J Magazine Summer 2018

NEWMAN
MARKET
SPRINGFIELD
Cathedral District
St. John’s Cathedral created a
master plan to build a diverse
community of people who want
to live, work and play Downtown, including a
school and retail.
STATUS: Cathedral District Jacksonville bought
the Community Connections property and is
talking to developers.
LIBERTY
WASHINGTON
CATHERINE
FSCJ student housing
This project to give FSCJ a presence
Downtown will have 20 apartments for
58 students and a café named 20West
as part of the school’s culinary program.
STATUS: Café 20West is open for breakfast and lunch
weekdays as a student-run farm-to-table, counter-service
restaurant. The housing should be open by fall.
BAY
THE DORO
DISTRICT
Intuition Ale
Works and Manifest
anchor the Doro buildings,
which are proposed to include
a restaurant, bar and bowling.
STATUS: Approved by the
city and awaiting tenants or
investors.
PALMETTO
VETERANS
MEMORIAL
ARENA
ADAMS
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH
Parking Lot J/
Shipyards/Metro
Park project
Shad Khan announced that his
proposed Shipyards/Met Park development
will begin on Lot J next to the stadium, with an
entertainment complex, two office towers and a
hotel that could have some residences.
STATUS: Iguana Investments has partnered with
the accomplished Cordish Companies of Baltimore
and, if plans and funding are worked out,
construction should begin in Spring 2019.
BASEBALL
GROUNDS
GEORGIA
FRANKLIN
SPORTS COMPLEX
GATOR BOWL BLVD.
TIAA
BANK FIELD
DAILY’S
PLACE
FLAGLER
NORTHBANK
Old city hall
and county
courthouse
The city budget includes
$8 million to raze the empty
buildings and clear the site for a
possible new convention center.
STATUS: The city is awaiting bids
from three qualified contractors.
PRUDENTIAL DR.
KIPP
4
HENDRICKS
SAN MARCO
KINGS
ONYX
USS ADAMS
The Adams, a retired U.S. Navy destroyer,
is proposed to be anchored as a museum
ship in the St. Johns off Berkman II.
STATUS: The ship is still stuck at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, and the Navy is dragging its feet at releasing it.
U.S. Rep. John Rutherford is aggressively pushing top
Navy leadership.
S T . J O H N S R I V E R
SOUTHBANK
St. Johns River nodes
A group of architects proposed creating a series of nodes
or pocket parks along the St. Johns with strong visual
elements and activities to engage people. City Council
member Lori Boyer has taken the lead.
STATUS: First will be Friendship Fountain Park. The city budget has
$1 million, with another $1 million to come next year,
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MONTANA
The District
Peter Rummell’s
community concept
will have up to
1,170 residences, 200 hotel
rooms, 285,500 square feet of
office space, with a marina and
public spaces along the Southbank
Riverwalk.
STATUS: After an apparently
successful upheaval of financing
plans, legislation for the
redevelopment agreement was
filed in City Council last month.
Approval is expected.
Daily’s
Place
The TIAA Bank
Field expanded to
the south with an indoor Jaguars
practice field and the 5,500-seat
Daily’s Place amphitheater.
STATUS: Open, with plans to
be joined by the Parking Lot J
project.
NEW APARTMENTS
[finished, under construction
or approved]
1 Lofts at LaVilla
2 Lofts at Monroe
3 Lofts at Jefferson Station
4 San Marco Apartments
5 Broadstone River House
6 Houston Street Manor
7 The Brooklyn Riverside
DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE
TRACKING DEVELOPMENT IN THE URBAN CORE
SUMMER 2018 | J MAGAZINE 15