My wife and I are seriously thinking of relocating to JAX. We are very interested in a high rise condo. We would welcome local ideas. We would be moving from the DC area in a year or two. Thanks!
Welcome!! Depending on how you define high rise, your options could be slim or very slim. There are a handful of midrises at the beaches. Another handful of midrise condo buildings in the urban core area. For a legit high rise you have The Peninsula and San Marco Place both on the Southbank and Berkman Plaza in downtown, all relatively new. Berkman looks and feels a bit dated imo. Peninsula is on the river and super luxurious...San Marco Place is its sister building across the street from the river, but the right units can also offer fantastic river views.
Enjoy! Your money will go much further here! My wife owns a basic 2 bed condo in a highrise by Courthouse metro stop and it is significantly more expensive than a 2 bed in Beau Rivage (luxury mid-rise in Jax) with an amazing 180 degree water view.
Quote from: Pastor Eric Wester on March 26, 2016, 07:07:16 PM
My wife and I are seriously thinking of relocating to JAX. We are very interested in a high rise condo. We would welcome local ideas. We would be moving from the DC area in a year or two. Thanks!
There are some high rise condos on the river in Riverside between Lomax and Stockton streets. There also is Beau Rivage on St. Johns Ave.
Should be a relative value coming from DC. Personal message me if you want to discuss in depth. I am a local Realtor who knows Downtown very well.
Thanks to each of you for these replies. The Riverside tip is helpful in that my initial visit last year focused on the Plaza and Southbank. I will look up locations mentioned. Is San Marco walkable from the Penisula? Also, I have been tracking talk about the future redevelopment. Seems like there are plenty of skeptics about the likelihood of follow through. Will JAX take off or not? Any crystal balls out there?
Yes. The Peninsula is roughly 0.25 miles north of I-95, which is the Southbank/San Marco border. San Marco Square, the heart of San Marco, is roughly 1 mile south of the Peninsula via Hendricks Avenue.
Quote from: Pastor Eric Wester on March 27, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Thanks to each of you for these replies. The Riverside tip is helpful in that my initial visit last year focused on the Plaza and Southbank. I will look up locations mentioned. Is San Marco walkable from the Penisula? Also, I have been tracking talk about the future redevelopment. Seems like there are plenty of skeptics about the likelihood of follow through. Will JAX take off or not? Any crystal balls out there?
Is it "walkable?" I don't know. But it is absolutely possible to walk. As Lake said you're just under one mile to get to the heart of San Marco's walkable strip...and there are lots of restaurants/shops much closer than that. Is it walkable like anything resembling DC area? No not at all. There are stretches of that corridor (Hendricks Ave) that are not at all inviting to a pedestrian. But it is very able to be walked.
That said...the immediate area of the Peninsula will undergo a streetscape redesign in the next couple years that will totally reshape that strip in a positive way. On top of that, there is a 200+ unit apartment complex and a 20-acre mixed use development planned just east of the Peninsula that are
supposedly looking good for construction in the coming year. If they are delivered as proposed it will make the Peninsula area 100% more walkable 5 years from now. Legitimately "walkable."
Re: Jax taking off...depends how you define that. But I would more than likely wager yes.