First Baptist Ready To Sell Nine Blocks of Downtown Jax

[acme54321]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

Yes, that will certainly help but I don't think the bus terminal is the real issue.  The homeless services on Julia and surrounding areas have to go.  No one wants to walk between the First Baptist site and FSCJ and have to play hop scotch over people spawled out all over the sidewalks.  Developers know that.

Maybe between the FB and JTA sales it will increase the property values so much that the missions get an offer they can't refuse, but if you want that area to be sucesssfully redeveloped they have to move IMO.  Then there is the issue of the racetrack known as State and Union...

[Kerry]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

I asked that very question about a year ago and was told nothing is changing at Rosa Parks - it will continue as-is even after the new transit center is built.  Has that changed?

[Live_Oak]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

I asked that very question about a year ago and was told nothing is changing at Rosa Parks - it will continue as-is even after the new transit center is built.  Has that changed?

https://www.jtafla.com/media-center/press-releases/the-jta-announces-tod-opportunities/

Press release from May.

[Tacachale]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

Correct.

[Kerry]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

I asked that very question about a year ago and was told nothing is changing at Rosa Parks - it will continue as-is even after the new transit center is built.  Has that changed?

https://www.jtafla.com/media-center/press-releases/the-jta-announces-tod-opportunities/

Press release from May.

Thanks.  That will certainly help the area.

[Steve]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

I asked that very question about a year ago and was told nothing is changing at Rosa Parks - it will continue as-is even after the new transit center is built.  Has that changed?

https://www.jtafla.com/media-center/press-releases/the-jta-announces-tod-opportunities/

Press release from May.

Thanks.  That will certainly help the area.

To your point....in the original plan for the LaVilla bus terminal it was intended to be an additional bus transfer hub, not a replacement. Ideally this is considered when it comes to use of the FBC property in some sort of master plan as this adds another two blocks to what's for sale. Done right, all of a sudden crossing State and Union isn't as crazy as it is now, and goes to resemble crossing something like Michigan Avenue in Chicago, which is 4 lanes in either direction.

[Charles Hunter]

Keep in mind that the Rosa Parks station won't be JTA's transit hub much longer. The JRTC is planned to open next year with all the bus bays moving over there.

I believe JTA will then market Rosa Parks as a TOD.

I asked that very question about a year ago and was told nothing is changing at Rosa Parks - it will continue as-is even after the new transit center is built.  Has that changed?

https://www.jtafla.com/media-center/press-releases/the-jta-announces-tod-opportunities/

Press release from May.

Interesting, I had thought the Rosa Parks TOD was going to be the area adjacent to the the bus terminal.
Because I notice stuff, this line from the TOD media release caught my eye:

The JTA is now seeking unsolicited proposals to develop five Authority-owned and underutilized parcels, including a 1.5-acre site along Johnson Street, near the JRTC in LaVilla.

If they are seeking them, how are the proposals unsolicited?