Urban Construction Update - December 2012

[Metro Jacksonville]

Urban Construction Update - December 2012



A brief look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Downtown Jacksonville during the month of December 2012.

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[ben says]

San Marco streetscape is looking pretty good. Wish they made the traffic circle a little bigger. Guess they did what they would in that amount of space.

What's the deal with Salty Fig? How close/far until we see some progress? This forum has said "opening this FALL" for months now. It's winter...

[Noone]

Nice update.
Sent you a couple of pics.
Hope you post a few.

[acme54321]

Is that 3 story on St Johns new construction or an extreme remodel?

[Captain Zissou]

Is that 3 story on St Johns new construction or an extreme remodel?

It's new construction.  Based on the surrounding properties, I'm assuming it is multi-family.  It looks great, in my opinion, and I hope they put in more projects like it.

[fieldafm]

Is that 3 story on St Johns new construction or an extreme remodel?

That's a friend of mine.  It's new construction, single family. 

[Captain Zissou]

^ Single family??  That's a monster!!

[fieldafm]

San Marco streetscape is looking pretty good. Wish they made the traffic circle a little bigger. Guess they did what they would in that amount of space.

What's the deal with Salty Fig? How close/far until we see some progress? This forum has said "opening this FALL" for months now. It's winter...

Have you ever opened a restaurant, especially one in Riverside/Avondale?  It's not an easy process, at all.

Some of the tables are being installed now.  The grease trap went in last week.  The parking lot construction continues (they can't open without the parking lot).

They are hoping for a soft opening before New Years, but that's still a moving target.

Frankly, the pace has been impressively brisk within the context of the neighborhood it's located in.  Mark Rubin deserves some praise for the project's pace thus far, considering the circumstances.   

[CG7]

I noticed good progress being made at the Chamber of Commerce building this weekend also.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Glad to see 220 Riverside underway.

[MusicMan]

New contruction on St Johns is a single family, 3 story 3000+ sq ft. Owner wanted to have view of river.
Paid $149,000 for the lot about 2-3 years ago. 

[ubben]

I hope the Cummer protects the big live oak trees in the old parking lot. They add a lot to the streetscape.

[hopeart]

All of the oaks on the property are being saved and will be in better conditions than they are currently.  The parking lot will be mostly pervious pavers and there will be more breathing room for existing trees and those that are yet to be planted.  At one point ere was a design option to remove some of the trees to gain more parking, but that plan was clearly rejected.

[boydbettis]

I think Salty Fig should be opening a little after Christmas.

[ben says]

^ Thanks