J Magazine Winter 2019
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JACKSON<br />
OAK<br />
MAY<br />
J MAGAZINE’S<br />
PROGRESS REPORT<br />
PRIME<br />
OSBORN<br />
CONVENTION<br />
CENTER<br />
BROOKLYN<br />
PARK<br />
ADAMS<br />
HOUSTON<br />
UNITY<br />
PLAZA<br />
FOREST<br />
JOHNSON<br />
LEE<br />
DAVIS<br />
WATER<br />
MAGNOLIA<br />
LAVILLA<br />
MADISON<br />
REGIONAL<br />
TRANSPORTATION<br />
CENTER<br />
The ultramodern building in LaVilla<br />
is expected to be finished on time and on budget<br />
with move-ins beginning in January and completed<br />
by late March or early April. Besides its major<br />
transportation impacts, it is being viewed as the<br />
anchor for redevelopment in LaVilla.<br />
RIVERSIDE AVE.<br />
SNYDER MEMORIAL CHURCH<br />
The beautiful church at Hemming Park has been<br />
empty too long. Boyer of DIA says there have<br />
been three serious inquiries about reusing it,<br />
possibly with a restaurant in the sanctuary space.<br />
NEW JEA HQ<br />
Despite all the sales talk, the JEA board has decided to<br />
go ahead with a new headquarters building. Design has<br />
gone to the Downtown Development Review Board.<br />
The site at 325 W. Adams St. is near the Duval County Courthouse.<br />
JEFFERSON<br />
BROAD<br />
FLORIDA BLUE/<br />
GUIDEWELL<br />
The company turned over a parking<br />
lot for the FIS building and is<br />
constructing a new parking garage at Forest and<br />
Magnolia streets. The garage will be available to the<br />
public on nights and weekends. GuideWell will add<br />
750 new jobs at its Riverside Avenue tower.<br />
FORMER INDEPENDENT LIFE BUILDING<br />
The original Independent Life Building at 233 W. Duval St. also<br />
was JEA’s headquarters in the 1970s. This site was identified as<br />
one of J magazine’s eyesores. A developer plans to convert it<br />
into apartments, a rooftop restaurant and bar and a boutique grocery.<br />
CLAY<br />
PEARL<br />
FORMER<br />
GREYHOUND<br />
SITE<br />
In the last issue, a<br />
parking lot at 10 N. Pearl St., the<br />
former Greyhound station, was identified<br />
as an eyesore. Now there is a<br />
possibility that a 54-story skyscraper<br />
could be built there, said Lori Boyer,<br />
CEO of the Downtown Investment<br />
Authority. It would be the tallest<br />
building in town.<br />
ACOSTA<br />
BRIDGE<br />
JULIA<br />
TIMES-<br />
UNION<br />
CENTER<br />
HEMMING<br />
PARK<br />
HOGAN<br />
FORSYTH<br />
BAY<br />
LAURA<br />
JACKSONVILLE<br />
LANDING<br />
VYSTAR<br />
As employees<br />
move into VyStar’s<br />
new Downtown<br />
building, work continues on an<br />
adjacent low-rise space at 100<br />
W. Bay St. And VyStar will own<br />
a nearby parking garage, too, an<br />
important addition for workers<br />
Downtown.<br />
BROOKLYN PLACE<br />
More restaurants are coming<br />
to the restaurant row along<br />
Riverside Avenue. Panera,<br />
Chipotle and Bento Asian Kitchen were<br />
reported by the Financial News with room<br />
still for a 1,520-square-foot retailer. We would<br />
like to see a major drug store there. Some<br />
much needed parking will be added with a<br />
connection to the Northbank Riverwalk.<br />
BEAVER<br />
ASHLEY<br />
CHURCH<br />
DUVAL<br />
MONROE<br />
MAIN<br />
MAIN STREET<br />
BRIDGE<br />
FRIENDSHIP<br />
FOUNTAIN<br />
RIVERPLACE<br />
MARY<br />
OCEAN<br />
PRUDENTIAL DR.<br />
SAN MARCO BLVD.<br />
N<br />
RIVERSIDE<br />
12 J MAGAZINE | WINTER <strong>2019</strong><br />
FIS HEADQUARTERS<br />
Fidelity National Information Services, FIS, will construct a new 12-story headquarters by 2022 near<br />
its current site on Riverside Avenue. With 300,000 square feet, it represents a long-term commitment<br />
of this growing Fortune 500 company to Jacksonville. Another 500 jobs will be added by 2029.<br />
FULLER WARREN BRIDGE
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