Work commences on two Southbank construction projects
While the Coronavirus pandemic may have caused many Jacksonville businesses to slow down or come to a screeching halt, construction on two Southbank developments appears to be full steam ahead.
Construction crews were working hard in July on Southbank Apartments, an infill multi-family complex on the Southbank, which is being built near the railroad bridge where a 2.9-acre surface parking lot between the Acosta Bridge and the Eight Forty One building used to be.
The development, which is located at 959 Prudential Drive, is slated to be eight stories tall, a maximum of 85 feet, and include 185 residential units. Also included will be a 178-space parking garage and 33 surface parking spaces.
Meanwhile, Baptist Health is hard at work constructing its new critical care tower, that will serve as a new entrance to its medical campus on the Southbank. Already in place is a gleaming glass skybridge that extends over Palm Avenue that will connect Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital with the parking garage across the street.
The new seven-story tower will include a five floors devoted to children’s critical care including a high-level 75-bed neonatal intensive care center as well as a 26-bed pediatric intensive care unit.
By Marcia Hodgson
Resident Community News
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