WEDNESDAY February 26, 2020
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Developer says it has operator for Downtown grocery
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Augustine Development Group plans to convert the Independent Life Insurance Building into apartments and retail space.
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Bonneval Road may be renamed Bentley
Owner of luxury car dealership under construction requests the renaming.
BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
Augustine Development Group has secured a grocery store operator for its planned renovation of Downtown’s Independent Life Insurance Building. Company President Bryan Greiner confirmed the deal in a phone interview Feb. 20 but said he could not disclose the tenant for the 21,000-square-foot, ground-floor grocery space. He said the renovation project is on track to start work in the second quarter. Augustine Development Group has a construction lender and final design plans are “90% complete.” Greiner and investment partners DLP Capital LLC purchased the 19-story office building at 233 W. Duval St. in early October through PEP10 LLC for $3.7 million. Augustine Development Group expects to invest about $28 million into the 64-year-old, 180,000-square-foot building to develop apartments and retail space. The Downtown Development Review Board granted conceptual approval for the plans Nov. 14. Plans show 140 market-rate apartments and a rooftop terrace with a pool.
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Miami-based Brickell Motors LLC is building a Bentley/Maserati Alfa Romeo dealership at 7137 Bonneval Road.
BY SCOTT SAILER STAFF WRITER
Above: The 19-story Independent Life Insurance Building at 233 W. Duval St. was designed by KBJ Architects and completed in 1955. Left: An entrance to the building along West Duval St. Photos by Monty Zickuhr
The owner of the Bentley/ Maserati Alfa Romeo dealership under construction at 7137 Bonneval Road is requesting that part of Bonneval Road be renamed “Bentley Road.” Miami-based Brickell Motors LLC applied to the city for the change to coincide with the opening of its Jacksonville dealership. Bonneval Road is divided north and south by Butler Boulevard. The request is to change the name of the road south of Butler Boulevard. A report from the city Planning and Development Department to the Historic Preservation Commission said the reason for the change is to “provide recognition to the brand and help locate the new dealership.” City code requires that street name changes be reviewed by the
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Chipotle approved for construction in Brooklyn The city approved construction Feb. 21 for a $210,000 build-out for Chipotle at Brooklyn Place in Riverside. Horizon Construction Co. is the contractor for the 2,500-square-foot project at 50 Riverside Ave. The Ferber Co. is the developer of the 11,500-square-foot Brooklyn Place, which will include Panera, Bento and Chop Barbershop. It will be the 10th Chipotle in the Jacksonville area. Chipotle says it has more than 2,600 restaurants in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Its restaurants average 25 employees.
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