Suburban Jacksonville: Deerwood Center

[Metro Jacksonville]

Suburban Jacksonville: Deerwood Center



Baymeadow's Deerwood Center is home to several employers and educational facilities, making it the envy of many downtown Jacksonville advocates.  After three decades of being in existance, the development's mature tree canopy, lakes and mix of uses combine to provide it with a different vibe from many of Jacksonville's suburban office parks.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-may-suburban-jacksonville-deerwood-center

[Adam W]

I've wasted too many good years of my life at various locations in that office park. It was nice to read the article, but it made me a bit depressed, too 

[copperfiend]

^Adam, same here.

I worked in two of the buildings pictured when they were Citigroup. The building in the second to last photo and the Florida Coastal building with the big ball in front of it. I do miss being able to go out on the deck on a nice day.

[fsujax]

I worked out there for a summer in one of AT&T's call centers (worst job ever)! I noticed there were limited sidewalks out there and everyone drove to Baymeadows Rd to eat lunch.

[finehoe]

It speaks volumes that there is not a single person to be seen in any of these photos.

[fsujax]

maybe they were taken on a Sunday??

[finehoe]

maybe they were taken on a Sunday??

Even so, are scenes from "The Walking Dead" really something for many downtown Jacksonville advocates to be envious of?  I mean, we've already got that.

[ben says]

While it definitely sucks out there, if you're into fishing at all, that lake is PACKED with huge fish. Tons. Like, spit in the water, you'll see 2 dozen 1-3 foot long fish rush to the surface. Kinda cool.

[thelakelander]

maybe they were taken on a Sunday??

A Saturday morning a few months back.

[fsquid]

It speaks volumes that there is not a single person to be seen in any of these photos.

probably because it is an office park.  just a hunch

[I-10east]

I don't see why anyone would look at the Deerwood Center as an 'undesirable awful place'. It's just a typical suburban office park that you'll find in Anyplace USA. In fact, I think of it as a 'tranquil clean well kept area' and not a 'dreadful outpost to be banished at'. Deerwood wasn't meant to be a place with sidewalks, and bike lanes throughout; Even if had them, it would be a total waste of money, because no one would be out there using them. This is not an attack on anyone's opinions, just voicing mine, hopefully that's okay.

[I-10east]

probably because it is an office park.  just a hunch

+1000

[finehoe]

For those of you not aware of Tyson's Corner in Northern Virginia, here is an overview of the plans to transform it from a suburban office park to a vital, vibrant urban center.  Unlikely to ever be the case in Deerwood, but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/tysonscorner/tysonstaskforce.htm

[Adam W]

I worked out there for a summer in one of AT&T's call centers (worst job ever)! I noticed there were limited sidewalks out there and everyone drove to Baymeadows Rd to eat lunch.

I worked at Citibank and at Convergys. Terrible jobs, but that wasn't due to the location, of course.

On the other hand, I went through a period where I had to commute home from work at Convergys via bus. It was terrible. I had to wait forever for the damn bus and then it took ages to crawl up Phillips Highway. I eventually realised I could get off at the foot of the Acosta bridge, walk to Riverside and get home quicker than transferring to another bus downtown.

[mtraininjax]

Lake - Fantastic, now we have found what Downtown is missing, a GIANT LAKE with 1-3 foot long fish dominated by sidewalks all around it. If we only had a lake downtown, oh yeah, the people would come, they most certainly would come.