Urban Retail Renaissance?
A new crop of projects has the urban retail sector poised to finally take flight. Will there be enough wallets to go around?
Published November 21, 2007 in Development - MetroJacksonville.com
1. Bay Street Station
Developer: Renaissance Design Build Group/Atlantic Coast Developers
Expected groundbreaking: Spring 2008
Potential components:
12 Screen movie cinema
Bowling alley
2 hotels (450 combined rooms)
80,000 sf of office space
50,000 sf of retail/restaurant space
1,500-car parking garage
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2. Brooklyn Park II
Developer: Miles Development Partners
Expected groundbreaking: Summer 2008
Potential components:
800 condominiums
130-room hotel
Urban fresh market grocery store
major bookstore
150,000 square feet of office/retail/restaurant space
one acre public park
3. Jacksonville Landing East Lot
Developer: Sleiman Enterprises
Expected groundbreaking: N/A
Potential components:
1,000-car parking garage
riverfront retail and office space
work-force housing
140-slip marina
4. 122 Ocean
Developer: Main Branch LLC
Expected groundbreaking: N/A
Potential components:
City Market - An urban grocery store
Low Room Theater - independent movie theater and bar
The Grotto wine bar
Nest - A high-end design and furniture store
Parabolic Pictures LLC - A film company
TigerLily Media - A film company
Can the Landing compete with a new flock of urban retail developments? What project will be the most beneficial to downtown? Which ones will become reality and which will remain on paper?
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