Development Updates

Ashley Square Apartments (Senior Housing)

Current Status: Recently Completed
Ashley Square is a new senior living (62+) residence located in Jacksonville. Ashley Square is a six-story building, with two floors of parking, an amenities area located on the ground level, and four floors consisting of 96 one-bedroom and 24 two-bedroom units totaling 120 units. All apartments are equipped with multiple energy-efficient features, including a kitchen, bathroom(s), and storage closets. Amenities include a clubhouse, on-site laundry, fitness center and free parking. Tampa-based Blue Sky Communities LLC and nonprofit Aging True Community Senior Services recently converted a 1.03-acre parking lot into 96 one-bedroom, 650-square-foot units and 24 two-bedroom, 900-square-foot units. The lot is bordered by Beaver, Ashley and Newnan streets, west of the Stevens Duval Apartments. The site plan also calls for a 160-space, ground-level parking garage with the apartments built above it.

Baby Got Brunch

Current 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 next to The Residence at City Place. Total investment is $750,000

Baptist Health MD Anderson Cancer Center

Current Status: Recently Completed
Beating cancer demands extraordinary expertise, delivered in a highly coordinated and personalized way, to provide the best possible outcomes for each patient. Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center combines the clinical breakthroughs of the number one cancer center in America and the full resources of North Florida’s largest and most preferred health system. Our world-renowned doctors and team in Jacksonville provide access to the latest clinical trials, innovative technologies, and new targeted therapies, combined with holistic support for every aspect of care including nutritional guidance, genetic counseling, art therapy, physical therapy and yoga.

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

Current Status: Under Construction
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

Berkman Plaza II

Current Status: Proposed
This development proposes a new construction on a Downtown riverfront site which will include 249 apartments, 40 townhouses, four penthouses and 50,000 SF of first-floor retail with a proposed grocery store and pharmacy following the demolition of a never-completed tower on the site. Investment: $135 Million

Block 9 Mixed-Use

Current Status: In Review
Trevato Development Group plans to build a seven-story, mixed-use development with 293 multifamily units, 7,000 SF of ground-floor retail space and 5,000 SF of coworking space. Investment: $100 million Status: In review

Broadstone River House

Current Status: Recently Completed
This six-story, 264 unit apartment complex offering studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The complex consists of two residential buildings, one fronting the St. Johns River and another fronting Prudential Drive. Community amenities include a pool, courtyard, game areas, a social clubroom, billiards lounge, pet-grooming spa, and a health club that will feature yoga and spin studios as well as top-grade fitness equipment.

Brooklyn Park

Current Status: Under Construction
Brooklyn Park is located at the intersection of Jackson Street and Spruce Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood. It is directly across the street from the new Lofts at Brooklyn and adjacent to McCoys Creek. Brooklyn Park improvements will be included as part of the McCoys Creek Greenway project. Future improvements to the park, in tandem with the McCoys Creek restoration, include a kayak launch, pedestrian bridge, trails, and general park amenities. Currently, the park includes amenities such as a basketball court, a baseball field, benches, lighting and trash barrels.

Cathedral Commons

Current Status: Approved
This multi-family development includes 175 apartments across 18 3-story buildings in 5 different architectural styles (contemporary, gable, hip, mid-century, and modern styles).

Central National Bank Building

Current Status: Approved
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)