned development on 34 acres could bring 1,740 housing units and 4 million square feet of commercial space to the Dorchester waterfront.

Accordia Partners and Ares Management unveiled the proposed redevelopment of the Bayside Expo Center and a nearby commercial parcel at 2 Morrissey Blvd., which would break the properties up into 17 development blocks built over a 6- to 10-year period.

Public accommodations would include “The Porch,” a waterfront deck including restaurants and shops with connections to the Boston Harborwalk, while doubling as an element of the project’s coastal resiliency strategy.

The development site includes the 20-acre former Bayside site, which was acquired by ground lease from University of Massachusetts-Boston, and a 13-acre office park occupied by Santander Bank.

Developer Kirk Sykes’ Accordia Partners said the project will maximize opportunities for minority-owned businesses in the construction phase as well as operators for the retail, restaurant and commercial space when completed.

The Morrissey Boulevard area has flooded frequently in high tide conditions, and developers are coordinating their resiliency strategy with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and the city’s Climate Ready Boston plan, which recommends construction of a berm just north of the site at Moakley Park to repel storm surges.

Housing types would include a range of sizes including potential compact living units and co-living apartments, and every building would include affordable units for a total 13 percent of units reserved for households earning 70 percent or less of the area median income.

A Boston Planning & Development Agency community advisory committee on the project will hold a virtual meeting  at 6 p.m. on Sept. 30, and a public comment period is scheduled to run through Nov. 9.