AC Hotel proposed for Brooklyn

[thelakelander]

An AC Hotel and supporting parking deck at 800 and 825 Dora Street in Brooklyn. The project will seek conceptual approval from the Downtown Development Review Board on August 8, 2024. Here is a look at the project's conceptual plans. Let us know what you think!

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/ac-hotel-proposed-for-brooklyn/

[jcjohnpaint]

Kind of confused by the location. Wasn't there supposed to be a high-end wine shop there?

[jcjohnpaint]

If I'm understanding this correctly, they want to tear down the machine shop building and replace it with a 2 floor retail less parking garage?

[Charles Hunter]

If I'm understanding this correctly, they want to tear down the machine shop building and replace it with a 2 floor retail less parking garage?

But they will name the garage after the machine shop!

[jaxlongtimer]

If I'm understanding this correctly, they want to tear down the machine shop building and replace it with a 2 floor retail less parking garage?

But they will name the garage after the machine shop!

And add a "Brooklyn" mural that appears to only picture buildings from Downtown, none from "historic" Brooklyn.

What does it take to mandate linear retail here on the ground floor of parking garages in the urban core?  This would cost the City nothing and go much further to promote "Downtown" than all the Four Seasons, that we give hundreds of millions to, will ever do.

Not sure why they are preserving the Liddy name on the garage... unless Liddy's owners will own it and lease it out to the hotel. 

FYI, I Google'd Liddy Machine Shop and their Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/p/Liddys-Machine-Shop-Inc-100049531185929/) is still up even though they are closed.  The posted videos of their most unique services and capabilities are fascinating and losing an old line industrial company like that had to be a major loss for the Jax economy given it appears they were doing high end and specialized technical work for industries throughout the region.  I wonder where their customers go today for this.

[jcjohnpaint]

So, the wine shop is dead?

[thelakelander]

It appears so.

[acme54321]

That.singke story parking deck is ridiculous.  I hope ddrb rips that up.

[heights unknown]

Northbank section of downtown is still in a mull; but Brooklyn seems to be intensely popping. I can remember when that area was run down with shanty shacks and caddy shacks all around with abandoned buildings as well. Maybe the Northbank will catch the cold and flu that Brooklyn has.