Downtown Development Update: What's rising, what's delayed

[thelakelander]

My impression is that it'll get done one way or another. And I don't know if Howland wants the blame/burden of killing this alone.

As expected, it's going to get a full vote on Tuesday.

Good call! So happy to hear it. Also happy to hear that you're confident it has the votes it needs to pass. This one is too important to hang out to dry.

Here's the article, just in case anyone in public wants to attend the meeting:

https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2026/11/06/nearly-50m-downtown-publix-incentive-deal-heads-to-full-jacksonville-city-council-after-deadlock-in-committee/

[jcjohnpaint]

Council voting against should take note.

[MakeDTjaxGre@tAgain]

I hope this one passes as well as riverfront plaza. According to Moll, no further completion grants are needed. But we also don't want to set ourselves up to be in the position where we're strapped for cash.

Don't think we know the full extent of the A3 impact, but how do you justify cutting services and approve handing developers completion grants post A3 approvals?

With that being said, is there a possibility that N8 incentives can be diverted to N7 if it fails tomorrow? What would that entail? What does that do to N8 - can it move forward with rev grant only? And outside of PSquare/GJax what does this mean for other projects like Lot J and the former fairgrounds?

[tufsu1]

Viewpoint in JBJ from Brian Moll on the downtown Publix - imo, a well written piece with thoughtful insights

https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2026/11/09/viewpoint-amendment-3-bryan-moll.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=ae&utm_content=JA&j=48332809&senddate=2026-11-09&utm_term=ep2&empos=p2

[thelakelander]

^Good editorial.

[jcjohnpaint]

Just a common sense argument for downtowns with clustered amenities everywhere. I don't know why so many on council don't see it this way. If I have a weekend work event at MOCA, chances are, we have my daughter with us, we stop at MOSH, get coffee and something to eat before we leave. We usually stop at Whole Foods or Fresh Market for groceries before going home. We are not going to drive all over the city to do this.