JEA to solicit development proposals for Southbank riverfront land

[thelakelander]

It appears the Shipyards may have some competition!

A 35-acre vacant riverfront parcel on the Southbank that was the former site of a JEA electric generating plant will soon be in play once again.

The JEA board of directors decided Tuesday to solicit proposals from developers who want to build on the site, next to the Duval County Public Schools headquarters on Prudential Drive.

full article: http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/01/22/premier-southbank-riverfront-land-back.html

[carpnter]

Was any contamination on the site already cleaned up.  You'd have to think that all that time with a power generating station sitting on the site there would be some type of soil contamination.

[acme54321]

Was any contamination on the site already cleaned up.  You'd have to think that all that time with a power generating station sitting on the site there would be some type of soil contamination.

I think they still have some remediation work to do.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Lets go like Gus says more competition is needed

[Rynjny]

Good site for a soccer stadium for the Jax NASL team?

[tufsu1]

Perhaps JEA would be willing to sell the land at market value to a developer interested in building an aquarium, ferris wheel, condos, hotels, and an observation tower...and don't forget the gondola ride across the river to the stadium.

[mtraininjax]

Good site for a soccer stadium for the Jax NASL team?

downtown? Lol, the base for their fans is on the southside. Better to build it on skinner dairy farmland than downtown.

[Rynjny]

Good site for a soccer stadium for the Jax NASL team?

downtown? Lol, the base for their fans is on the southside. Better to build it on skinner dairy farmland than downtown.

Well the stadium would not only be for soccer...I would guess there will be concert and other event held in it so downtown would be the best place to have that stadium. right?

[Keith-N-Jax]

Perhaps JEA would be willing to sell the land at market value to a developer interested in building an aquarium, ferris wheel, condos, hotels, and an observation tower...and don't forget the gondola ride across the river to the stadium.

So were going to have two aquariums and Ferris wheels? Wow were gonna rock!!!!

[Charles Hunter]

Have they worked out access from Prudential Drive through the School Board parking lot?  I remember this was an issue the last (first?) time a development was proposed.

[pierre]

Good site for a soccer stadium for the Jax NASL team?

downtown? Lol, the base for their fans is on the southside. Better to build it on skinner dairy farmland than downtown.

Agree. Especially if you want to have an entire spread out athletic complex. I always thought that intersection of 9A/JTB/Gate Parkway would be best.

[BridgeTroll]

Dont forget giant water park...

[Captain Zissou]

Well the stadium would not only be for soccer...I would guess there will be concert and other event held in it so downtown would be the best place to have that stadium. right?

Haha.... ohhh yeah... The St Nick residents would love that. Also, a concert venue would largely cannibalize the venues already in the area.

Let's put in a mixed use community with office, residential, and riverfront parks and dining. Once the overland bridge project is complete, this parcel will have access to 95 SB/NB and it's close to I-10. also, is it close enough to the skyway station on its western side to be considered TAD?

[Tacachale]

Well the stadium would not only be for soccer...I would guess there will be concert and other event held in it so downtown would be the best place to have that stadium. right?

Haha.... ohhh yeah... The St Nick residents would love that. Also, a concert venue would largely cannibalize the venues already in the area.

Let's put in a mixed use community with office, residential, and riverfront parks and dining. Once the overland bridge project is complete, this parcel will have access to 95 SB/NB and it's close to I-10. also, is it close enough to the skyway station on its western side to be considered TAD?

Actually a 3-6k concert venue would be a great asset, which would help attract the acts we're losing to St Augustine or that are skipping the region entirely. If it could double as a multi-purpose soccer and sports stadium, so much the better. But of course anything like this would be an uphill fight against the noise complainers. Mixed-use development would be good too, the parcel has so much potential.

[hightowerlover]

This site would be the perfect location for a surface parking lot, or maybe we can just make it a landfill for medical waste.