Baptist Health Plans Massive DT Expansion

[Metro Jacksonville]

Baptist Health Plans Massive DT Expansion



Baptist Health is planning a massive redevelopment of its downtown Jacksonville medical campus. Moderncities.com has the details!

Read More: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2016-aug-baptist-health-plans-massive-dt-expansion

[acme54321]

I'm getting a 404 on the second (moderncities) page of this article

[RattlerGator]

This is the link to the next page:

http://www.moderncities.com/article/2016-aug-baptist-health-plans-massive-downtown-expansion/page/1

[thelakelander]

I'm getting a 404 on the second (moderncities) page of this article

Fixed. Sorry about that.

[pierre]

I wonder how they plan on St Augustine Road, and the interchange with 95, handling new traffic with the 8 story tower at Baptist South. That area is a mess during the week.

[FlaBoy]

I wish they would put some ground floor retail in their new garage on Prudential or Palm to expand their food offerings and also benefit the downtown.

[Steve]

I wish they would put some ground floor retail in their new garage on Prudential or Palm to expand their food offerings and also benefit the downtown.

Agreed. They might have a tough time filling the Nira Garage, but you'd think they could fill the Palm Ave Garage.

[Captain Zissou]

I wish they would put some ground floor retail in their new garage on Prudential or Palm to expand their food offerings and also benefit the downtown.

Agreed. They might have a tough time filling the Nira Garage, but you'd think they could fill the Palm Ave Garage.

With as many people as they will soon employ and the amount of land they will be occupying, they may need to put some retail in out of necessity.  That area will be one of the densest parts of town with thousands of hungry workers.

[spuwho]

Interesting considering they had some layoffs today.

[FlaBoy]

I wish they would put some ground floor retail in their new garage on Prudential or Palm to expand their food offerings and also benefit the downtown.

Agreed. They might have a tough time filling the Nira Garage, but you'd think they could fill the Palm Ave Garage.

With as many people as they will soon employ and the amount of land they will be occupying, they may need to put some retail in out of necessity.  That area will be one of the densest parts of town with thousands of hungry workers.

They could do a killing but most likely will just end up adding another food court. Creating retail that is accessible to non-patients/patient's family would be great and give their patients/families more options hopefully. It would also engage the street as they are talking about anyway in trying to make it look nicer on Palm.

[icarus]

I wish they would put some ground floor retail in their new garage on Prudential or Palm to expand their food offerings and also benefit the downtown.

Actually this would make most sense because you have the Aetna building, prudential buildings and then Nemours and MD Anderson to the South.  Just look at the long lonely procession to Sherwoods at shift end

[thelakelander]

^Palm Avenue would be a pretty nice street if they found a way to include some retail in the garage. I wonder if the small infill project across Prudential will ever be dusted off?

[FlaBoy]

That looks great. Prudential could really end up relatively vibrant if they did it right. Someone want to propose it? 

[valhalla]

It's hard to see in the renderings, but the new parking garage will also be connected to the rest of the hospital by a skyway (Baptist loves these things). They are concerned about the pedestrian path that currently crosses Palm Ave. Having hundreds of employees crossing a busy road daily is dangerous, and I know employees who have been hit crossing there.

I think it would be great if they could find another place to build the children's tower. While the Howard building isn't very aesthetically pleasing from the outside, it's interior is nice and updated and is kept clean.

Also, I think it would be great if they could incorporate a hotel into the new construction. There isn't one close by and it could have a variety of clientele while directly benefiting the hospital.

[FlaBoy]

Anybody heard anything positive about incorporating some retail in the design off Palm or Prudential?

Also, with all the vacancies at the Aetna Building, making it mixed use with a hotel would make a lot of sense with it's beautiful location and the lack of hotels nearby.