Southbank’s Prudential Club receives DIA incentives
By Michele Leivas The Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) has approved an incentive package for The Prudential Club: Garden, Lounge and Liquors, an upscale restaurant and lounge planned for the Southbank. In its capacity as the Community Redevelopment Agency at its Sept. 18 board meeting, the DIA Board approved a $345,314, Core Retail Enhancement Program (REP) […]
Southbank Development Taking Shape
Development along Jacksonville’s Southbank is progressing as two of its projects – RiversEdge: Life on the St. Johns and Artea at Southbank – continue to evolve. The highly anticipated RiversEdge project by Dallas-based developer Preston Hollow Community Capital LLC (PHCC) will finally start to see vertical construction as Toll Brothers, Inc. begins construction on the […]
City Council Considers Incentives for “More Ambitious” Development
A $58.79 million incentives package is going before the Jacksonville City Council for Miami-based Related Group’s proposed Southbank development. The 3.02-acre parcel, located at 835 Museum Cir., was the site of former local landmark River City Brewing Company, which was demolished in July 2022 to clear the way for Related’s intended development. Progress on the […]
Anticipation Grows at RiversEdge
A November unveiling event heralded the next phase of construction for the Southbank’s highly anticipated mixed-use development RiversEdge: Life on the St. Johns. Since the development broke ground in 2021, site work has been primarily unseen by Jacksonville residents as it has consisted of underground infrastructural work and bulkhead construction. Moving forward, however, the city […]
Riverfront activation gets helping hand from Conservancy, nonprofit groups
An update on pocket parks and projects ahead Last August, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund released the Activation Plan for Jacksonville’s Downtown Riverfront — a plan “informed by hundreds of hours of conversation…with stakeholders from across Jacksonville’s neighborhoods” to activate and revitalize the invaluable North- and Southbank real estate — through both public and private […]
Infrastructure work underway at Southbank’s RiversEdge
Initial phases of the downtown Southbank ‘RiversEdge: Life on the St. Johns’ project are underway as the much-anticipated riverfront development continues to progress, transforming the vacant lot once belonging to JEA. After a groundbreaking ceremony in May 2021, residents can now see tangible evidence of RiversEdge taking shape as infrastructure is being installed. This current […]
More self-storage facilities downtown sparks opposition
With city planning officials reviewing nearly 900 more apartment units proposed in the city’s downtown districts, an Atlanta company specializing in the development of commercial land for retail and self-storage units sees dollar signs. More specifically the company is eyeing the Southbank in San Marco. The company’s attorney, Steve Diebenow, told city council members on […]
DDRB Approves Corner Lot – JTA Plan
The Downtown Development Review Board has given its approval to a new 340-unit multi-family apartment complex on the Southbank. The project called Artea is being developed by Corner Lot Development on land owned by JTA, which hopes it will be the first of several transportation hub developments. The complex will be on 3.87 acres of […]
