Southside Construction Update - June 2015
A brief look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Jacksonville's Edge City, the Southside, during June 2015.
What is an Edge City?
Over the Southside's Blue Cross Blue Shield campus.
The term, Edge City, was popularized in the 1991 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier by Joel Garreau, who established its current meaning while working as a reporter for the Washington Post. Garreau argues that the edge city has become the standard form of urban growth worldwide, representing a 20th-century urban form unlike that of the 19th-century central downtown.
Edge Cities typically consist of mid-rise office towers surrounded by massive surface parking lots and manicured lawns. Instead of a traditional street grid, their infrastructure networks consist of winding parkways (often lacking sidewalks) that feed into arterial roads and freeway ramps. They develop at or near freeway intersections and airports and they rarely include heavy industry. They are large geographically because they are built at automobile scale.
Edge Cities are impossible without the automobile. In Jacksonville, the Southside, specifically the JTB corridor, has developed into our first true Edge City. Because the Southside is our only emerging Edge City in the midst of a development boom, we have decided to expand our monthly construction updates to include this area of Jacksonville.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_city
June 2015 Construction Update
1. Skinner Parcels S-1 and S-14 Site Clearing & Fill
Site clearing and filling efforts are underway at two high profile Skinner parcels straddling Gate Parkway near Deerwood Park Boulevard and Downshire Way.
2.Spyglass
Fort Family Investments is developing the Spyglass apartment complex at Baymeadows Road East and Sweetwater Parkway.
When complete, the development will add 220 apartments to the Southside's inventory.
May
June
3. Vistakon Inc.
Jacksonville-based Vistakon is developing a $4.6 million solvent tank farm at it's disposable contact lenses manufacturing complex in Deerwood Park. The 8,640 square foot tank farm is expected to be completed in 2015. In addition, Vistakon is planning to invest $300 million to expand the manufacturing complex over the next seven years. The expansion project is expected to create 100 high-wage jobs and add 35,000 square feet to the manufacturing complex.
May
June
For more information: https://www.visionmonday.com/latest-news/article/vistakon-218-million-expansion-will-increase-acuvue-contact-lens-production-and-add-100-jobs/
4. Old Still
AV Homes, an Arizona-based development firm, is building a 120 home single-family community called "Old Still." The 80-acre development is being built as an urban enclave featuring an urban park and homes lining the street in a pedestrian-scale setting. The project is located just east of I-295 Beltway, along East Baymeadows Road.
May
June
5. Lake Lofts at Deerwood
Construction continues on Lake Lofts at Deerwood. The project will add 130 apartment units on an infill site adjacent to Deerwood Lake. Developed by Inland Diversified Real Estate Services, LLC. of Oak Brook, IL, the four story development will include a five-story parking garage.
May
June
6. Clarity Pointe Jacksonville
Construction continues on BCDC BrightPointe Jacksonville LLC's Clarity Pointe memory care center. The 60-bed, 44,899-square-foot center is being developed on 3.43 acres off East Baymeadows Road.
May
June
For more information: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=541234
7. 7111 Bonneval Road
7111 Bonneval Road is being renovated. Recently opened Corner Bakery Cafe, is the current tenant operating in the retail building adjacent to the I-95/JTB interchange.
May
June
8. Catholic Student Center off-campus housing
Construction is nearing completion on the first phase of a faith-based off-campus student housing center at Alumni Way and St. Johns Bluff Road. Adjacent to the Catholic Student Center, the development will house 204 students in 69 apartment-style units. A second phase is expected to hold another 158 students. In addition, the complex will include lounges, study retreats and space for a priest’s office.
9. Galleria Club Apartments
Construction continues on Fort Family Investment's Galleria Club Apartments development at Baymeadows Road East and R.G. Skinner Boulevard. When complete, the Galleria Club developmnt will add 254 three-story, garden-style rental units to an area where several large multi-family developments have been built over the last couple of years.
May
June
10. Sola Apartments
Flournoy Construction is developing a 330-unit apartment complex at 8074 Gate Parkway North. Called Sola, the $22 million project is expected to be completed next year, just east of Belfort Road.
11. Loree Apartments
Vertical construction is underway on a 300 unit apartment development on 15 acres along A.C. Skinner Parkway. Eventually, the $80 million development will cover 30 acres and include up to 600 units. The project is being developed by Eckstein Investments LLC. and will include bike paths and walking trails integrated with 100-year-old oak hammocks.
