San Marco Publix Site Plan and Renderings

[Tacachale]

Is there public parking in the garage planned?

lol, did you read the piece? Yes, there's parking for the retail.

[KenFSU]

May April Fools Day 2017 be known as the ultimate prank to all the San Marco doubters and naysayers!!

http://residentnews.net/2017/02/02/east-san-marco-slated-break-ground-april/

2016-2017 genuinely feels like we're just lining up long-standing albatross after albatross and knocking them to the ground.

Jacksonville is too small of a market for IKEA
Amazon isn't interested in Jacksonville
We'll never have a decent amphitheater in Jacksonville
The pension crisis is unsolveable
Jacksonville will never have a decent HRO
There isn't a market for more residential downtown
We'll never see movement on the Laura Street Trio
East San Marco will never break ground

Next up:
The Shipyards will never be redeveloped
Berkman II will remain in limbo forever
Hemming Park is unsalvageable
The Skyway connects nothing to nothing

Ultimate litmus test:
The Jags will never win the Super Bowl

[Keith-N-Jax]

The skyway?? Jags probably win the SB before the Skyway connects to anything.

[Bativac]

Another press release! I still have the one bookmarked that said the groundbreaking would be Summer 2016! Then it was September 2016. According to this latest article, the developer still hasn't bought the property. Sounds like there's still a financing issue.

It's kind of like my house in St Nicholas, which has been under contract since November. Every week we're told "closing is next week!" Finally we had to cut the buyer loose this last week when it was clear they couldn't get financing and were just stalling.

Sincerely hope this thing gets built but... I'll believe it when I'm buying groceries.

[Captain Zissou]

5 Days, Project Maximus.  We tailgating the ground breaking?

[blfair]

So if there's really a groundbreaking between today and Saturday -- wouldn't we have heard about it -- wouldn't the media have an invite by now?

Is this really just a cruel April fool's day joke? My heart can't take it...

[martt12]

It's absolutely an April Fools joke.

[Captain Zissou]

I blame Max.

[ProjectMaximus]

I say we all come together for a popup groundbreaking. I'll bring a shovel...

[Jagsdrew]

This is being built right by house so I'll alert if I see a large gathering of people and not the usual San Marco stray cats that gather there for social hour.

[JBTripper]

I'm giving them until Monday.

[Bativac]

Wait, are you telling me it's possible the groundbreaking isn't happening?!

My house hasn't sold yet either. Taking bets on which one happens first, the home sale or the Publix groundbreaking

[jcjohnpaint]

build the stinkin publix and be done with it

[Tacachale]

Damn.

[acme54321]

April fools!  Construction starts tomorrow!