Bayside is built up around a central shopping and civic area. Plans to build a multi-storey apartment and retail complex at the location of the current shopping centre car-park were resisted by local residents from 2007 to 2011, but have, after multiple modifications, been approved by planning authorities. As of October 2017 work has been done to upgrade the centre, which includes installing a new three storey Aldi building, demolishing the squash courts and the community centre, some of the apartments and making the Spar general shop smaller.