Southside Construction Update - Spring 2016
A brief look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Jacksonville's Edge City, the Southside, during Spring 2016.
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
Spring 2016 Construction Update
1. Wild Wings Cafe
$361,471 worth of alternations and repairs are being made to the closed Wild Wings restaurant at 4555 Southside Blvd. The restaurant has been closed since a July 2015 fire.
2. Brooks University Crossing
Construction continues on Brooks University Crossing, a 111-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center near Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital at Beach and University boulevards. The $13.6 million construction project comprises a three-story, 81,267-square-foot structure on 8.34 acres at 6210 Beach Blvd. The construction timeline is expected to take 12 months.
February 2016
May 2016
3. Vistakon Inc.
Jacksonville-based Vistakon recently completed a $4.6 million solvent tank farm at it's disposable contact lenses manufacturing complex in Deerwood Park. Vistakon is now investing $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. The new manufacturing space will include five new production lines, the tank farm, a 3D printing center and a site for medical device laboratory test method development.
February 2016
May 2016
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. Tesla Motors
Tesla Motors is in the process of opening a showroom at the St. Johns Town Center. The showroom will be in the former Forever 21 space on River City Drive. In addition, Pieolgy Pizzeria plans to open at the St. Johns Town Center in summer 2016 in the old Renna's Pizza location. Pieology Pizzeria plans to open up to 12 build-you-own-pie restaurants in the Jacksonville area within five to seven years.
5. Lake Lofts at Deerwood
Construction is nearing completion 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 includes a five-story parking garage.
February 2016
May 2016
6. Galleria Marketplace
Triforce Development LLC is in the process of building a 9,000 square foot retail project at 6025 Butler Point Road in the Galleria Point development. Plans indicate the retail building will include 107 parking spaces. Confirmed tenants include Chicken Salad Chick, Smoothie King, Newk’s Eatery and Kazu Sushi Burrito.
February 2016
May 2016
For more information: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=546775
7. Town Center Promenade
Construction is underway on Core Property Capital's Town Center Promenade development. This 30-acre mixed-use development will include 100,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, 350 multi-family units and 150 hotel rooms. Anticipated for delivery in spring 2017, announced tenants includ Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Texas de Brazil, Piada Italian Street Food, Newk's Eatery, Starbucks and Aldi. Town Center Promenade will be located on Town Center Parkway between Midtown Parkway and Brightman Boulevard, across the street from St. Johns Town Center.
8. 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 in late 2016, just east of Belfort Road.
February 2016
May 2016
9. Loree Apartments
Construction continues 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.
February 2016
May 2016
10. 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 is anticipated to 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.
February 2016
May 2016
For more information: https://www.nflroads.com/_layouts/FDOT D2 Northeast Florida Road Construction/ProjectDetails.aspx?pid=268&sid=All
11. 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.
February 2016
May 2016
12. Touchton Urgent Care and Cath Lab
9726 Touchton Road is in the process of being converted into a 3,400-square foot urgent care facility and a 5,267-square foot Cath Lab.
February 2016
May 2016
13. Mayo Clinic Lung Restoration Center
United Therapeutics recently broke ground on a three story, 75,000-square-foot lung restoration center at Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville campus. The carbon neutral and environmental friendly medical treatment facility is expected to open in 2017.
February 2016
May 2016
For more information: https://jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2016-01-19/story/mayo-clinics-lung-restoration-center-ready-break-ground
14. Topgolf Jacksonville
Construction is underway on Topgolf at 10531 Brightman Boulevard. When complete, the project will feature a driving range, family entertainment and a restaurant in a 30,674-square-foot structure. The $6 million project is expected to be completed late summer 2016.
May 2016
For more information: https://topgolf.com/us/jacksonville/
Development update by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncitiesusa@gmail.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
Spring 2016 Construction Update
1. Wild Wings Cafe
$361,471 worth of alternations and repairs are being made to the closed Wild Wings restaurant at 4555 Southside Blvd. The restaurant has been closed since a July 2015 fire.
2. Brooks University Crossing
Construction continues on Brooks University Crossing, a 111-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center near Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital at Beach and University boulevards. The $13.6 million construction project comprises a three-story, 81,267-square-foot structure on 8.34 acres at 6210 Beach Blvd. The construction timeline is expected to take 12 months.
February 2016
May 2016
3. Vistakon Inc.
Jacksonville-based Vistakon recently completed a $4.6 million solvent tank farm at it's disposable contact lenses manufacturing complex in Deerwood Park. Vistakon is now investing $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. The new manufacturing space will include five new production lines, the tank farm, a 3D printing center and a site for medical device laboratory test method development.
February 2016
May 2016
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. Tesla Motors
Tesla Motors is in the process of opening a showroom at the St. Johns Town Center. The showroom will be in the former Forever 21 space on River City Drive. In addition, Pieolgy Pizzeria plans to open at the St. Johns Town Center in summer 2016 in the old Renna's Pizza location. Pieology Pizzeria plans to open up to 12 build-you-own-pie restaurants in the Jacksonville area within five to seven years.
5. Lake Lofts at Deerwood
Construction is nearing completion 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 includes a five-story parking garage.
February 2016
May 2016
6. Galleria Marketplace
Triforce Development LLC is in the process of building a 9,000 square foot retail project at 6025 Butler Point Road in the Galleria Point development. Plans indicate the retail building will include 107 parking spaces. Confirmed tenants include Chicken Salad Chick, Smoothie King, Newk’s Eatery and Kazu Sushi Burrito.
February 2016
May 2016
For more information: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=546775
7. Town Center Promenade
Construction is underway on Core Property Capital's Town Center Promenade development. This 30-acre mixed-use development will include 100,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, 350 multi-family units and 150 hotel rooms. Anticipated for delivery in spring 2017, announced tenants includ Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Texas de Brazil, Piada Italian Street Food, Newk's Eatery, Starbucks and Aldi. Town Center Promenade will be located on Town Center Parkway between Midtown Parkway and Brightman Boulevard, across the street from St. Johns Town Center.
8. 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 in late 2016, just east of Belfort Road.
February 2016
May 2016
9. Loree Apartments
Construction continues 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.
February 2016
May 2016
10. 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 is anticipated to 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.
February 2016
May 2016
For more information: https://www.nflroads.com/_layouts/FDOT D2 Northeast Florida Road Construction/ProjectDetails.aspx?pid=268&sid=All
11. 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.
February 2016
May 2016
12. Touchton Urgent Care and Cath Lab
9726 Touchton Road is in the process of being converted into a 3,400-square foot urgent care facility and a 5,267-square foot Cath Lab.
February 2016
May 2016
13. Mayo Clinic Lung Restoration Center
United Therapeutics recently broke ground on a three story, 75,000-square-foot lung restoration center at Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville campus. The carbon neutral and environmental friendly medical treatment facility is expected to open in 2017.
February 2016
May 2016
For more information: https://jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2016-01-19/story/mayo-clinics-lung-restoration-center-ready-break-ground
14. Topgolf Jacksonville
Construction is underway on Topgolf at 10531 Brightman Boulevard. When complete, the project will feature a driving range, family entertainment and a restaurant in a 30,674-square-foot structure. The $6 million project is expected to be completed late summer 2016.
May 2016
For more information: https://topgolf.com/us/jacksonville/
Development update by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncitiesusa@gmail.com