May
June
12. Interstate 95 at J. Turner Butler Boulevard interchange Improvements
The Florida Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for the design and construction of the operational improvements to the existing interchange at I-95 and SR 202 (J.T Butler Blvd.). Construction began in November 2014 and be completed in Summer 2017. The following roadway improvements will be constructed as part of the project:
A. Widening, reconstruction, and/or milling and resurfacing of SR 202 between US 1 (Philips Highway) to approximately 2,800’ east of Belfort Road.
B. Widening or full reconstruction of I-95 within the limits of the interchange.
C. Widening and/or reconstruction of the I-95 and SR 202 on / off ramps, which includes the reconstruction of the I-95 northbound off ramp to accommodate a westbound SR 202 turning movement.
D. Construction of a new two-lane, 1400’ long, flyover bridge to accommodate I-95 southbound to SR 202 eastbound traffic.
E. Reconstruction of the I-95 over SR202 mainline bridges.
F. Construction of a new roadway configuration and new bridge to eliminate the existing weave interactions along SR 202 westbound at the I-95 northbound ramp.
G. Permanently close the access to Salisbury Road North from SR 202 westbound.
H. Reconstruction of the SR 202/Salisbury Road South intersection to provide right-in, right-out movements.
I.Widening, full reconstruction, and/or milling and resurfacing of Salisbury Road South within the specified limits.
J. Construction of noise walls along SR 202 westbound, I-95 northbound and I-95 southbound.
K. Construction of new signalization along SR 202 at US 1 (Philips Highway), Bonneval Road, and the I-95 northbound and southbound off ramps.
May
June
For more information: https://www.nflroads.com/_layouts/FDOT D2 Northeast Florida Road Construction/ProjectDetails.aspx?pid=268&sid=All
13. 7768 and 7776 Ozark Drive
An office building is being constructed at 7768 and 7776 Ozark Drive. This development is located at the SE corner of the I-295 East Beltway/Gate Parkway interchange.
May
June
14. Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants is opening their first location in Jacksonville at The Markets at Town Center. The restaurant will be taking up 13,200 square feet at 4850 Big Island Drive.
May
June
For more information: https://www.coopershawkwinery.com/locations/Florida/jacksonville-fl.php
Development update by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com
Over the Southside's Blue Cross Blue Shield campus.
The term, Edge City, was popularized in the 1991 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier by Joel Garreau, who established its current meaning while working as a reporter for the Washington Post. Garreau argues that the edge city has become the standard form of urban growth worldwide, representing a 20th-century urban form unlike that of the 19th-century central downtown.
Edge Cities typically consist of mid-rise office towers surrounded by massive surface parking lots and manicured lawns. Instead of a traditional street grid, their infrastructure networks consist of winding parkways (often lacking sidewalks) that feed into arterial roads and freeway ramps. They develop at or near freeway intersections and airports and they rarely include heavy industry. They are large geographically because they are built at automobile scale.
Edge Cities are impossible without the automobile. In Jacksonville, the Southside, specifically the JTB corridor, has developed into our first true Edge City. Because the Southside is our only emerging Edge City in the midst of a development boom, we have decided to expand our monthly construction updates to include this area of Jacksonville.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_city
June 2015 Construction Update
1. Skinner Parcels S-1 and S-14 Site Clearing & Fill
Site clearing and filling efforts are underway at two high profile Skinner parcels straddling Gate Parkway near Deerwood Park Boulevard and Downshire Way.
2.Spyglass
Fort Family Investments is developing the Spyglass apartment complex at Baymeadows Road East and Sweetwater Parkway.
When complete, the development will add 220 apartments to the Southside's inventory.
May
June
3. Vistakon Inc.
Jacksonville-based Vistakon is developing a $4.6 million solvent tank farm at it's disposable contact lenses manufacturing complex in Deerwood Park. The 8,640 square foot tank farm is expected to be completed in 2015. In addition, Vistakon is planning to invest $300 million to expand the manufacturing complex over the next seven years. The expansion project is expected to create 100 high-wage jobs and add 35,000 square feet to the manufacturing complex.
May
June
For more information: https://www.visionmonday.com/latest-news/article/vistakon-218-million-expansion-will-increase-acuvue-contact-lens-production-and-add-100-jobs/
4. Old Still
AV Homes, an Arizona-based development firm, is building a 120 home single-family community called "Old Still." The 80-acre development is being built as an urban enclave featuring an urban park and homes lining the street in a pedestrian-scale setting. The project is located just east of I-295 Beltway, along East Baymeadows Road.
