RiversEdge breaks ground on Southbank

[acme54321]

Very interested to see what happens with the Toll Brothers townhomes. Strong sales will probably help expedite the next phase. But ironically, I think you need the retail presence there to help justify the $750k to $900k those townhouses are listed for. Have been told that Preston Hollow is comfortable eating the CDD assessments while the market matures.

I'm sure Toll Brothers wants to sell those units before anything else is constructed because as of right now they have some pretty great views of the river and downtown.  A whole lot better than looking at the back of a hotel from your rooftop patio.

The pearl debacle is so Jacksonville. So, so, Jacksonville.

[Aristocles]

I'm concerned about how good Rivers Edge is for retail - the whole development looks like a bit of a dead end or cul-de-sac, where you have to be going there to get there. That's not good for retail, which needs to be on roads that go through to other places for maximum exposure to potential customers.

[thelakelander]

I doubt there will be retail development there anytime soon. When it does materialize, it will likely require subsidies to initially get off the ground.

[Jankelope]

RiversEdge renderings were genuinely awesome, which should have been my first clue it's going to be a generic Home2Suites, a "LOFTS at RiversEdge," and a storage unit facility.

[Jagsdrew]

Preston Hollow's project in Dallas getting some backlash regarding the building's height. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/article/developer-shortens-proposed-hotly-debated-dallas-22293336.php

[fsu813]

I just want to know what happened to the damn Pearl. Hardest story in Jacksonville to get an answer on. I don't even love the art. It's just that one day, a giant BALL was commissioned, announced, funded, and permitted on the river. Then all of a sudden, everyone started acting like THE GIANT BALL ON THE RIVER never existed. We're all been gaslit about the massive porous ball.

It was never just a ball. It was a large Seeing Stone, likely stolen from a level 5 wizard's work shop, probably east of the Paragon Mountain realm. That's a lot of sky magic to be that close to a water source - a water source controlled by Sprite, the nephew of Lord of Dark Rivers, none the less. Think of the repercussions if something went awry there. Liability.

Anyway, it would have been just a matter of time before the wizard came looking for his stone. And we all know what would happen then. We dodged a bullet.