SouthEast Development Group Proposes New Plan For Riverfront

Posted on December 8, 2021 By Editor Top Stories

Rendering of Riverfront Jacksonville from the southwest perspective.

SouthEast Development Group has plans for a $2 billion project to revitalize Jacksonville’s downtown riverfront. The proposal called “Riverfront Jacksonville” was recently delivered to the Downtown Investment Authority, the City Council, and the mayor’s office.

The plans include fifteen acres of riverfront public park space, over 1,000 multi-family apartments and condominiums, a 208-room hotel, a 280,000 square foot exhibition center, and retail, restaurant, and office space.

It would also include five parking garages containing about 4,500 spaces and an expanded pier with retail and entertainment venues. Plans also include a hydrokinetic green energy facility.

SouthEast Principal Steve Adkins said the new plan is an expansion of what they had previously proposed earlier this year.

“Since we released our original vision plan, we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback,” he said. “At the encouragement of our peers, we have expanded our concept as a master plan, reflecting all of the programming that is currently being considered along the Northbank of the St. Johns River.

Adkins said the plan creates an opportunity to pump billions of dollars of outside capital into Jacksonville.

The plan includes Veteran’s Memorial Park and the relocation of the Veterans Wall. Adkins said the design integrates with other projects already planned for the riverfront including One Park Jax, the USS Orleck, the relocated Museum of Science and History, and Iguana Investments’ plans for the Shipyards and Sports Performance Center.