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A private groundbreaking was Feb. 16 for East San Marco at southeast Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue.
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The Publix-anchored shopping center is under construction. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Compliance Grant seeking public financial assistance to meet the new standards. They are among 125 commercial properties the city estimates will need to be brought into compliance by the May 1, 2025, deadline. Husband and wife hair stylists Aaron and LaVonia Gipson own and operate Hair Formations Salon at 7435 Merrill Road and filed an initial Renew Arlington grant application in August. Aaron Gipson said the application process can be cumbersome.
Regency Centers Corp. ceremonially broke ground Feb. 16 on the site of what will become the East San Marco shopping center, almost 20 years in the making. Along with the previously announced Publix Super Markets Inc. anchor store, the center will include OrangeTheory Fitness. More tenants will be announced as development continues, Regency said in a news release. Construction has begun at the southeast Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue site and is slated to continue until mid-2022. Jacksonville-based Regency Centers said the two-story Publix will occupy 60,000 square feet of grocery, retail, and essential services in Jacksonville’s historic San Marco neighborhood. Key members of Regency Centers and Publix along with city and San Marco community leaders attended the private groundbreaking. “San Marco has deserved this project for a long time,” said Patrick McKinley, vice president and
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LaVonia and Aaron Gipson are the owners of Hair Formations Salon at 7435 Merrill Road. Theirs is one of six business that have filed initial applications for a grant to help pay for meeting new landscaping and other standards in Arlington.
So far, six of 125 businesses have applied for city financial assistance to meet 2019 zoning standards designed to improve the neighborhood.
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hen the Jacksonville City Council approved a plan in June 2019 to combat blight in Arlington with new commercial property design standards, it started a six-year clock for businesses to come into compliance. According to the city Office of Economic Development, six commercial properties have filed initial applications for the Renew Arlington Mandatory
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