Final beams placed on new Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ironworkers and other construction employees of Perry-McCall Construction and DPR Construction were saluted by top officials at Baptist Health during the July 12 topping out ceremony for the new Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center. Both Hugh Greene, president and CEO of Baptist Health, and John Wilbanks, executive vice president and COO of Baptist Health, spoke […]
FDOT hears concerns about proposed Overland Bridge landscaping
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hosted an open house July 13 to gather feedback from the community for proposed landscaping of the Overland Bridge project. Conceptual landscape plans, including a proposed list of trees and shrubs, were available for review. Dave Crawley, principal landscape architect and group manager at AECOM, was on hand to […]
National Historic Register status helps put downtown Jacksonville on map
Another “district” was added last year to downtown Jacksonville’s growing list of named places. Joining the Spark District, the Cathedral District and the Sports District is the Downtown Jacksonville Historic District. Approved May 2, 2016 by the United States Department of the Interior’s National Park Service, portions of downtown Jacksonville are now on the National […]
RiverVUE unveiled during groundbreaking ceremony
A groundbreaking and name reveal ceremony was held July 12 by Chance Partners for its property at the former Commander Apartments and St. Johns Village on St. Johns Avenue. The apartment development’s new name, RiverVUE, was revealed by Kim Hyatt, regional manager for Pegasus Residential, which will handle all leasing and property management. Hyatt said […]
Riverplace ‘road diet’ gains final approval
As you travel north on Hendricks Avenue and reach the intersection of Prudential Drive, you will soon be greeted by what appears to be a new neighborhood. A large new sign will proclaim “Southbank.” From your vantage point at the stop light it will look like nothing you’ve ever seen in Jacksonville’s urban core, or […]
Proposed Southbank residential tower access design opposed by neighboring businesses
All things considered, the road from initial presentation to development approval for a new 13-story apartment tower on a “challenging” site on the Southbank has not been a long one – until now. Beginning in October 2016, when Ventures Development Group first presented its concepts for the residential tower to the Downtown Development Review Board […]
Smaller living quarters require more offsite storage opportunities
With all the new residential development coming to San Marco, is it any wonder that self-storage would follow? And now not one, but two companies have plans to put in self-storage on Kings Avenue. Liberty Investment Properties in Orlando is partnering with Jacksonville-based Finley & Shell Properties to build a 700-unit climate-controlled self-storage facility at […]
Custom home builder to try hand at first multi-home development
Adam Merrill has high hopes for his first property development project. Although Merrill, the president of John Merrill Homes, builds on average six custom homes per year in residential infill, Green Hills in Riverside will be his first multi-home development. The property, which is comprised of about 3.5 vacant acres west of James Street, will […]
