Business owners in Somerville’s Davis Square have endured years of uncertainty. Some local businesses closed down or moved as the community waited for two massive developments to kick them out and launch into years of construction. But both of those projects stalled.
With a new plan floated last month, though, some local business leaders are cautiously optimistic that the limbo could be coming to an end. Boston-based developer Copper Mill is looking to build dozens of units of residential housing on one of the plots, with retail space on the ground floor along Elm and Grove streets that would replace the eight storefronts currently there.
“There’s a lot of people in the community that are looking forward to change,” Paul Christie, owner of Davis Squared gift shop on nearby Highland Avenue…