Peterbrooke Leaving San Marco for Brooklyn

[Tacachale]

^My long game money's on the Eastside as a pioneer neighborhood.

[thelakelander]

As SJTC drains off Regency, will the new Brooklyn drain off San Marco?

I don't see Brooklyn being a negative. Instead, it's a trendsetter in a community like this. All Brooklyn's revitalization will do is attract more urban redevelopment in adjacent neighborhoods and established ones like San Marco because Brooklyn's projects will prove this type of development can work in a place like Jacksonville. Heck, Brooklyn's success could finally lead to the East San Marco development getting over the hump.

This city is about 10 -15 years behind its peers in offering the type of urban product going up in Brooklyn. Apartment complexes the size of 220 Riverside and Brooklyn Riverside come a dime a dozen in most cities and there's not much readily available supply of anything similar in San Marco.

Even though this stuff seems big time, what's rising in Brooklyn pales in comparison with the amount of multifamily units and commercial going up in spots like East Baymeadows Road and Gate Parkway. Plus, there's still another potential big urban housing type that isn't available in large supply Jax.....townhomes/rowhomes. Brooklyn is just the beginning of a large redevelopment process that should have happened over a decade ago. Expect a lot more.

[benfranklinbof]

How exciting! Yay for progress

[peestandingup]

^My long game money's on the Eastside as a pioneer neighborhood.

I hope you're right. I've always loved that area & think it deserves it.

Any word on exciting things or interest along Philip J Randolph? I know Intuition is coming on the Bay side, but I'm talking all the way up the corridor to 1st.

[Jimmy]

If I had to guess, I'd select one of those large warehouse buildings or sites along the Park Street corridor.

Unless something else is already confirmed there, my money would be on the old Trophy Center space on Park.  It's massive and has parking.

[fieldafm]

If I had to guess, I'd select one of those large warehouse buildings or sites along the Park Street corridor.

Unless something else is already confirmed there, my money would be on the old Trophy Center space on Park.  It's massive and has parking.

Hallmark already has the option on that building.

[river4340]

Brooklyn does have something that San Marco doesn't: Parking.

[edjax]

I see that the DBJ has posted an update about their move to Brooklyn. In addition to this move they will also be opening a retail store downtown at the corner of Bay and Laura.

[thelakelander]

Interesting. Peterbrooke is heading to Mixontown. Not exactly Brooklyn (for the local media). The new location (one Billy Morris already owns) will be the old bacon slicing plant that was once a part of the Jones Chambliss slaughterhouse complex.

The Jacksonville-based chocolatier is renovating a former food-processing plant at Copeland and Forest streets, on the western edge of Brooklyn, into its corporate base, production plant and tourism center.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=544668

Btw, they also plan to open a retail store at Bay & Laura Streets.

[thelakelander]

Here's a Metro Jacksonville article from this past fall, highlighting the history of Peterbrooke's new manufacturing facility:



http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2014-oct-abandoned-jacksonville-jones-chambliss-meat-packers/page/1

[benfranklinbof]

 Jacksonville will be a candy destination. Very exciting times for Jacksonville

[Tacachale]

Wow, what awesome news for the urban core. A factory coming to life and a new downtown shopping destination.

It's interesting to see how place names evolve to cover more or less area depending on perception. Two years ago, I doubt many in Jacksonville could even tell you where "Brooklyn" is. Now not only is it well known, but it includes this factory well on the other side of the interstate.

[FlaBoy]

Did they ever open up the Factory for tours as they had said?

[thelakelander]

No, but they are making chocolate in Brooklyn.