Nursing home proposed near Jacksonville University

[thelakelander]

A local bill to support a proposed 150-bed, 320-job nursing home and senior living facility adjacent to Jacksonville University is making its way through City Council and potentially the Florida Legislature.

The project, called Dolphin Pointe Landing, would increase health care access in the area, create jobs and help rejuvenate the Arlington area, said project presenter Greg Nelson, president of Ohio-based Nelson Holdings.

Nelson, a JU graduate and former basketball player who serves on the university’s board of trustees, proposed the local bill and said Dolphin Pointe would be a place retirees could live close to the college campus.

“They want to be close to something that’s part of their past,” he said.

Senior housing at college campuses is a growing trend across the U.S., he said, and the facility would provide educational and job opportunities for nursing students at JU.

While a summary sheet says 320 jobs, Nelson said the facility would create at least 360 permanent jobs in addition to those needed for the two-year construction period.

Project information for Council members states the facility would create about 320 full-time jobs and when fully occupied would generate an estimated annual payroll of $8.5 million.

Full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=534680

[coredumped]

This is great and what the are needs. Does anyone know exactly where this will be?

[thelakelander]

I think it will be on the undeveloped tract just north of the campus.