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Denver couple to open Prospect wine and tapas bar in Five Points
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Scannell Properties buys Powers Avenue land The Indianapolis developer is planning a speculative warehouse for the Southside site.
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Sheree Kentwell and Jon Choomchaiyo relocated from Denver to Jacksonville and plan to open Prospect Five Points at 1521 Margaret St. They have been renovating the property and hired an artist to create a mural.
The restaurant veterans say opening their own place has always been a dream. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Sheree Kentwell and Jon Choomchaiyo were working restaurant jobs in Denver when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. As restaurants closed and it became clear their jobs might not be safe, the two decided it was time to start their own venture. “It got to the point where we kind of just looked at each other and we said, we kind of have to do our own thing,” Kentwell said. “You know, we have to give this as best a shot as we can.”
The two were working in a wine bar and looking for a new city to start a restaurant. Their friends Vincent and Kathy Mazzone, who own Serafina’s Pizzeria in St. Johns County, suggested Jacksonville. “I was like, is it near a beach?” Kentwell said. In addition to that, they thought the restaurant scene hasn’t reached its peak, leaving room for new concepts. “This location is interesting to us because there’s so much development that has gone on in SEE PROSPECT, PAGE 2
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Prospect Five Points is planned for 1521 Margaret St. It’s the former Safe Harbor Seafood and Marah Brewing space that previously was the home of Five Points Tavern and O’Brothers Irish Pub.
Scannell Properties, which is developing a North Jacksonville industrial park, paid almost $1.1 million for 7.8 acres along Powers Avenue in Southside to build an 85,000-square-foot distribution center. Scannell Properties #458 LLC bought the vacant land Sept. 15 from the Charles W. Bostwick Revocable Trust. The Powers MacDonald Avenues site is east of St. Augustine Road and west of Philips Highway. “Jacksonville has remained pretty strong throughout this whole pandemic,” said Scannell Development Manager Ian MacDonald on Sept. 15. “There has been a consistent deal flow. Tenants are upgrading space and there is a national demand for tenants to take advantage of the Jacksonville port,” he said. SEE MATHIS, PAGE 3
Daily’s parent buys property in Rivertown area First Coast Energy LLP, the parent company of Daily’s gas station and convenience store, paid $4.57 million Sept. 3 for 15 acres in the Rivertown area of St. Johns County. The property is southeast of Longleaf Pine Parkway and Greenbriar Road. Boos Development Group Inc., a real estate development services company, has been marketing the property for development. CEO Rob Boos said his company intends to buy 12 acres from First Coast Energy in early 2021. First Coast Energy wlll keep 3 acres for a Daily’s store. Boos said the site will not be a shopping center, but will comprise six single-tenant outparcels.
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