Beaches Construction Update - Fall 2015
Here's an update on a few new business openings and construction projects currently underway in the Jacksonville-Neptune-Atlantic Beaches area.
1. Atlantic Beach Country Club
Construction continues on the $30 million makeover of the former Selva Marina Country Club. This one-of-a-kind 170-acre Atlantic Beach neighborhood features a private member-owned full service country club offering 178 single-family home sites, a new 18-hole, 6,815 yard championship golf course that appeals to all levels of players, a Tennis Center with 7 Har-Tru courts, a junior Olympic swimming pool, a fitness facility and a 16,000 square foot clubhouse.
November 2015
For more information: https://atlanticbeachcountryclub.com/
2. Ocean Terrace
Richmond America is developing a 59 home project called Ocean Terrace at 440 South Beach Parkway.
The homes being built range from 2,250 to 3,050 square feet and start in the $400,000's.
For more information: https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/02/14/richmond-american-makes-8-million.html
July 2015
November 2015
3. The Beaches Regional Library
The Beaches Regional Library at 600 3rd Street in Neptune Beach is currently being renovated.
July 2015
November 2015
4. 5th Avenue South and 1st Street South
Infill houses are being constructed on a lot owned by the OCAI 1995 LLC at the corner 5th Avenue South and 1st Street South.
5. 112 5th Avenue South
Renovation work is underway on the Ocean Park Condominium building at 112 5th Avenue South.
November 2015
6. Channelside Townhomes
SH Design Homebuilders, based in Jacksonville Beach, is building 30 townhomes with boat slips on the former Lighthouse Grille site — which is south of Beach Boulevard on Hopson Road, on the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway.
July 2015
November 2015
For more information: https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2013/10/30/sh-design-planning-new-luxury.html
7. Sea Chasers Restaurant
Sea Chasers Restaurant is under construction at 831 First Street North in Jacksonville Beach.
July 2015
November 2015
8. Town Center Restaurant/Retail/Office
Southcoast Beaches, LLC. is constructing a new mixed-use structure at 241 Atlantic Boulevard, in the Beaches Town Center.
July 2015
November 2015
9. Surfer the Bar
Surfer the Bar will be replacing Freebird Live in the heart of Jacksonville Beach at 200 1st Street North. Surfer the Bar is affiliated with Surfer Magazine and currently has only one location, and that‘s at the Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku, Hawaii. However there are plans to eventually develop 12 locations for Surfer the Bar on the East Coast and West Coast.
For more information: https://jacksonville.com/business/2015-09-18/story/freebird-live-become-surfer-bar
10. 1000 1st Street North Block
Construction continues on several infill residences being built on the west side of 1st Street North, between 9th Avenue North and 10th Avenue North.
11. Moto Electric Vehicles
Moto Electric Vehicles is building a new warehouse between 9th and 10th streets along Mayport Road in Atlantic Beach. Moto distributes CitEcar electric vehicles, people movers, parking shuttles and street-equipped golf carts for low-speed neighborhoods, such as amusement parks, resorts, retirement communities, institutions, school campuses and churches
12. Burrito Gallery
The Galley Restaurant Group is in the process of constructing a new Burrito Gallery Restaurant on the SW corner of 3rd Street South and Beach Boulevard. The 3,600 square foot restaurant is anticipated to open in spring 2016.
13. 7North
The former post office in Jacksonville Beach on the corner of 3rd street and 7th Avenue North, will soon become a facility that will provide several services to people who live at the beach called 7North. Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (BEAM) will relocate its thrift store from its current location on Shetter Avenue in Jacksonville Beach to 7North. As a retail store, BEAM Thrift offers clothing and household items at a very low cost to shoppers and provides goods at no cost to those who come to BEAM through partner referrals.
July 2015
November 2015
14. 201 Mayport
Beaches Habitat for Humanity is in the process of developing 201 Mayport at the Atlantic Boulevard/Mayport Road interchange. This project preserves property that will provide nearly 80 fee-simple homes to qualified families in what is becoming a highly competitive and restrictive beaches real estate market. The development will include attached duplex, triplex and quadruplex homes that will be conveyed fee-simple to each homeowner.
July 2015
November 2015
For more information: https://www.beacheshabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/General-Information-Beaches-Habitat-and-201-Mayport.pdf
15. Bellinger Shipyards
Land clearing efforts are underway for a waterfront condominium development on the former site of Bellinger Shipyards on Atlantic Boulevard, adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway. Jacksonville Intracoastal LLC plans to build a development featuring 590 multifamily units, a 650-slip marina and potentially 60,000 square feet of office and/or retail space.
For more information: https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/10/08/waterfront-condo-development-planned-for-abandoned.html
July 2015
November 2015
16. 2720 3rd Sreet South
Construction on a new development by Ossi Homes and Development continues at 2720 3rd Street South.
July 2015
November 2015
17. Krystal Restaurant
Fast food chain Krystal is in the process of renovating its 277 3rd Street location. The restaurant is expected to reopen on November 6th.
Update by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com.