As Overland Bridge projects wraps, Fuller Warren Bridge expansion begins
Whether you travel by car, bicycle, Skyway or on foot, there’s a transportation project in 2018 that will affect your life. The good news for motorists is the Overland Bridge project, which started in 2013, is coming to a close this spring. The $159.2 million project to widen Interstate 95, replace aging overpasses and reconfigure […]
Urban core buzzing with development
It might look as if nothing is going on at The District, but looks can be deceiving. The legal infrastructure is being laid for the 30-acre riverfront development on the Southbank, according to Michael Munz, who is a partner in the project with developer Peter Rummell, managing partner of Elements Development of Jacksonville LLC. If […]
Southbank mega-development inching closer to project start
“It’s not cast in concrete” seems to be the ongoing status when discussing the sale of Jacksonville Energy Authority land on the Southbank for the development project known as The District. Although Elements Development of Jacksonville LLC had won the bid in 2014 to purchase the 30-acre property for $18.5 million and were scheduled to […]
2017 Year In Review: City officials share their noteworthy events
If you were to ask the question “What event had the biggest impact on Jacksonville during 2017?” most residents, if not all, would answer Hurricane Irma. Without a doubt, a storm that caused the highest level of flooding in the city since the mid-1800s is nothing to discount. Even now, nearly four months later, residents in […]
Longtime night spot could find new life as craft brewery
For at least 30 of a 75-year history, the concrete block and stucco single-story adjoining buildings at Edgewood Avenue in Murray Hill have had an unsavory and sometimes notorious reputation, but now there may be new life “brewing” for what once housed a nightclub. An application was filed Oct. 12, 2017 with the City of […]
Development Rising: Projects underway, some holding fast
Whether you are positive, negative or indifferent about development projects, there’s no doubt it’s occurring in the urban core. From building projects that seem to be right in your own backyard to road projects that force a change in your daily commute, the historic district could have them all in 2018. Two currently underway are […]
North San Marco Businesses bounce back after Irma
Like most of the business owners on San Marco Boulevard, Beth Handline, owner of Dance Trance, had a thriving enterprise on that road until Hurricane Irma came calling. The savagery of the hurricane’s winds and the St. Johns River’s resulting storm surge took the city by surprise, especially when it pushed an epic amount of […]
Coffee shop zoning creates concern, appeal filed by neighbors
Concerns about adequate and safe parking for Bold Bean Coffee Roasters’ customers have prompted a nearby San Marco law firm and a church to file an appeal against a Planning Commission decision. Robert Harris Trust, located at 1837 Hendricks to the left of Bold Bean, and Southside Baptist Church, located across Hendricks Avenue from Bold […]
