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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: thelakelander on September 24, 2020, 08:58:11 AM

Title: Mendenhall Report: Vestcor’s town house development in LaVilla is on pause
Post by: thelakelander on September 24, 2020, 08:58:11 AM
Should have went with JWB.....

QuoteVestcor Companies delayed construction of its for-sale town house development in LaVilla twice this summer and the company said it is hesitant to begin the project in a Downtown market impacted by COVID-19.

Ryan Hoover, president of Vestcor subsidiary TVC Development Inc., said Sept. 2 that the company sought two extensions to its development agreement with the Downtown Investment Authority and the city to build the 88-unit town house project.

Hoover said Vestcor still plans to complete the development but won't begin construction until the for-sale product market, which includes Downtown employees and people seeking an urban core lifestyle, returns.

"You have a lot of people who really aren't even in Downtown now. I assume that everything will be back to some form of normal," Hoover said.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/mendenhall-report-vestcors-town-house-development-in-lavilla-is-on-pause
Title: Re: Mendenhall Report: Vestcor’s town house development in LaVilla is on pause
Post by: marcuscnelson on September 24, 2020, 09:23:44 AM
QuoteI assume that everything will be back to some form of normal," Hoover said.

"This quarantine will last two weeks, and everything will be back to normal."
Title: Re: Mendenhall Report: Vestcor’s town house development in LaVilla is on pause
Post by: Steve on September 24, 2020, 11:01:19 AM
If this takes too long, then they absolutely they need to give this project to the second place bidder (JWB Real Estate).
Title: Re: Mendenhall Report: Vestcor’s town house development in LaVilla is on pause
Post by: Tacachale on September 24, 2020, 11:10:30 AM
To reiterate, the DIA chose the bid by Vestcor, owned by major donor John Rood, over a competing pitch from JWB that included more units, a retail component, better architecture, and more money for Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing Park.
Title: Re: Mendenhall Report: Vestcor’s town house development in LaVilla is on pause
Post by: heights unknown on September 24, 2020, 04:02:36 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on September 24, 2020, 08:58:11 AM
Should have went with JWB.....

QuoteVestcor Companies delayed construction of its for-sale town house development in LaVilla twice this summer and the company said it is hesitant to begin the project in a Downtown market impacted by COVID-19.

Ryan Hoover, president of Vestcor subsidiary TVC Development Inc., said Sept. 2 that the company sought two extensions to its development agreement with the Downtown Investment Authority and the city to build the 88-unit town house project.

Hoover said Vestcor still plans to complete the development but won't begin construction until the for-sale product market, which includes Downtown employees and people seeking an urban core lifestyle, returns.

"You have a lot of people who really aren't even in Downtown now. I assume that everything will be back to some form of normal," Hoover said.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/mendenhall-report-vestcors-town-house-development-in-lavilla-is-on-pause
Scary cat. Coward.