“Ariete Hospitality Group CEO Andrew Falsetto told the Jacksonville Business Journal in January 2025 that it is in discussions with building owner Group RMS to build out a restaurant on the ground floor of the Bank of America tower.” Falsetto and AHG (which owns nine, going on 12, restaurant/bar concepts in Miami, one of which has a Michelin Star) are interested in bringing a restaurant concept to Downtown Jax.

With restaurant concept plans in final stages and discussions ongoing with the Downtown Investment Authority, construction plans could unfold soon. The restaurant concept would go in one of the ground floor spaces in the tower, and doors would be added to allow for direct access from the street. This effort to turn the building “inside out” by allowing for exterior entry rather than one entry point and interior circulation is an urban planning best practice that promotes pedestrian activity.