Luxury apartments to comprise first phase of The District
The first phase of The District – Life Well Lived – Jacksonville is one step closer to becoming reality. On Dec. 15 Equity Resources LLC of Birmingham, Alabama, announced plans to develop a high-end luxury apartment community in connection with The District – Life Well Lived – Jacksonville, a Southbank riverfront urban resort planned by […]
Nautical eyesore removed from Southbank
Thanks to the generosity of a NASCAR racecar driver, the sunken Lady St. Johns, a derelict party boat, is no longer an eyesore on the river landscape in the view of many Southbank residents. Ray Black, Jr., owner of Blacksmith Marine Corporation – Offshore, supplied a crane pro bono and spent four days raising […]
Superintendent willing to consider school board building move
Envisioning the stretch of riverfront from the Main Street Bridge to the new The District – Life Well Lived – Jacksonville site is similar to playing the childhood game, “One of These Things is Not Like the Other.” Dotting the landscape are high-rise apartment and condominium buildings, hotels and restaurants, with more to follow once […]
Southbank to explode with new growth in 2016
Redeveloping the Southbank is all about “placemaking,” Downtown Investment Authority CEO Aundra Wallace likes to say. With several new developments on the cusp of becoming reality, major stakeholders from the residential, medical and central business districts met in late November to have a “conversation” in order to begin “pulling the pieces together” as several key […]
JTA Board votes to keep Skyway
The Jacksonville Skyway, a monorail transit system managed by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, will live to see another day and possibly be expanded. During its Dec. 10 meeting, the JTA Board of Directors voted unanimously to accept the Skyway subcommittee’s recommendation to continue operating the downtown connector while having staff develop a Skyway Modernization Program, […]
North Florida Land Trust makes biggest purchase in nonprofit’s history
Another agreement awaits raising of funds The North Florida Land Trust ended 2015 on a high note with the purchase of its largest land acquisition in its 16-year history. Located in Riverside, the conservation nonprofit closed on 2,551 acres along the Nassau River in late December. This was the largest piece of unprotected land in […]
Residents discuss options for future of Riverfront Park
Many residents living adjacent to Riverfront Park in San Marco say public fishing in the park has ruined their quality of life. Responding to a litany of emails from residents, many of which requested fishing be banned from the park, District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer held a public meeting Nov. 5 to hear complaints and […]
Two-hour parking ordinance continues to draw controversy
Two-hour parking is coming to St. Nicholas Town Center. In early November, the Jacksonville City Council passed an ordinance supporting the installation of two-hour parking signs by the Florida Department of Transportation in front of the businesses on the southwest side of Beach Boulevard between Walton Street and Palmer Terrace. The resolution, entitled Ordinance 2015-0705, […]
