JEA to solicit development proposals for Southbank riverfront land

[copperfiend]

Perhaps JEA would be willing to sell the land at market value to a developer interested in building an aquarium, ferris wheel, condos, hotels, and an observation tower...and don't forget the gondola ride across the river to the stadium.

Where will the IKEA and Bass Pro Shop go??

[urbaknight]

This site would be the perfect location for a surface parking lot, or maybe we can just make it a landfill for medical waste.

Be careful what you say. If the developers have their way and are able to re-kill the mobility plan, that could be a possability.

[edjax]

I believe today is the day they open the proposals and announce who has submitted them.

[heights unknown]

This site would be the perfect location for a surface parking lot, or maybe we can just make it a landfill for medical waste.

LOLOLOLOL...Come on "High Tower," make me laugh just a little bit harder.......LOLOLOL.

[heights unknown]

I believe today is the day they open the proposals and announce who has submitted them.

Can't wait to see the proposals and who submitted them. Can't wait to open the Christmas gifts.

[edjax]

Per story on JBJ there were two bids.  The one Rummell is involved in and one from a company out of Atlanta, RocaPoint Partners.  There is a tie to the city with them in that one of their partners was previously with Everbank. 

[edjax]

It looks like 2 of the 3 partners were previously with Everbank. The third is President and Co CEO of Georgetown Investment Co out of NYC.

[Know Growth]

It appears the Shipyards may have some competition!

As anticipated

[marcuscnelson]

So, it's been about a decade since this all started. How do we feel about the progress that's been made?

This land was initially awarded to Peter Rummell and Mike Balanky as Healthy Town. Then it became The District. Now it's RiversEdge, led by Preston Hollow Capital after the original partners dropped out. Despite all this time, the horizontal infrastructure is still under construction while the only officially slated building plans are for townhomes by Toll Brothers.

[thelakelander]

This is one was always more pie in the sky to me.....in that the renderings shown over the years were nothing more than massing models moreso than real projects that would be built anytime soon. This is a pretty large development site. I expect it to take a couple of decades to fully build out. With that said, consider us about one decade in already.

[heights unknown]

This is one was always more pie in the sky to me.....in that the renderings shown over the years were nothing more than massing models moreso than real projects that would be built anytime soon. This is a pretty large development site. I expect it to take a couple of decades to fully build out. With that said, consider us about one decade in already.

1st decade, horizontal/infrastructure; 2nd decade vertical/condos-hotels-etc.? I won't be here to see it.