1534 Oak Street Breaks Ground

[Metro Jacksonville]

1534 Oak Street Breaks Ground



On Monday, Insetta Family Properties' broke ground on their latest project in Riverside.  Their groundbreaking eliminates the last remaining vacant lot on Margaret Street between Five Points and the St. John's River

Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-jun-1534-oak-street-breaks-ground

[comncense]

Projects like these make me so jealous of Riverside. How can some areas have things so right and Downtown get things so wrong. I'm sure things in Riverside don't always go perfectly, but in comparison to Downtown... It's like night and day.

[Jason]

I love it.  That corner of Riverside has become the poster child of how to redevelop a historic neighborhood.   The only betterment would be to up the floor count by 3-5 to include a residential component, however, I fully understand why they didn't include it.

[fsujax]

Glad to see the new building. Hate to see Chew leave Downtown.

[hillary supporter]

Projects like these make me so jealous of Riverside. How can some areas have things so right and Downtown get things so wrong. I'm sure things in Riverside don't always go perfectly, but in comparison to Downtown... It's like night and day.

Its unreal. This whole city is taking off......

[duvaldude08]

Projects like these make me so jealous of Riverside. How can some areas have things so right and Downtown get things so wrong. I'm sure things in Riverside don't always go perfectly, but in comparison to Downtown... It's like night and day.

Its unreal. This whole city is taking off......

I agree Hilary. Things have been slow going, but I feel the city as a whole is finally moving. Alot of these projects, including this one, The trio and many others, has been in the making for some years now.

[Captain Zissou]

I would have liked the project to be taller as well, but they were already running into trouble with their current size.  Even though this is in the Urban Transition Area, it is adjacent to a historic district that isn't used to this kind of development.  I think that the best thing that this project can do for the neighborhood is succeed.  If this development is successful, it will prove to developers and the neighborhood that dense and walkable development can survive in Riverside.  I'm sure we'll start to see more mid-density infill projects start to pop up in the development pipeline.

[jaxlore]

I hope the lounge on the roof doesn't run into the noise complaints that other Riverside night ventures have been plagued with, we need an open air venue for groovin.

[Steve]

^This was something discussed during LUZ hearings on this project. They are limited to 10PM and 12AM (Friday/Saturday) for live music. Given how Orsay's lounge is (nice place, but not a club open until 2AM), I wouldn't expect this to be a problem.

[jaxlore]

Thanks for info Steve!

[hightowerlover]

do you guys have a link to the old renderings? 

[Captain Zissou]

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,9434.0.html

This is from the article Joey put up a while ago.  Metrojax did a cover story on it, but I'm not sure the title.

[copperfiend]

I love it. Good work by all. Can't wait to see that baby go vertical.

[tg]

Excited for this project to start building. Its a unique looking building, and will add another element to Riverside. I agree with the above postings that downtown could learn a lot from Riverside.

[Tacachale]

Very cool use of the space. I hope this succeeds.

As someone else said, it will be sad to see Chew vacating downtown, though.