Furchgott’s Building Adaptive Reuse

This project by Lotus Commercial USA will be an adaptive reuse of a historic building. The mixed-use development will include 40 one- and two-bedroom apartments as well as fitness facilities, ground-floor amenities and 3,900 SF of retail space.

Investment: $18 million
Status: In review

Emerald Trail Tier 1, Hogan Street Cycle Track

Previously envisioned by the City of Jacksonville within the proposal for the 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the Hogan Street Cycle Track provides a missing connection between the Hogan Creek Greenway trail and the Northbank Riverwalk. The proposed trail begins on the northern end at Hogans Creek and interacts with the Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) campus as a shared-use street. The Hogan Street segment within Downtown will become cycle track along the west side of Hogan Street adjacent to the pedestrian sidewalk. The one-way roadway of Hogan Street will be modified to remove one of the two travel lanes. This proposed roadway modification and cycle track design is proposed from W. State Street south to Bay Street. The suggested design standard of the cycle track is to create a safe and inviting pedestrian and bicycle dominated corridor.

The final block from Water Street to the Northbank Riverwalk will have the cycle track and pedestrian area transition into a shared-use side path.

Emerald Trail

In Spring 2019, Jacksonville City Council approved Groundwork Jacksonville’s Emerald Trail Master Plan to create a 30-mile network of bicycle and pedestrian trails that will connect Downtown to 14 historic neighborhoods, 18 schools, two colleges and nearly 30 parks.

Phase one is a 1.3-mile “Model Project” to connect the existing S-Line Rail Trail in Springfield to the McCoys Creek Greenway and Park Street. The Emerald Trail network is estimated to cost $31 million, plus land acquisition, and take 10 years to complete.

Daily’s Dash & Bold City Brewery

A mixed-use building combining a Daily’s Dash, fuel station and Bold City Brewery bar and restaurant.

Dash is a fast-casual, cafe concept that offers a variety of fresh, wholesome, all-natural made-to-order breakfast and lunch sandwiches, salads, desserts and specialty coffee drinks, all made from the highest-quality ingredients.

Bold City was the first craft brewery in Jacksonville with its initial location still in Riverside

Duval County Courthouse Lawn Art

“These Truths, Voice of Jacksonville”, designed by sculptor Cliff Garten, will feature two flowing ribbons of stainless steel to frame the entrance to our Courthouse.

Those ribbons will also have writings from the foundational texts of our democracy and five local poets and authors engraved on its surface. These words will be illuminated at night, telling our story as a community, and our continued push toward justice and equality.

Through the addition of this monumental public art installation, the three-acre lawn of the Courthouse will be transformed into an active urban park reflective of the values of our community.

Central National Bank Building

Augustine Development Group plans to renovate this building, originally built in 1927, at 404 North Julia Street and construct a new, eight-story apartment building with an attached eight-story parking deck. Plans call for the renovation of the former bank into the main lobby of the complex to include an additional 36 residential apartments within the historic structure and add a projected 5,769 square-feet of commercial/retail space on the ground floor, including 3,240 square-feet of leasable space projected to be occupied by a fitness center.

The new construction proposes an eight-story residential apartment complex that will provide 103 apartments along with an eight-story parking deck which will provide an estimated 450 parking spaces.

Investment: $53.54 million (renovation and new construction) 

Florida Casket Company

The structure, originally the Florida Casket Company building, was constructed circa 1920.
Project includes renovation of the three-story brick building and three-story addition to both the west and east building facades. The additions and alterations are necessary to support the mixed-use renovation of the building, which includes a museum, document archival and venue space.

Bay Street Innovation Corridor & the Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C)

This collaboration with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), City, North Florida TPO, JEA and JAX Chamber will create a national model for the deployment of autonomous vehicles. The existing Skyway will be converted and smart technologies such as dynamic signals, connected intersections, integrated data exchange, pedestrian sensors, flood warning sensors and power consumption reduction will be installed. In August 2021, JTA selected Balfour Beatty Vision 2 Reality (V2R) team to deliver the Bay Street Innovation Corridor project on behalf of the JTA.

Investment: $379 Million

1037 Hendricks Ave

Project includes converting the former Reddi-Arts complex into a mixed-use property to include 13,364 square feet of office and retail space. 39 off-street parking spaces and ample room for outdoor seating will be included throughout the property.