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WorkDaily begins on Publix-anchored Record shopping center in St. Augustine The DDRB JACKSONVILLE
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An artist’s rendering of the renovated Ambassador Hotel at 420 N. Julia St. Downtown.
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approves Ambassador Hotel design
TREATY OAK MARKETPLACE The 65,187-square-foot retail center comprises four outparcels, 15,400 square feet of inline tenant space and a 0.9-acre pad for future development.
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The Augustine Development Group TRYP by Wyndham will have 100 rooms, a restaurant and lounge.
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The Sembler Co. is developing the property that is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
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Construction is underway on Treaty Oaks Marketplace, a Publix-anchored shopping center at Florida 207 and Brinkhoff Road in St. Augustine. St. Petersburg-based The Sembler Co. is developing the 65,187-square-foot retail center, the company said in a news release July 13. It will comprise four outparcels, 15,400 square feet of inline tenant space and a 0.9-acre pad for future development. According to Sembler’s website, the center will be completed in the third quarter of 2022. The shopping center will be a quartermile from the Treaty Oaks, Andalusia and Entrada single-family home developments.
The release said Treaty Oaks Marketplace is near 3,700 planned homes, commercial space, hotel rooms and a school. “We believe the site Beyer is well-positioned to not only serve the trade area’s existing Publix customers, but the thousands of future Publix customers brought by planned area developments,” Sembler Vice President of Development Josh Beyer said in the release. Sembler will handle development, leasing and property management. The company also developed and owns Oakleaf Town Center. KGARWOOD@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
The Downtown Development Review Board on July 15 approved the exterior design for AXIS Hotels LLC’s estimated $17.6 million renovation of the historic Ambassador Hotel. The board voted 5-0 to grant AXIS final design approval for what the developer says will be a 100-room TRYP by Wyndham hotel in the 98-year-old building at 420 N. Julia St. The hotel also will have a restaurant and lounge. Bryan Greiner, president of AXIS parent company Augustine Development Group LLC, said the restaurant will be a “SoHo concept” with an “industrial vibe.” Greiner said the lounge will be a small speak-easy and wine cellar. Doral-based Victory Hospitality LLC owner Mark Mughabghab will operate the restaurant. The hotel will have a meeting space and gym. Before the vote, board members congratulated the AXIS team for its “perseverance” working SEE HOTEL, PAGE 2
Jacksonville’s jobless rate rises to 5% in June Jacksonville’s jobless rate jumped higher in June, a month when unemployment typically rises with new high school and college graduates entering the labor force. The unemployment rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 4.2% in May to 5% in June, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported July 16. The number of people in the labor force, defined as those with jobs or actively looking for work, rose by almost 13,000 to 830,496 last month. But only about 6,000 of those job seekers were able to find work, so the unemployment rate rose. Every county in the metro area saw an increase in unemployment last month, with Duval’s rate rising by 0.7 percentage points to 5.4%.
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