Daily Record FINANCIAL NEWS &
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
VOL. 104, NO.093 • ONE SECTION
Settlement triggers confusion By Max Marbut Staff Writer
MANIFEST DISTILLING 960 E. Forsyth St.
Its founders saw a confluence of positive energy: the Doro District’s entertainment complex; Daily’s Place amphitheater and flex field; the expected transformation of the Shipyards; and EverBank Field.
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20 W. Adams St. FSCJ calls it the “Downtown Immersion Project” — creating student housing and a first-floor culinary program in the renovated six-story building.
BROOKLYN STATION ON RIVERSIDE 150 Riverside Ave.
With a mix of restaurants and The Fresh Market, Regency Centers envisioned “a place where the residents and the people who work around the area would want to come and hang out,” said Regency’s Patrick McKinley.
‘Let’ s generate buzz
Three months after the city agreed to a proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit over housing for disabled, three city committees are waiting to resolve one last piece of a legal puzzle: Whether the settlement would require the city to amend the zoning code only in Springfield or throughout Duval County. Three ordinances to enact the settlement terms were introduced to City Council in January and then sent to the Neighborhood, Community Investments & Services, Land Use & Zoning and Finance committees. But the ordinances triggered questions. “When I was reviewing the legislation and zoning code, I had as many questions as everyone else. I think everyone is confused,” said LUZ Chair Danny Becton. The confusion stems from a lawsuit involving a proposed housing redevelopment in Springfield. In 2014, Ability Housing began the permitting process to convert a vacant, 12-unit COUNCIL
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After 25 years on San Marco Square, Scott Riley is moving Stellers Gallery 4 miles south next to Hugo’s Furniture. Riley will leave the 4,500-squarefoot gallery at 1409 Atlantic Blvd. for a 11,000-square-foot space at 3139 Philips Highway. The San Marco building he leased was sold. Riley will close Stellers in San Marco April 1 and open along Philips Highway April 18. A celebration for Riley’s “New Beginnings” is scheduled from 6-9 p.m. March 30 at the San Marco gallery. Stellers, a full-service fine art gallery, said the new location makes it one of the largest art galleries in Riley the Southeast and it is one of the longest-operating, privately owned galleries in Northeast Florida. Riley has been a gallerist and art dealer in the area for more than 32 years. He opened Stellers Gallery in 1985 when he began to represent his brother, wildlife and environmental artist, C. Ford Riley. The gallery was named after one of Ford Riley’s first successful paintings, the Stellers Jay. MATHIS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Infill development is boosting neighborhoods, jobs
By Karen Brune Mathis Managing Editor Trey Mills and his partners decided that the Downtown corner of East Bay Street and A. Philip Randolph Boulevard was a spirited site for their new business, Manifest Distilling. It was near the city’s sports venues, the riverfront Shipyards site awaiting development, and in the same building as Intuition Ale Works. With all that in their backyard, they decided to tap into energy. “Let’s generate buzz,” he said. Mills echoed other panelists at an Urban Land Institute North Florida District Council program about infill development. Eight developers, planners and owners shared their views about
investing in vacant or under-used land and buildings in areas surrounded by activity. “We take that responsibility seriously as a social-justice calling,” said Chris Holland, Florida State College at Jacksonville vice president of student services. The college intends to lease a 106-year-old building under renovation by the landlord for student housing. The historic Lerner Building, at 20 W. Adams St., was long vacant. Part of that calling, Holland said, “is looking at our urban core and really thinking about how we can help invigorate and reinforce” the need for infill investment. Panelists posited many reasons and results: Infill development stimulates the economy, spurs more
investment, increases safety, raises property values, puts underused properties on the tax rolls and generates employment. “We’ve added density to the market and created jobs,” said Patrick McKinley, vice president at Regency Centers Corp., developer of Brooklyn Station on Riverside. Brooklyn Station is the almost-full retail center anchored by The Fresh Market and filled with restaurants like Zoës Kitchen, Burrito Gallery and BurgerFi. “Brooklyn, as it continues to develop, is going to change the shopping and dining patterns of the people that live in Riverside and Downtown,” McKinley said. On the single-family residential side, Alex Sifakis, president of JWB INFILL CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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