J Magazine Fall 2017
The magazine of the rebirth of Jacksonville's downtown
The magazine of the rebirth of Jacksonville's downtown
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS<br />
By Mike Clark<br />
Unlocking the core’s<br />
unrealized potential<br />
Alex Coley on the remarkable<br />
growth of Brooklyn to becoming<br />
a ‘walkable urban place’ to<br />
moving people Downtown<br />
with ‘pedestrian accelerators’<br />
he introduction of the apartments at<br />
T 220 Riverside caused a wonderful<br />
revival of the Brooklyn neighborhood.<br />
The momentum from that development — and<br />
Unity Plaza — ignited a retail flurry anchored by<br />
a Fresh Market and<br />
ALEX COLEY<br />
LIVES IN:<br />
Jacksonville Beach<br />
WORK:<br />
Principal and co-founder<br />
of NAI Hallmark Partners.<br />
a handful of restaurants<br />
and shops. At<br />
the center of the Unity<br />
Plaza/Riverside<br />
220 project has been<br />
Alex Coley, principal<br />
and co-founder of NAI<br />
Hallmark Partners, the developers of the project.<br />
Coley, who has lived in Jacksonville since 1979, was<br />
interviewed by Times-Union Editorial Page Editor<br />
Mike Clark.<br />
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a ghost town and 10 being<br />
a tourist attraction, what grade would you give to Downtown?<br />
I love Jacksonville, it’s been very good to me, I want to be kind and<br />
loving to Jacksonville, so I’m giving it a 5.<br />
What are the best assets of Downtown?<br />
It’s trite to say the river. I’ve been so fortunate to visit each of the<br />
Rouse festival marketplaces back when our marketplace (the Landing)<br />
was under construction. I met with the managers of each one of them.<br />
I’ve been to San Antonio and Portland. I’ve been blessed to really<br />
FALL <strong>2017</strong> | J MAGAZINE 95
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