Downtown Construction Update: November 2007

[Metro Jacksonville]

Downtown Construction Update: November 2007



The Shipyards, The St. John and East San Marco are all on hold, but a number of downtown projects, both residential and commercial, are continuing to move forward.

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[jeh1980]

FINALLY! Something positive for once. Just because the Shipyards, East San Marco, and The St. John projects were put on hold doesn't mean that they are dead and gone. So stay positive (I hope we all will be). The residential market will rise again soon.

[Jason]

Great update.  Berkman is moving pretty quick.  Also, its good to see some dirt finally being turned at the Brooklyn Park and Kings Avenue Station sites.

[Captain Zissou]

It is very exciting to see progress on Kings Ave and Brooklyn Park!  East San Marco project has already made a little headway, with the new Wachovia being close to completed already.  With that kind of capital already invested in the project, i'm sure we'll see something good come out of it.

[ashmead]

What is going on at Churchwell?  is the whole poject for sale?

http://listing.loopnet.com/15374526

[Joe]

At 40,000 square feet, that's just the ground-floor retail space (maybe ground floor and a mezzanine?) not the whole building.

Mixed-use condos - where some of the condos are residential, and some of the condos are commercial - are a little more legally complicated when setting up the condo association. But it's not that uncommon.

[Madelane]

Another question about Churchwell - what exactly are they building on the roof?  Cabanas?  I have been curious for a while now.

[Joe]

^ Residential Penthouses, I think.

[thelakelander]

Yes, those appear to be penthouses.

[thelakelander]

Here's the website with the floor plans:

http://prpproperties.com/index.html

[reednavy]

The Bellsouth Tower is no more, its now AT&T Tower. The new signage is up and lit up as I type. I can clearly see it from NAS JAX, looks like a little white dot.

[DetroitInJAX]

Looks like 20 West is coming along well too.. Seems like they've gotten more new windows installed, or at least I noticed some changes while standing outside at The Carling.  A guy in a red shirt came by and took pictures of the building and walked on... Was it one of you?


I cant wait until they finish 20 West.. I wish the original plans of having a Loop in the first floor would have happened.

[Lunican]

Berkman II garage pre-collapse.

[heights unknown]

I thought the St. John was a go; it is listed in all scraper forums, and the last I read was that it was approved, not proposed.  Any way, I'm proud to see these other projects "pressing on."  Are we talking about the St. Johns projects that was comprised of about five skyscrapers, or the "St. John" next to the Prudential complex?

Heights

[thelakelander]

The St. John, next to Aetna, is approved but delayed until the market improves.  The 70 story St. James is dead.  The five tower project on the Southbank is DOA as well.