J Magazine Spring 2018

SPRINGFIELD
Laura Street Trio &
Barnett Bank Building
A planned $79 million renovation of the
iconic buildings into residences, offices,
a hotel and commercial/retail uses..
STATUS: Barnett Bank Building is under renovation.
The Laura Street Trio is in the design stage.
THE DORO
DISTRICT
Plans include a
restaurant, bar
and bowling and possibly a
hotel or multifamily residential.
STATUS: The developers
are seeking funding for the
project.
The Shipyards
Shad Khan’s plan for
mixed-use redevelopment
of the old Shipyards
and Metropolitan Park has been
backed by the Downtown Investment
Authority.
STATUS: The city and Khan are still
working out specific details. The Lot
J entertainment district will integrate
into a larger project.
NEWMAN
MARKET
LIBERTY
WASHINGTON
CATHERINE
FSCJ student housing
The project will have 20 apartments for
58 students, and a café named 20West (as
part of the school’s culinary program).
STATUS: The retail space should be completed by
early summer 2018; the residential units should be
completed by late summer 2018.
BAY
PALMETTO
MEMORIAL
ARENA
ADAMS
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH
BASEBALL
GROUNDS
GEORGIA
FRANKLIN
SPORTS COMPLEX
EVERBANK
FIELD
DAILY’S
PLACE
NORTHBANK
USS ADAMS
The USS Charles F.
Adams, a retired U. S.
Navy guided-missile
destroyer, will soon be anchored as
a museum ship in the St. Johns.
STATUS: The museum backers
are waiting for the Navy to
officially release the ship to them
so it can begin to make its trek
to Jacksonville from its current
pierside location in Philadelphia.
GATOR BOWL BLVD.
METROPOLITAN
PARK
THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
A potential Downtown entertainment complex
in close proximity to EverBank Field, Veterans
Memorial Arena, the Baseball Grounds and the
Daily’s Place amphitheater.
STATUS: Mayor Lenny Curry, Jaguars owner Shad Khan and
Khan’s executive team have had preliminary talks. It would
originate from Lot J, west of EverBank Field.
FLAGLER
JACKSONVILLE
LANDING
The city owns the
Laura Street site,
but it has leased it long-term to
Sleiman Enterprises. The two sides
have long sparred over its future.
STATUS: The two sides are now
in court over the property. Expect
leadership from the mayor.
PRUDENTIAL DR.
KIPP
HENDRICKS
SAN MARCO
KINGS
S T . J O H N S R I V E R
SOUTHBANK
ONYX
The San Marco apartments
A $25 million development featuring a four—story building
and 143 units of workforce housing.
STATUS: Construction should begin by late Spring. 2018.
MONTANA
BROADSTONE
RIVER HOUSE
This five- to-sixstory
structure will
have 263 apartments.
STATUS: Scheduled to be
completed by the end of Summer
2018.
The District
Peter Rummell’s community
concept will have up to 1,170
residences, 200 hotel rooms,
285,500 square feet of commercial/retail
and 200,000 square feet of office space,
with a marina.
STATUS: The city is negotiating a redevelopment
agreement for the project. Rummell
and partners must come up with the
$18 million to buy the property from JEA.
DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE
TRACKING DEVELOPMENT IN THE URBAN CORE
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