Corner Lot planning hotel adjacent to Riverside HQ

[fsu813]

Looks like the typical hotel box but didn't imagine it being much more. It's a good use for an underutilized parking lot and there's definitely a market for a hotel in that part of the urban core.

The parcel sits just outside the historic district, thus it didn't have to adhere to the typical design guidelines in the area. Believe or not, the earlier versions were worse - what we see is after significant revisions. Should be a good project with a positive impact in the area.

[Jankelope]

This is a good project. Obviously I always want designs to be aspirational, but it is additive to the vibrancy of Five Points, Memorial Park, Cummer Museum, and other things walkable in that area.

I would like a project like this to replace some parking lot in a number of locations around the city. Also kind of crazy but the "Riverdale Inn" is the only real hotel right there in historic riverside area right?

[acme54321]

This is a good project. Obviously I always want designs to be aspirational, but it is additive to the vibrancy of Five Points, Memorial Park, Cummer Museum, and other things walkable in that area.

I would like a project like this to replace some parking lot in a number of locations around the city. Also kind of crazy but the "Riverdale Inn" is the only real hotel right there in historic riverside area right?

Yeah, there are a few in Brooklyn but nothing as walkable as this to areas like 5 points, the cummer, RAM, memorial park, etc.

[fsu813]

Home 2 Suites on Park Street is the closest hotel to 5 Points currently, certainly walkable to those various mentioned locations, but the proposed hotel will be in the middle of those various mentioned locations.

[Jankelope]

I have always thought that the Cummer Museum, Five Points, and RAM needed a proper garage somewhere that could replace a lot of these parking lots and enable the type of infill development we need. Kind of wish this parking garage was roughly 2x as big and used as space for Cummer, RAM, Five Points, etc for Free on saturdays.

In Downtown Franklin, TN, they have an amazing downtown area and parking is free. It keeps all the cars in one place. In a world where real transit and walkable developments city wide seem decades or centuries away...these massive garages feel like the only real solution to having cars strewn all over every street.

[jaxlongtimer]

FYI, the existing tower was built for Riverside Hospital which eventually was acquired and merged into St. Vincent's, as I recall.

I think Corner Lot also owns a small parking lot across Post Street at the corner with Riverside Avenue.  Wonder what they could do with that, maybe another restaurant?  I think a nice art gallery could do well in that area, too, given the presence of the Cummer and an upscale neighborhood nearby.

[jcjohnpaint]

They mentioned it as a future retail strip in one of the earlier articles.

[fsu813]

I have always thought that the Cummer Museum, Five Points, and RAM needed a proper garage somewhere that could replace a lot of these parking lots and enable the type of infill development we need. Kind of wish this parking garage was roughly 2x as big and used as space for Cummer, RAM, Five Points, etc for Free on saturdays.

In Downtown Franklin, TN, they have an amazing downtown area and parking is free. It keeps all the cars in one place. In a world where real transit and walkable developments city wide seem decades or centuries away...these massive garages feel like the only real solution to having cars strewn all over every street.

I believe some number of parking spots will be available to use by the public.

[fieldafm]

FYI, the existing tower was built for Riverside Hospital which eventually was acquired and merged into St. Vincent's, as I recall.

The building was constructed by Jerome and Paul Fletcher, brothers who owned Fletcher and Associates Insurance Agency.

Taylor Hardwick designed the building.

I think you are confusing the Fletcher Building with another Taylor Hardwick-designed building that housed medical offices across the street from Riverside Hospital.  That building called, called 1661 Medical, was basically a commercial condominium that was owned by six doctors, all of which had offices there.  The 1661 Medical building was torn down, and is now the location of the 1661 Riverside mixed use building (condos and ground floor retail)- directly across the street from the Riverside Publix and Memorial Park. 

Neither the Fletcher Building (now owned by Corner Lot) nor the 1661 Medical Building (torn down and replaced with 1661 Riverside) were ever owned or associated with Riverside Hospital (which was torn down, and now is the location of the Riverside Publix).

[jaxlongtimer]

FYI, the existing tower was built for Riverside Hospital which eventually was acquired and merged into St. Vincent's, as I recall.

The building was constructed by Jerome and Paul Fletcher, brothers who owned Fletcher and Associates Insurance Agency.

Taylor Hardwick designed the building.

I think you are confusing the Fletcher Building with another Taylor Hardwick-designed building that housed medical offices across the street from Riverside Hospital.  That building called, called 1661 Medical, was basically a commercial condominium that was owned by six doctors, all of which had offices there.  The 1661 Medical building was torn down, and is now the location of the 1661 Riverside mixed use building (condos and ground floor retail)- directly across the street from the Riverside Publix and Memorial Park. 

Neither the Fletcher Building (now owned by Corner Lot) nor the 1661 Medical Building (torn down and replaced with 1661 Riverside) were ever owned or associated with Riverside Hospital (which was torn down, and now is the location of the Riverside Publix).

Thanks for clarifying my memory.  Lots of buildings have been reused and replaced in Jax during my lifetime so it can be a bit muddy keeping all of them straight.