Mathers Social coming Downtown

[jagsonville]

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/photo-gallery/mathers-social-gathering-plans-nightclub-downtown-on-east-forsyth-street

A very swanky upstairs speakeasy concept is coming. I feel this will lead to a true entertainment district downtown as team market group has opened up half the bars and clubs in Orlando. If business is good they will open up more. Like it or not this could be huge for downtown, hopefully it doesn't canabalize dos gatos and the Volstead too much.

[remc86007]

Great! Now there might be room to stand in Dos Gatos and the Volstead on the weekends.

It does look really cool. It's also one block from my office:)

[BridgeTroll]

"We chose Jacksonville because of all the cool buildings and the need in Jacksonville for some nightlife and fun,"

[RatTownRyan]

"It probably shows to me that people outside of our Jacksonville environment understand the potential of Downtown Jacksonville where some in the city don't get it," Langton said.

[Downtown Osprey]

Some pretty powerful quotes in that article lol

[Steve]

I can't find any negative here with this news....though I'm sure someone will!

[Captain Zissou]

I do worry about parking as downtown becomes more successful.  I don't worry about the quantity of parking, but the user experience and the complexity that the city lots present.  If everything was uniform and you knew where to park and what to pay, that would be great.  That ain't Jacksonville though.  We need something like Passport Parking to help clarify the options to the end user.

[Steve]

I do worry about parking as downtown becomes more successful.  I don't worry about the quantity of parking, but the user experience and the complexity that the city lots present.  If everything was uniform and you knew where to park and what to pay, that would be great.  That ain't Jacksonville though.  We need something like Passport Parking to help clarify the options to the end user.

I do think that something like that would work...or at a minimum some sort of unified code that if you want to operate a parking lot then you must follow these rules (i.e. accept credit cards, be open until a certain time, etc.)

NYC did something very similar with the cabbies a while back and from a user's perspective it's great. NY is one of the few cities I'll still do the Cab over Uber.

[Downtown Osprey]

I can't find any negative here with this news....though I'm sure someone will!

Or someone will find some project in [insert city name] and mention how it blows this one out of the water along w/ any other redevelopment we have going on downtown

[KenFSU]

Awesome news.

Looking forward to hearing what develops with the first floor.

[downtownbrown]

great example of organic growth vs. master planned development.  The former happens. The latter doesn't. This keeps up we'll have a mini Buckhead sprout up around the Florida Theater.  Super mini.

BTW, back in the 70s when people were busy saving the Fox Theatre, no one worried about parking.

[Ken_FSU]

Back from the dead.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/proposed-mathers-social-gathering-seeking-dollar1-3-million-in-dia-incentives

[heights unknown]

"We chose Jacksonville because of all the cool buildings and the need in Jacksonville for some nightlife and fun,"

Am I missing something? WHAT cool buildings is he or they referring to? I guess if you don't know Jacksonville, or never been here, or a first-time visitor, the buildings downtown do look cool. (?)...I guess.

[thelakelander]

We've torn down a lot but all our older underused buildings are structures that have character that can't be replaced. No matter how vibrant newer cities get, they'll never have the same historic pedestrian scale vibe that the Northbank has. I believe that's what they are describing.