New Downtown Living: Broadstone River House Apartments

[ProjectMaximus]

^:o So we are screwed?? I did not know Gate had that much power...

[acme54321]

With the development of new structures in the urban core of Jacksonville, is the city giving much thought to how things appear at the street-level?  Like do the layouts of these developments make sense for a pedestrian?  When walking along the sidewalks of downtown Jacksonville, will pedestrians feel engaged?  Will there be a sensible and intuitive way to walk from one land use to another, to take in structures and get the most out of the streetscape?  Or will things feel disjointed, disoriented, and isolated with perhaps solid walls lining sidewalks or vast lawns distancing you from the built environment?

The DDRB evaluates just these issues when voting projects up or down.  There are often trade-offs, and sometimes too much compromise, but they do consider the street-level pedestrian feel.

I wouldn't say there's "sometimes" too much compromise. We need more folks like you on that board.

My term ended in June and was not renewed....interpret as you will

Who appoints the members?

[tufsu1]

^ the Mayor

[thelakelander]

Update on the project's progress and schedule: http://residentnews.net/2017/04/01/southbank-apartment-complex-construction-right-track/

[gedo3]

Thanks for adding the link to the information!  If one misses the original article sometimes, it takes a bit of hunting.  This was a big help!

[acme54321]

Yeah the pace seems to be picking up a bit.  They are framing on the front of the building as well.   

[MusicMan]

At the final reveal, we'll find out it's actually 225 small Publix stores!

[KenFSU]

About to open:

https://residentnews.net/2019/01/03/broadstone-river-house-readies-to-open-its-doors/

[Captain Zissou]

Currently I can see 5 multi-family developments under construction from my office (Broadstone, SoBa, 200 Riverside, Bishopgate, and the Barnett).  Big things in the urban core!

[MusicMan]

If you go back and read the link Ennis provided over a year ago you see they are still behind the schedule they put forth. That being said it's definitely  nice to see one big project nearing completion.

I visited the site often over the summer and was appalled at the amount of scrap lumber that went into dumpsters. I personally salvaged enough (and it was a tiny fraction of what was thrown away) to build the frame for a nice shed in my backyard.

[acme54321]

Wow, only 2.5 years, record pace.  I still will wager that SoBa will be complete before the first person moves into River House 

[Captain Zissou]

Wow, only 2.5 years, record pace.  I still will wager that SoBa will be complete before the first person moves into River House 

You might be right.  SoBa is already framing out the second and third floors.  At this pace, they'll be done by summer.

[bl8jaxnative]

As we saw with Broadstone, there's still a ton of work that needs to get done after framing.  Framing is the easy part.

[acme54321]

Broadstone is on pace as the slowest construction project of all time.  ALL TIME.  Only rivaled by Sagrada Familia!  Still not done, broke ground almost 3 years ago.

Glad to see they are on the home stretch.

[acme54321]

Always referred to as Glacier House in our household.

Imma need you to go bacvk and requote me