Jaguars State of the Franchise 2019

[JaxAvondale]

The stage is being set for awnings at the stadium. I'm curious as to the possible designs.

[thelakelander]

Here's a site plan of Lot J via Stephanie Brown at WOKV: https://twitter.com/SBrownReports

[thelakelander]

200 room boutique hotel, 300 apartments, office building and Live! $500 million project. No detailed info on construction time table....

[Snufflee]

200 room boutique hotel, 300 apartments, office building and Live! $500 million project. No detailed info on construction time table....

Somewhere between soon and never...

[itsfantastic1]

The stage is being set for awnings at the stadium. I'm curious as to the possible designs.

I got that too. The past few years they've been priming this pump. But I'm thinking it'll land more like the Hard Rock stadium full renovations in Miami, than a brand new stadium...with public money of course.

[JaxAvondale]

Well, at least this plan is more realistic than the plans we saw last year.

[JaxAvondale]

The stage is being set for awnings at the stadium. I'm curious as to the possible designs.

I got that too. The past few years they've been priming this pump. But I'm thinking it'll land more like the Hard Rock stadium full renovations in Miami, than a brand new stadium...with public money of course.

I would prefer not to spend public money but this is almost a must at this point.

I'm curious about the designs with the video boards in the endzones.

[Ken_FSU]

Well, at least this plan is more realistic than the plans we saw last year.

It's actually the exact same plan for Lot J that we saw last year.

They just presented a flattened version and implied it was a new site plan.





(P.S. Changed my password, forgot to write it down, new account it is!)

[thelakelander]

Well, at least this plan is more realistic than the plans we saw last year.

Not sure I'd call it "catalytic". 200 hotel units, 300 apartment units, an office building and a retail/entertainment component is essentially what the combination of JEA Headquarters and the Ambassador Hotel/Apartment are for the Northbank. It would also be less than a combination of Hyatt Place, Laura Trio, and VyStar with the re-purposing of the Landing as the anchor retail/entertainment component.  In other words, we literally have what's equivalent to Lot J beginning to happen in the heart of the Northbank. What we do with the Landing site can really drive it home, sooner rather than later.....all without cleaning contaminated property and ripping down expressway ramps.

[JaxAvondale]

I was basing my "realistic" plan on some of the renderings shown during the presentation that showed mid-rise buildings instead of high rise buildings.

[thelakelander]

There's no market for high-rises there. There's also no need to go vertical for 200 hotel units and 300 apartments.

[minder]

According to CBS 47 the ramps will come down after the season and city has the duration of the season to choose a contractor. If I heard correctly.

[thelakelander]

Nothing new there. They've been hoping that the ramps would come down in 2020. That still assumes no hiccups. I mean just look at how the predictions with the demolition of the old courthouse and the Liberty Street deck over the river have turned out....

The reconstruction of Liberty Street and Coastline Drive, removal of the parking deck behind the old courthouse and construction of new sections of the riverwalk is a project that started in late 2016 and was supposed to be done in July 2018.

The city pushed that date back twice, extending the completion date to March 2019 and then again to January 2020 for the $25.9 million project.

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190417/more-delays-for-liberty-street-project

[minder]

I think they said demolition would be completed by 2021, but I am not 100% certain.

[MusicMan]

"There's no market for high-rises there. There's also no need to go vertical for 200 hotel units and 300 apartments."

Agree 100%. Who the hell wants to live in the middle of a stadium parking lot? Especially when Peter Rummell is supposedly developing an amazing neighborhood across the river.....