Development Status: Under Construction

Brought by former Jaguar Marcus Stroud, Baby Got Brunch is a nod to his college nickname and the concept for his first restaurant. Located in the ground floor of Residences at City Place condominiums, brunch will be offered all day with mimosas and a full bar menu of cocktails. The restaurant plans to seat 80 and offer live music. The project is utilizing the DIA’s Retail Enhancement Program, and its total investment is $750,000.

A collaboration among Restaurant & Hospitality Investment Group LLC, CD+Urban LLC, and Cronk Duch Architecture will construct 11,000 SF of retail, to feature a Southern Grounds & Co., Blueberry Bakery, and new restaurant concept Alder & Oak.

Investment: $7.3 million
Status: Under Construction

Preston Hollow Capital LLC has contracted with Toll Brothers for 39 town houses as part of the major Southbank development dubbed RiversEdge: Life on the St. Johns. The townhomes model home opened in January 2025.

Learn more about the the RiversEdge townhomes at: https://www.tollbrothers.com/luxury-homes-for-sale/Florida/Toll-Brothers-at-RiversEdge

The RiversEdge development will include more than four acres of public park spaces, including a large central riverfront Park featuring an iconic sculpture and a flexible lawn bordered by a walking track and a pavilion. A destination playground designed to provide fitness equipment for adults and children will be featured in another park area and a yoga lawn will be featured in a third.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.

These various public spaces will inspire healthy living through art, exercise, gardens and interactrive features.

Status: Under Construction
Expected Completion: First Phase Opening Spring 2025

After a seven-month process, a tremendous amount of public engagement and three outstanding designs, the Perkins&Will design team was named winner of the Riverfront Plaza (FKA The Landing) design competition.

Phase 1 of Riverfront Plaza is now under construction and includes an elevated destination playground on top of a park pavilion building, a flexible event lawn, as well as bulkhead and riverwalk improvements. The park pavilion building will include a café space, restrooms and storage space to support the park. Phase 1 is slated for late 2025 completion.

Phase 2 of Riverfront Plaza will include a beer garden, rain garden, a bike and pedestrian connection to the Main Street Bridge and an iconic sculpture situated atop civic stairs that is undeniably unique and authentic to Jacksonville. Phase 2 is anticipated to start in early 2025 with an anticipated completion time of early-to-mid 2027.

Construction has concluded The Residences at One Riverside, the residential component of the first phase of a proposed mixed-use project. The development will include retail, office, restaurant and apartments at the 18-acre former Florida-Times Union site which would be developed concurrent with the day-lighting and restoration of McCoy’s Creek. Phase 1 will include 271 multi-family units, 39,256 SF of retail (including a grocer and riverfront restaurant) and a parking garage. Phase 2 will include 125 multi-family units and 15,000 SF of retail.

Investment: $250 million

The city is paying for redevelopment of a 125-slip public marina; a marina support building; an event lawn; and the Riverwalk to support the Four Season’s hotel and residences.

This project includes replacing deteriorating bulkheads along the Northbank. Work on the Jacksonville Performing Arts Center bulkhead was recently completed (2023). Additional improvements to come include the CSX bulkhead, Riverfront Plaza bulkhead, and East of Main Street bulkhead.