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THE MATHIS REPORT
DIA orders restaurant at T-U site
Construction begins on $32 million Daily Record The Hendricks at San Marco apartments JACKSONVILLE
The board tables the $182.2 million residential and retail development until a restaurant is added to the first phase.
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Developers are demolishing parts of the South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church property for project.
Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
Harbert Realty Services LLC and Live Oak Contracting ceremonially broke ground Aug. 17 on The Hendricks at San Marco, a day after the city issued a permit to demolish church buildings on the site. The demolition permit allows Realco Recycling Inc. to demolish three South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church buildings at 2139 Thacker Ave. The site is next to the Publixanchored East San Marco retail center under construction and is across Hendricks Avenue from historic San Marco Square. Harbert will develop 133 apartments in one building at the 2.09acre site at southeast Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue. The address is 1520 Alford Place. The project is scheduled for completion in January 2023. Harbert President and CEO David Williams said at the event that The Hendricks at San Marco is a $32 million investment, which he believes is the largest commercial investment in San Marco Square.
Representatives of Harbert Realty Services, Live Oak Contracting, Corner Lot Companies and others, including City Council member LeAnna Cumber, third from left, break ground on The Hendricks at San Marco.
“The Hendricks is going to stand out in the community,” he said. Demolition at the fenced site begins Aug. 19, Harbert and Live Oak representatives said. The apartment developer is San Marco-based Corner Lot Development Group, led by Andy Allen and George Leone, and Birmingham, Alabamabased Harbert Realty Services. Jacksonville-based GMC Properties is an equity partner and property manager. Live Oak Contracting is the contractor. EnVision Design + Engineering is the civil engineer and Group 4 Design is the architect. “It’s been a bit of a long road,” said Live Oak President and CEO Paul Bertozzi, referring to changes in the plans after neighborhood challenges. “This project is going to add so much to San Marco.” KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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An artist’s rending of The Hendricks at San Marco. The apartment community is planned to open in January 2023.
Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
These buildings at South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church will be demolished to make way for the apartment community.
The Downtown Investment Authority board won’t allow the $182.2 million redevelopment of the former Florida Times-Union site to proceed until the developer adds a riverfront restaurant to the first phase of the project. The board voted 5-3 on Aug. 18 to table the development agreement and its $30.84 million incentives package until September. Atlanta-based Fuqua Development LLC proposes One Riverside Avenue, a residential and retail project along the St. Johns River. Fuqua proposes developing the west portion of the property, about 13.42 acres, in two phases. It includes a grocery, retail uses and 271 apartments in two multifamily residential buildings. The plan would restore McCoys Creek and add a public park to the east side of the property. Fuqua’s second phase of the development includes a restaurant, but it would not begin construction until at least 2025 and relies on the city to complete the restoration and relocation of McCoys Creek. The requirement for the restaurant had not come up in previous board meetings. “We are trying to make too many changes, I think, at the last minute and I hate it. I understand there is a timing constraint with the development,” board Chair Braxton Gillam said. “We are trying to do something too fast at this meeting and I’m very worried about it.” Board members Oliver SEE DIA, PAGE 2
Dewberry wants to demolish former Stein Mart store As landlords find new uses for the six closed Stein Mart stores in Jacksonville, the owner of Ortega Park wants to demolish the one in its Westside shopping center. Atlanta-based Dewberry Group applied to the St. Johns River Water Management District on Aug. 11 to redevelop that part of Ortega Park, formerly known as Roosevelt Square. Dewberry has been redeveloping the 60-year-old shopping center at 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., including demolition and new construction. Dewberry said it would keep the neighboring buildings and “may re-construct the Steinmart building area.”
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