Intuition Ale Works looking for second site

[thelakelander]

[Tacachale]

That image is really hard to see...

[fsujax]

I know wish I could read it better. I wonder who came up with this site plan?

[Bridges]

You can see it better if you go to the bizjournal article and click the picture, then click it again. 

[PeeJayEss]

http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/pdf/Intuition%20-%20Shipyards%2006-07-12_Siteplan.jpg

And.... maybe this will work:

[copperfiend]

The design is a little crude but that would be an interesting location.

[Intuition Ale Works]

FYI guys...

this is just a very preliminary concept and site plan.

The guys at Design Cooperative put this together so we would have something to give to decision makers.

[fsujax]

Looks good. Hope it all works out.

[BrooklynSouth]

Looks like this is the location on Google Maps:

http://goo.gl/maps/6OsG

Wow, what a fantastic spot for a restaurant. Great riverfront entertainment that would also be a huge step toward stitching together the Landing and the stadium district.

[JeffreyS]

I love it.  Can't wait cruise the boat down to intuition.

[fsquid]

I think it is a great concept.  If you had a good bit of boat access, it would be even greater.

[jcjohnpaint]

Amazing.  I hope it is a huge success!

[BrooklynSouth]

As a northern transplant, I want to say that restaurants with boat access are one of my favorite things about Jacksonville. When I've had visitors come from New York and Virginia, I've usually taken them to http://www.capsonthewater.com/ and http://barbarajeans.com/ so they can experience the riverfront life that we have here. It still feels exotic to me when a boat pulls up at Cap's and folks just walk off their boats. I just took my visiting parents to http://www.rivercitybrew.com/, and the food is not even that great there. We need more restaurants with boat docks on the St. Johns river!

[CityLife]

Love the site plan Intuition and smart strategy. So many people are going to be fired up about the project (myself included) that the city has no choice, other than to make it happen.

I'm sure you (Intuition) and your people are all over it, but if you look into how much property the city owns in immediate proximity to the proposed site, you'll find that they own a significant chunk of developable/redevelopable real estate (not just the Shipyards). In this case, if the city viewed itself as a Real Estate Developer/Land Owner, it would be very obvious to facilitate/incentivize this project. The increased values of their adjacent properties would likely offset the "loss" of giving this land to Intuition. Not to mention the intangible benefits for the city, downtown, and its residents are probably worth millions and millions in the long term.

[CityLife]

Here is a little glimpse of all the properties the city owns in proximity to the proposed Intuition site. Basically, the city owns everything in the eastern portion of Downtown.



I did a quick search on the property appraisers site and these are a few of the parcels the city owns near the proposed site. Doesn't include institutional and entertainment I believe. I put this together pretty quick, so I'm sure someone could put together something much better.  FWIW, I believe they are over assessed, probably in order to increase the city's bond rating or something of that sort, but nonetheless potentially very valuable land.

750 Bay (Shipyards)-Assessed at $12.4 million-23.58 acres
950 Bay (Shipyards)-Assessed at $17,058,103-21.7 acres
1406 Gator Bowl Blvd-Assessed at $23,359,778-17.58 acres
1410 Gator Bowl Blvd-Assessed at $6,349,905-5.76 acres
1410 Gator Bowl Blvd #2-Assessed at $8,835,365-7.82 acres
0 Adams (near Metro Park)-Assessed at $6,309,156-11.62 acres
1530 Adams-$2,348,719-1.68 acres
0 Gator Bowl Blvd-Assessed at $3,642,829-4.24 acres
1528 Adams-Assessed at $1,434,300-1.49 acres
1430 Adams-Assessed at $2,713,880-3.14 acres
0 Adams-Assessed at $1,380,560-1.73 acres
1100 Adams-Assessed at $1,776,820-7.65 acres