In October 2021, the Jacksonville City Council approved plans for a 176-room Four Seasons hotel with 25 private residences, a 137,000-square-foot Class A office tower, and City-owned marina. One Shipyards Place is a six-story office building under construction by Iguana Investments across Gator Bowl Boulevard from EverBank Stadium. Office space is available and currently leasing on the building’s fifth and sixth floors.
Total Project Investment $387.6 Million
Expected Completion: April 2026
In October 2021, the Jacksonville City Council approved plans for a 176-room Four Seasons hotel with 25 private residences, a 156,000-square-foot Class A office tower, and City-owned marina. The five-star hotel will tout resort amenities including a pool, spa, ballroom, meeting spaces, signature roof-top restaurant, and other dining options. The marina will feature a marina support building that contains a ship store, public restaurant, restrooms, and shower facilities.
Plans include a $4 million investment over 20 years to neighboring Metropolitan Park.
Investment $387.6 Million
Expected Completion: February 2027
Preston Hollow Capital LLC has begun work on this healthy-living-inspired mixed-use project on 30-acres along the riverfront. The development is slated to bring 950 residential units, 147 hotel rooms, 200,000 SF of office space, 134,000 SF of retail, and a 125-slip marina. The project will include more than four acres of public park space and active water access.
The public space will include more than four acres of public park spaces, including a large central riverfront Park, and will tell the story of Jacksonville’s extraordinary medical facilities through art, exercise, gardens and interactive features. Active water access abounds with a marsh boardwalk and an extension of the Southbank Riverwalk, as well as transient boater slips and a kayak launch site.
With scenic views of both the river and the Downtown skyline, this unique setting will be a place that empowers residents and visitors to pursue and achieve wellness in their everyday lives.
Investment: $693 million
Status: Under construction
Gateway Jax LLC is planning a multiphase, mixed-use development across 20 blocks in the NorthCore to include 1,160 apartments, office, 120,000 of grocery-anchored retail space, and parking. The first block to break ground, known as N11 (located at 515 N. Pearl St.), kicked off the project’s construction of Phase 1A in October 2024. Block N4 is projected to break ground Summer 2025.
Investment: $500 million
Status: Phase 1A is under construction; subsequent phases are in review
In June 2024, the City of Jacksonville and Jacksonville Jaguars reached an agreement on a groundbreaking deal for a new stadium. The Stadium of the Future is a $1.4 billion renovation of EverBank Stadium into a state-of-the-art facility that serves as a hub for sports, entertainment, and community engagement. Plans call for a modern design inclusive of a protective canopy, wider concourses, new communal spaces, scenic lookout decks, new seating types, special event capacity, immersive in-bowl tech, and a nature park. The project will keep the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville for at least 30 years.
A significant component of the project is the Community Benefits Agreement, which outlines investments aimed at uplifting the surrounding communities and ensuring long-term benefits for Jacksonville residents. Both the City of Jacksonville and the Jaguars have pledged $150 million each, totaling $300 million, dedicated to community initiatives such as improvements to parks, affordable housing, workforce development and homelessness initiatives throughout the city.
The renovation commenced in early 2025, with an expected completion by the 2028 NFL season.
The June Social Club will occupy the entire historic Federal Reserve Building at 424 N. Hogan St. in the Downtown NorthCore. It is part of the Gateway Jax project to redevelop more than 20 blocks Downtown primarily assembled by Jacksonville-based JWB Real Estate Capital.
A partnership between Atlanta-based Pour Taproom and VyStar, this first Florida franchise in the ground floor of the newly constructed parking garage on Laura Street (adjacent to Pour Taproom) will be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week serving pub fare and more than 80 beers on tap. Expected opening is Spring 2025.
A companion to the adjacent Four Seasons development, the development includes a mixed-use marina support building with a dockmaster office, restrooms, storage, retail space, a laundry room, a manager’s office, other office area, and a restaurant. It will be a roughly 6,000-square-foot building that included a 1,847-square-foot restaurant space with 72 indoor seats and 40 outdoor seats. An event lawn, located in between the office tower and support building, and adjacent Riverwalk improvements are also included. Access to the marina will be via the Riverwalk, hotel, event lawn, and office tower.
A new concept from the owners of the District Springfield, Dorothy’s Downtown takes the former original Burrito Gallery location below Indochine, which will remain. Dorothy’s will feature a new upscale Southern and Creole-themed menu and be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week with brunch on Saturday and Sunday. Sidewalk dining is planned. Expected opening Winter 2024. The project received the DIA’s Food and Beverage Retail Enhancement Program forgivable loan and a Sidewalk Enhancement grant.
The first Florida franchise of this popular Charleston based concept. Located in one retail space of the newly renovated First Baptist Convention Center, Co-Op will also utilize half of the patio of the renovated Federal Reserve on the Hogan Street Cycle track. Slated for completion in Fall of 2024.
