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North Core’s Federal Reserve Building OK’d for renovation
Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
The Cinemark Jacksonville Atlantic North theater is nearing completion at 11567 Atlantic Blvd.
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Work is starting on restoration of the century-old Hogan and Church street structures Downtown.
Downtown Jacksonville’s North Core near City Hall is prepped for restoration into apartments, office space, restaurants and event uses. Jacksonville-based JWB Real Estate Capital LLC, which already has permits for work on two more North Core buildings, now has approval for the $3.2 million adaptive reuse of the Federal Reserve Bank Building. The city issued a permit Sept. 3 for Auld & White Constructors LLC to renovate 18,430 square feet of the four-story Federal Reserve building at 424 N. Hogan St. Property records show it was built in 1922. JWB intends to build-out restaurant, business and event space at the three-story building and in its basement. The permit comes two months after the city issued one July 1 for Auld & White to renovate the adjacent Baptist Convention building at 218 W. Church St. at a cost of $5.8 million. It was built in 1924. The design for the five-story,
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Cinemark will open Sept. 16 at Atlantic North The 14-screen theater is at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Above: JWB Real Estate Capital LLC plans a $3.2 million adaptive reuse of the Federal Reserve Bank Building at 424 N. Hogan St. It intends to renovate the building into restaurant, business and event spaces. Left: A restaurant courtyard is planned for the site along Hogan Street. File images
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Cinemark posted on its website that it will open its 14-screen Jacksonville Atlantic North theater Sept. 16. Contractors are completing construction of the project at 11567 Atlantic Blvd. in the second phase of Sleiman Enterprises’ Atlantic North retail center at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards. “Anytime you can put a movie theater into a shopping center, it’s good for night business. This is an extra boost for the whole shopping center,” developer Toney Sleiman said Sept. 2. The city approved site clearing Jan. 5, 2020, for almost 18 acres for the project. It issued the initial construction permit Oct. 9, 2020. The city has issued permits since then for almost $11.63 million in project costs. Cinemark Holdings Inc., based in Plano, Texas, announced in March 2019 that it would open the theater in summer of 2020. The pandemic shutdowns that started in March 2020 affected the timing while allowing the chain to make any revisions it needed to address COVID-19 protocols. SEE CINEMARK, PAGE 2
P.F. Chang’s To Go hiring at River City Marketplace P.F. Chang’s To Go is building-out its first Jacksonville location in River City Marketplace now that the city issued a permit Sept. 2 for the global restaurant chain’s new concept. Commercial Contractors Inc. is the contractor for the $333,800 project to improve 1,589 square feet of space at 840 Nautica Drive, No. 121, in a former Subway shop in the North Jacksonville shopping center. The PFChangs.com employment website says it is hiring for the location, including for shift supervisor and culinary partner.
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