Businesses flee Regency Square Mall without AC

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Fyi - September 30th

"Join OAI for our next meeting on Tuesday, September 30, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at Jacksonville University Gooding Auditorium. We are excited to welcome Rurmell Mcgee, president of Blackwater Development, the new owner of the Nexus at Regency. Rurmell will share his journey in acquiring the Regency Square Mall property and his vision for its revitalization, once Jacksonville's epicenter for shopping, dining, entertainment and social connection."

[Zac T]

If I had to guess, that JCPenney store will end up being renovated into a self storage space, just like the old JCPenney store at Gateway.  A stick frame apartment will probably materialize at some point on the site of the East Mall.

This is becoming really common for these old retail buildings surrounded by parking.  The old Sears in Melbourne was recently converted to self storage and they filled the parking lots with stick built apartments.

Unrelated to Regency, but I'm super curious to see what the next evolution of the nearly abandoned Borders, Bed Bath & Beyond, Bye Bye Baby megaplaza on Southside near the Avenues becomes. It's been largely vacated for a while now.

It appears H Mart is interested in taking over Timberlin Village. Another entry into Jax's booming Asian grocery sector. Lotte Plaza, RD International Market, Enson Market, and Patel Brothers all open or planning expansions here

Expanding Korean-American supermarket chain H Mart could to be preparing for an entry into Jacksonville.

An LLC linked to the chain bought the Timberlin Village shopping center at 8801 Southside Blvd. on Dec. 8 for $13.25 million.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/dec/12/asian-grocery-chain-h-mart-appears-to-be-looking-at-jacksonville/