Khan: Downtown has "gone downhill" over last decade

[BridgeTroll]

He also pays a lot of people 6 and 7 figure salaries to live and work here... not even counting players...

[heights unknown]

For a guy like this, they are flat out cheap. 

Exactly.  He's not interested in what the Peninsula has to offer.

And I'm beginning to think nor Jacksonville for that matter!

[jaxoNOLE]

On the Kismet, Khan said his company already has "a bunch of people" who want to live in the hotel's residential condominiums.

Plans call for 25 high-end, for-sale residences. Khan believes the condo clientele will bring with them a push to redevelop Downtown.

"Our preference is we want the movers and shakers to buy those who can make a difference in Jacksonville," Khan said.

"So they are coming Downtown. Then, all of the sudden, the rest of the area is going to get gentrified and urbanized. It is like planting a seed that's going to make a difference."

So that's the vision, I guess.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/jaguars-owner-confident-downtown-hotel-will-be-a-four-seasons

[landfall]

The Landing tenant list from the back end of 2000. Compare that to the lawn it is now.

http://web.archive.org/web/20001017044125/http://www.jacksonvillelanding.com/html/shopping.html

[thelakelander]

On the Kismet, Khan said his company already has "a bunch of people" who want to live in the hotel's residential condominiums.

Plans call for 25 high-end, for-sale residences. Khan believes the condo clientele will bring with them a push to redevelop Downtown.

"Our preference is we want the movers and shakers to buy those who can make a difference in Jacksonville," Khan said.

"So they are coming Downtown. Then, all of the sudden, the rest of the area is going to get gentrified and urbanized. It is like planting a seed that's going to make a difference."

So that's the vision, I guess.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/jaguars-owner-confident-downtown-hotel-will-be-a-four-seasons

LOL, I hope not. We're in trouble if the vision is waiting for things to materialize around a hotel one mile from downtown that won't be open until 2025 at the earliest.

[vicupstate]

On the Kismet, Khan said his company already has "a bunch of people" who want to live in the hotel's residential condominiums.

Plans call for 25 high-end, for-sale residences. Khan believes the condo clientele will bring with them a push to redevelop Downtown.

"Our preference is we want the movers and shakers to buy those who can make a difference in Jacksonville," Khan said.

"So they are coming Downtown. Then, all of the sudden, the rest of the area is going to get gentrified and urbanized. It is like planting a seed that's going to make a difference."

So that's the vision, I guess.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/jaguars-owner-confident-downtown-hotel-will-be-a-four-seasons

LOL, I hope not. We're in trouble if the vision is waiting for things to materialize around a hotel one mile from downtown that won't be open until 2025 at the earliest.

But Lake, a Four Seasons Hotel is an undeniable boost, I dare say a game changer.  Yes, it will take some time to get built, but when they cut that ribbon, watch out!! 

[Charles Hunter]

But ... will the 4 Season have a Fudrucker's in the lobby? If not how can it be a game changer?

[jaxlongtimer]

^ LOL.  By the time the Four Seasons opens we may have just one season thanks to climate change.

[heights unknown]

^ LOL.  By the time the Four Seasons opens we may have just one season thanks to climate change.

Then they can change the name to "The One Season" Hotel Jacksonville.

[Florida Power And Light]

In fact, a lot of Jacksonville has gone " Downhill". West Side, Lane Avenue, 103 street corridor and pressures on Riverside. Even on in to Northern Clay..... Orange Park Mall...
Any future DT plans might want to incorporate why half of the Rouse projects ultimately failed.... per our ( Wonderful!) Landing Grass/ Open Space lot right smack dab down there, Public Water Front.
Kahn's " Bunch of people that want to live in a wonderful new condo box" ....
Yea, we have seen this before...... the " Buyers" are Speculators, looking to Flip.
A Waterfront facility on former public ownership lands would have really spurned excitement and anticipation....
The most viable way out of Downtown " Decline" trend might be the removal of Kahn from every and all city government proceedings, future vesting, presence and influence.
Maybe no more Jax NFL Francise...... now THAT would " Put Jax On The Map!"
Kahn spent $8,000 on a Kismet steering wheel upgrade.
Time has come to steer a different Course.......