Urban Construction Update - April 2015

[riverside_mail]

You may want to add 1012-1014 King St. to your list. Scott McAlister has started interior work on the Bearded Buffalo Tap Room.

[thelakelander]

^Nice!

[fieldafm]

You may want to add 1012-1014 King St. to your list. Scott McAlister has started interior work on the Bearded Buffalo Tap Room.

For those wondering, this is the old antique shop where the King Street Farmers Market used to be held.

McAlister is also putting two bowling lanes into the building as part of the complex from what I understand. The Bearded Buffalo project has effectively put the plans for a burger space across the street (the small building in between the Chinese takeout space and Burger King) on permanent hiatus.

[Captain Zissou]

Field, are there any plans to utilize the courtyard between buffalo and the garage?? I always wanted to put my World Famous Taco Shop in the antique building with a nice outdoor patio. Scott's a friend, so I hope he succeeds, but if he doesn't get ready for the Taco Shop!

In other news, 2 buildings on palm ave near the fuller warren have been demolished in the past month. Anyone know why??

[fieldafm]

Pretty sure the lot will be used for parking.

[thelakelander]

Baptist Health owns everything on that block except the the building on the corner of Nira and San Marco Boulevard. Most of it is an odd shaped dirt parking lot.

[PeeJayEss]

You may want to add 1012-1014 King St. to your list. Scott McAlister has started interior work on the Bearded Buffalo Tap Room.

For those wondering, this is the old antique shop where the King Street Farmers Market used to be held.

McAlister is also putting two bowling lanes into the building as part of the complex from what I understand. The Bearded Buffalo project has effectively put the plans for a burger space across the street (the small building in between the Chinese takeout space and Burger King) on permanent hiatus.

Slight note, 1012-14 King is the building next to Burger King. Not sure of the Antique store address, but it is odd numbered.
So Scott owns 1012-14 King AND the former Antique store across the street? How about the connected place next door (between Carmines and Antique place)?

[simms3]

People at the city should be fired over the SunTrust/Parador deal.  I think that takes the cake for worst single deal I've ever heard of any city making in my life.  And it was the most predictable, too.

Conversely, it should be outlawed for any candidate in Jacksonville up for election to run on a platform of never raising taxes and always looking out for taxpayer interests.  This is clearly never the case and is an outright lie.  That is all anyone's platform ever is, no substance beyond that, and we get deals like this that happen with little to no scrutiny.

So shameful.

[Steve]

Is it me, or have the JTA Flyer improvements on Broad and Jefferson taken forever? I drive this most days and it seems like this is going at a snail's pace

[simms3]

RE: interiors of 220 Riverside.  $1160/mo for 701 sf for an apartment that looks like that is about the best deal that can be had anywhere in this country.  $1.65psf.  I'd refrain from calling some of the finishes/fixtures/furniture "high quality", but you won't get expensive materials/finishes until you hit a good $2.50psf and beyond in most cities (which will never happen in Jax).  Still, a) there are very few apartments that are that nice in SF, b) they're rarely if ever that large (they're calling 701 sf a "studio" when that could easily be a 2 bedroom here), and c) that would rent for $5-6+psf here (at that size) or $6-7+psf for a "studio" of similar finishes but half the size.

[For_F-L-O-R-I-D-A]

I really wish Brooklyn Riverside had some retail, mainly on Park. Creates a dead zone there. Also, the density is weak. It is better than nothing and hopefully this sets off some better projects, but this one with the suburban Fresh Market are mediocre.

[Noone]

220 and Brooklyn Riverside sure turned out a lot more "blah" than the renderings.

+1

[riverside_mail]

You may want to add 1012-1014 King St. to your list. Scott McAlister has started interior work on the Bearded Buffalo Tap Room.

For those wondering, this is the old antique shop where the King Street Farmers Market used to be held.

McAlister is also putting two bowling lanes into the building as part of the complex from what I understand. The Bearded Buffalo project has effectively put the plans for a burger space across the street (the small building in between the Chinese takeout space and Burger King) on permanent hiatus.

Slight note, 1012-14 King is the building next to Burger King. Not sure of the Antique store address, but it is odd numbered.
So Scott owns 1012-14 King AND the former Antique store across the street? How about the connected place next door (between Carmines and Antique place)?

The antique store is 1021 King. The connected part you are asking about is part of the store. Work is going on at the building next to BK and they are already getting mail there as Bearded Buffalo.

[mtraininjax]

Conversely, it should be outlawed for any candidate in Jacksonville up for election to run on a platform of never raising taxes and always looking out for taxpayer interests.  This is clearly never the case and is an outright lie.  That is all anyone's platform ever is, no substance beyond that, and we get deals like this that happen with little to no scrutiny.

Sure you can run a campaign this way. You say you won't raise taxes.....then play stupid that you don't understand math.......then have the city council pass the budget and make them raise taxes......then you can say you never raised taxes, personally.....because, well you didn't.....and people love this type of leadership.....because they NEVER take responsibility for their own actions.

[thelakelander]

Evidently, this is the site of their proposed 200,000 square foot cancer center, which is expected to be completed in 2017:

http://residentnews.net/2015/05/03/bulldozers-clear-baptist-md-anderson-cancer-center/

Baptist Health owns everything on that block except the the building on the corner of Nira and San Marco Boulevard. Most of it is an odd shaped dirt parking lot.