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Riverfront Jacksonville is a $1.1 billion redevelopment plan for about 25 acres along the St. Johns River. The project spans from the front of the VyStar campus, the former Jacksonville Landing, to The Ford on Bay, the site of the former City Hall Annex and Duval County Courthouse.
Developer Steve Atkins wants a mix of park space, multifamily, retail, restaurants and a convention center with $536 million in public funding. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
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hile SouthEast Development Group LLC Managing Director Steve Atkins was on stage June 1 at the Florida Theatre presenting a $1.1 billion master plan to the Northbank riverfront to Downtown stakeholders, his staff emailed the pitch to Downtown Investment Authority leadership. Atkins detailed his multiphase proposal for Riverfront Jacksonville this week for a public-private partnership with the city to build 10 buildings totaling 1.8 million square feet of space comprising commercial office uses; mixed-use multifamily and for-sale condominiums; retail;
an “entertainment-oriented” hotel; a food hall; and a convention/events center. The 25-acre master plan includes 15 acres of public park and plazas from the former Jacksonville Landing to the vacant The Ford on Bay, as well as subterranean parking. Atkins said over the past two years he has kept DIA and city officials up to date on SouthEast’s work. June 1 was the first time he presented a full breakdown of SouthEast’s plan. SouthEast now moves on to persuade the city and DIA to pay for $536 million, nearly half of the project cost, with private developers contributing $559 million. “We only have one opportunity to get this right,” Atkins SEE RIVERFRONT, PAGE 4
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SouthEast Development Group LLC Managing Director Steve Atkins presents his plan for the Downtown Northbank on June 1 at the Florida Theatre.
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