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A New Parking Lot for Downtown
Many believed that the new Duval County Courthouse would become the economic anchor that would revitalize a section of downtown decimated by building demolitions. Plans are underway for adjacent development but it's not the office buildings and lofts once expected. After spending $350 million on the...
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A New Look for Avondale's St. Johns Village Project
In preparation for tonight's Commander redevelopment Town Hall meeting, Metro Jacksonville shares revised conceptual drawings for the Fishweir Creek project.
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New Southbank Riverwalk Presentation
A look at the conceptual drawings of the Southbank Riverwalk's proposed reconstruction. The $15 million project is anticipated to be completed in September 2014.
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More Downtown Mixed-Use: Beaver Street Villas
605 North Broad Street opened as the Central Hotel in 1912, serving black patrons during the Jim Crow Era. What is now known as the Jacksonville Urban League originated out of one of its storefronts. Now, one of a few historic LaVilla landmarks still standing, the Clara White Mission has plans to refurbish...
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A New Look For Fuqua's Brooklyn Retail Project?
Fuqua Development is proposing a 53,700 square foot, grocery anchored retail development on Riverside Avenue between Jackson Street and Stonewall Street. Controversial due to its suburban layout, the project may receive its final approval at today's Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) meeting. Here...
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Brooklyn Riverside Residential Development Renderings
DDRB Application 2012-004 is before the Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) requesting Final Approval and Deviations for the infill residential development in the Brooklyn and Riverside neighborhood. The property owner of the proposed residential properties for development is P&L Jax Riverside,...
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Urban Construction Update - June 2013
A brief look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Downtown Jacksonville during the month of June 2013.
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Southside Construction Update - June 2013
A brief look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Jacksonville's Edge City, the Southside.
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DDRB Workshop on Brooklyn Retail Project Today
It's a project that has become progressively worse as it has gone through the Downtown Design Review Board (DDRB) process, which makes one question why Jacksonville has a DDRB in the first place. Nevertheless, after approving a suburban site plan for Fuqua Development's proposed 53,700-square foot retail...
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Four Innovative Ideas for DIA's New CEO
Last week, the Downtown Investment Authority selected Aundra C. Wallace of Detroit's Landbank Authority to serve as its first CEO. Here are four creative revitalization initiatives underway in Detroit that should be packed in his suitcase for the drive down south.
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