DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY IN DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE. THIS WEEK 2 MAJOR
PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN IN THE
SPOTLIGHT. THIS INCLUDES A
PLAN TO REDEVELOP A LARGE PART
OF THE NORTH BANK AND THE JAGS
PLAN FOR THE
SHIPYARDS BUT THERE ARE OTHER
PROJECTS THAT WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT ON THE AREA
AS WELL JOINING US THIS MORNING
AS MIKE MENDENHALL A STAFF
WRITER WITH OUR NEWS PARTNER.
THE JAX DAILY RECORD GOOD
MORNING, MIKE MORNING ZACKS
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ABSOLUTELY
YOU KNOW WE BEGIN THIS
CONVERSATION IN BROOKLYN AT THE
SITE OF THE FORMER FLORIDA
TIMES UNION PROPERTY, A STORY.
YOU BROKE. >> YEAH, MY EDITOR, KAREN MATHIS BROKE THIS SO THE THE
FORMER FLORIDA TIMES-UNION
UNDER A CONTRACT TO BE SOLD TO
AN ATLANTA-BASED DEVELOPER
NAMED JEFF
YOU QUAKE. AND HE WANTS TO
BUILD A 250 MILLION DOLLAR
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THERE
WE’RE TALKING APARTMENTS
OFFICE. RETAIL AND
AND THE HOPE IS TO INTEGRATE
BOTH THE EMERALD TRAIL AND THEN
ARE A KIND OF A REVAMPING
MCCOYS CREEK ALSO.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YOU KNOW YOU AND
I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
EARLIER THIS WEEK HAVING LIVED
IN RIVERSIDE
NOW DOWNTOWN. THAT IS PRIME
REAL ESTATE ALONG THE SAINT
JOHNS RIVER
THERE. BUT FOR MANY PEOPLE
INCLUDING MYSELF I NEVER
REALIZED THAT IS WHERE MCCOYS
CREEK BEGINS OR ENDS
AT THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER AND IT
GOES UNDER ALL OF
THAT LAND.
>> IT DOES SO THERE THERE IT
GOES ALL THE WAY UNDERNEATH
THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY
AND SO I THINK THE PLAN IS
GOING TO BE TO OPEN
IT UP AND REALLY KIND TO KIND
OF EXPOSE THAT WATER AMENITY
AND THE THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO
START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS
YEAR’S IT’S A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE
TIMELINE. AND HE IS WORKING THE
CITY OF THE DOWNTOWN INVESTMENT
AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
MCCOYS CREEK A QUAKE MCCOYS
CREEK ENTRYWAY.
>> CAN REALLY BE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THAT’S REALLY
AWESOME TO HEAR TRULY A
BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF REAL
ESTATE THERE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: FROM BROOKLYN
AND RIVERSIDE WE MOVE TO THE
SOUTH BANK TO
TALK ABOUT OF APARTMENTS
AND RESTAURANTS.
>> YES, THE RELATED GROUP WHICH
THE MIAMI
BASED DEVELOPER THEY’RE KIND OF
IN THE AND THE END STAGES HERE
WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL TO
GET ABOUT AN 18 MILLION DOLLAR
INCENTIVE DEAL
TO BUILD TO BUILD A LARGE
APARTMENT COMPLEX MORE THAN 300
UNITS THERE AGAIN AND THEY
THEY’VE BEEN THEY’VE NEGOTIATED
WITH THE CITY TO INCORPORATE
OUT OF PARK FRONT THAT YOU’LL
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE.
AND IT
WAS ACTUALLY WAS A PART OF THE
ORIGINAL DEAL THAT THE CITY
REALLY WANTED THIS RESTAURANT
TO BE
THERE BECAUSE THAT THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO
BE REPLACING THE RIVER CITY
BREWING CO RESTAURANT HAS BEEN
ON THE SOUTH BANK FOR 4 DECADES
FOR PEOPLE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THAT AREA OR WONDERING WHERE
THAT IS.
>> THIS IS NEAR FRIENDSHIP
FOUNTAIN
BEHIND MARSH.
>> YES, YEAH, IT’S IT’S IT’S
BEHIND THE CURRENT LOCATION
SHOTS RIGHT ON THE RIVER WALK
IN THE RIVER WALK IS GOING TO
BE INCORPORATED INTO
THE DEVELOPMENT. THERE’S
THERE’S ALSO PART OF THE DEAL
TO RESTORE MARINA THERE
BOAT ACCESS THE CITY HAS AGREED
TO KIND OF STICK KIND
OF DOING IT TO MAINTENANCE AND
UPKEEP ON THE ON THE PARK WHICH
CONTAINS FRIENDSHIP FOUNTAIN
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WHOLE
AREA STAYS SEES VIBRANT FOR
BOTH RESIDENTS AND FOLKS THAT
ARE GOING TO USING THE SPACE IN
CURRENTLY THERE IS FENCING
AROUND FRIENDSHIP FOUNTAIN,
YEAH THEY’RE GETTING READY TO
DO A REMODEL OF FRIENDSHIP
FOUNTAIN WHICH WILL WHICH WILL
INCORPORATE A NEW LIGHTING SHOW
WITH OTHER AREAS OR OTHER
PUBLIC AREAS ON IN DOWNTOWN AND
ALL THE COURT NEEDED IN SAINT.
LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST
UNION
TERMINAL WAREHOUSE, YES, SO
YOU’RE AT YOUR VIEWERS MIGHT
NOTICE UNION TERMINAL WAREHOUSE
I IT’S IT’S A PRETTY PROMINENT
SALT LARGE STRUCTURE ON THE
EDGE OF DOWNTOWN.
IT’S IT’S A HISTORIC BUILDING.
SO ANOTHER ATLANTA-BASED
DEVELOPER COLUMBIA VENTURES
WORKING TO TURN THIS INTO A
LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX BUT
ALSO WITH 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF
RETAIL SPACE. THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A FROM THE FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AND THEY’RE WORKING WITH THE
CITY ALSO TO GET SOME INCENTIVE
DOLLARS TO COME MAKE THIS
HAPPEN. THIS IS ANOTHER
DEVELOPMENT THAT’S ALSO GOING
TO INCORPORATE THE EMERALD
TRAIL. THEY’RE ACTUALLY TUNNELS
THAT GO UNDERNEATH
THIS BUILDING THE IS WORKING
WITH THE GROUNDWORK
JACKSONVILLE TO UTILIZE AND
ACTUALLY CREATE SOME TYPE OF A
OF A SUBTERRANEAN TUNNEL TO
INCORPORATE AND WILL TRAIL
THROUGH THIS PROPERTY THAT IS
AWESOME ANY TIMELINE ON THIS
PROJECT. SO THEY WANT TO THEY
WANT TO BREAK GROUND BY EARLY
NEXT YEAR THE MOST
HOPEFUL PROJECTIONS THEY COULD