Urban Construction Update - November 2011

[Metro Jacksonville]

Urban Construction Update - November 2011



Here's a look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Downtown Jacksonville as of November 2011.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-nov-urban-construction-update-november-2011

[acme54321]

San Marco Station?  Whats up with that?  Any more info??

[simms3]

Decent construction update.  Looks like Pulp may not be opening?  The Panera development for San Marco is pretty good, especially since their Panera closed and this one will be a rehab project.  And the courthouse...taking forever!

[jcjohnpaint]

Panera Bread - San Marco Station Development?  Wasn't this dead?

[jcjohnpaint]

I must have this confused with something else.  Where exactly is this San Marco Station? 

[fieldafm]

The building originally had a PUD approved to build a train-themed restaurant.  A little while ago, plans changed.  SMPS really worked with the developer to have a site plan that kept the building intact.  It's one of the few remaining municipal buildings still standing from the old City of South Jacksonville.

[tufsu1]

from what I understand, plans are to tear down the single story building on the site and re-use the two story building.

[fieldafm]

Unless something changed, the old utilities building is staying intact as an adaptive re-use(which was not the original plan) and it will share parking with SMPS, keeping the building with proper pedestrian scaling fronting the street.

[Overstreet]

The tower at Wolfson will be "dried in" this month. Curtainwall is at the 9th floor (north elevation). Roofing has been done on lowerfloors. There are six different elevations with roofing.  Opening date remains fourth quarter 2012.  Contractor/construction manager, Batson Cook Company, reports it is on schedule.

[ben says]

Decent construction update.  Looks like Pulp may not be opening?  The Panera development for San Marco is pretty good, especially since their Panera closed and this one will be a rehab project.  And the courthouse...taking forever!

Can't imagine Pulp would still be opening. I'm not businessman, but I can't understand how this would be a good business decision.

[Jumpinjack]

Watz up with Derby on the Park? No movement inside, months passing, out of work employees.

[dougskiles]

Unless something changed, the old utilities building is staying intact as an adaptive re-use(which was not the original plan) and it will share parking with SMPS, keeping the building with proper pedestrian scaling fronting the street.

Lakelander and I are working on an article about this project that will be published soon.  In a nutshell, the large utilities building will be renovated for restaurant & retail.  Panera will occupy a new 4,000 sf building in the place of the smaller building that is adjacent to the old South Jacksonville City Hall (where SMPS office is).  The lot behind SJCH will become a shared parking lot.

Most exciting to me is that there will be a plaza created in the space between the old utilities building, Panera's new building, Hendricks and the RR tracks.  We worked hard to keep that space free of parking.  To his credit, the developer bought into the vision and has worked hard with us to make it all happen.

[comncense]

What's the estimated finish date on the Courthouse? I'm actually kinda tired of seeing it at this point. I just want the current courthouse to move...

[fieldafm]

Pulp is in the process of opening in Avondale... they had to completely gut the interior. 

People were working on Derby on Park Saturday and Sunday.  This isn't a Ty Pennington show 

[fieldafm]

Unless something changed, the old utilities building is staying intact as an adaptive re-use(which was not the original plan) and it will share parking with SMPS, keeping the building with proper pedestrian scaling fronting the street.

Lakelander and I are working on an article about this project that will be published soon.  In a nutshell, the large utilities building will be renovated for restaurant & retail.  Panera will occupy a new 4,000 sf building in the place of the smaller building that is adjacent to the old South Jacksonville City Hall (where SMPS office is).  The lot behind SJCH will become a shared parking lot.

Most exciting to me is that there will be a plaza created in the space between the old utilities building, Panera's new building, Hendricks and the RR tracks.  We worked hard to keep that space free of parking.  To his credit, the developer bought into the vision and has worked hard with us to make it all happen.

And that my friends is why we need more people like Doug Skiles willing to make it happen.  He is certainly someone that is inspiring to me.