May
June
5. Lake Lofts at Deerwood
Construction continues on Lake Lofts at Deerwood. The project will add 130 apartment units on an infill site adjacent to Deerwood Lake. Developed by Inland Diversified Real Estate Services, LLC. of Oak Brook, IL, the four story development will include a five-story parking garage.
May
June
6. Clarity Pointe Jacksonville
Construction continues on BCDC BrightPointe Jacksonville LLC's Clarity Pointe memory care center. The 60-bed, 44,899-square-foot center is being developed on 3.43 acres off East Baymeadows Road.
May
June
For more information: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=541234
7. 7111 Bonneval Road
7111 Bonneval Road is being renovated. Recently opened Corner Bakery Cafe, is the current tenant operating in the retail building adjacent to the I-95/JTB interchange.
May
June
8. Catholic Student Center off-campus housing
Construction is nearing completion on the first phase of a faith-based off-campus student housing center at Alumni Way and St. Johns Bluff Road. Adjacent to the Catholic Student Center, the development will house 204 students in 69 apartment-style units. A second phase is expected to hold another 158 students. In addition, the complex will include lounges, study retreats and space for a priest’s office.
9. Galleria Club Apartments
Construction continues on Fort Family Investment's Galleria Club Apartments development at Baymeadows Road East and R.G. Skinner Boulevard. When complete, the Galleria Club developmnt will add 254 three-story, garden-style rental units to an area where several large multi-family developments have been built over the last couple of years.
May
June
10. Sola Apartments
Flournoy Construction is developing a 330-unit apartment complex at 8074 Gate Parkway North. Called Sola, the $22 million project is expected to be completed next year, just east of Belfort Road.
11. Loree Apartments
Vertical construction is underway on a 300 unit apartment development on 15 acres along A.C. Skinner Parkway. Eventually, the $80 million development will cover 30 acres and include up to 600 units. The project is being developed by Eckstein Investments LLC. and will include bike paths and walking trails integrated with 100-year-old oak hammocks.
May
June
12. Interstate 95 at J. Turner Butler Boulevard interchange Improvements
The Florida Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for the design and construction of the operational improvements to the existing interchange at I-95 and SR 202 (J.T Butler Blvd.). Construction began in November 2014 and be completed in Summer 2017. The following roadway improvements will be constructed as part of the project:
A. Widening, reconstruction, and/or milling and resurfacing of SR 202 between US 1 (Philips Highway) to approximately 2,800’ east of Belfort Road.
B. Widening or full reconstruction of I-95 within the limits of the interchange.
C. Widening and/or reconstruction of the I-95 and SR 202 on / off ramps, which includes the reconstruction of the I-95 northbound off ramp to accommodate a westbound SR 202 turning movement.
D. Construction of a new two-lane, 1400’ long, flyover bridge to accommodate I-95 southbound to SR 202 eastbound traffic.
E. Reconstruction of the I-95 over SR202 mainline bridges.
F. Construction of a new roadway configuration and new bridge to eliminate the existing weave interactions along SR 202 westbound at the I-95 northbound ramp.
G. Permanently close the access to Salisbury Road North from SR 202 westbound.
H. Reconstruction of the SR 202/Salisbury Road South intersection to provide right-in, right-out movements.
I.Widening, full reconstruction, and/or milling and resurfacing of Salisbury Road South within the specified limits.
J. Construction of noise walls along SR 202 westbound, I-95 northbound and I-95 southbound.
K. Construction of new signalization along SR 202 at US 1 (Philips Highway), Bonneval Road, and the I-95 northbound and southbound off ramps.
May
June
For more information: https://www.nflroads.com/_layouts/FDOT D2 Northeast Florida Road Construction/ProjectDetails.aspx?pid=268&sid=All
13. 7768 and 7776 Ozark Drive
An office building is being constructed at 7768 and 7776 Ozark Drive. This development is located at the SE corner of the I-295 East Beltway/Gate Parkway interchange.
May
June
14. Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants is opening their first location in Jacksonville at The Markets at Town Center. The restaurant will be taking up 13,200 square feet at 4850 Big Island Drive.
May
June
For more information: https://www.coopershawkwinery.com/locations/Florida/jacksonville-fl.php
Development update by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com