10:27 AM EST Share Johnson Commons is a 91-unit community planned on 3.45 acres next to Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park.
Johnson Commons LLC’s for-sale town house project in LaVilla is a step closer to breaking ground.
The Downtown Development Review Board voted 7-0 on June 10 to grant conceptual design approval for the 91-unit community on 3.45 acres next to Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park.
The three-story town houses are a joint project of JWB Real Estate Capital LLC and Corner Lot Development Group.
Johnson Commons finished second to Vestcor Companies Inc. in a 2019 Downtown Investment Authority request for proposals to develop the city-owned site, bounded by Adams, Lee, Houston and Forsyth streets.
05:10 AM EST Share A Downtown Investment Authority board resolution would allow its staff to complete negotiations with Johnson Commons LLC if no other bids are received.
Downtown Investment Authority board members signaled March 15 they still want for-sale town houses in the historic LaVilla neighborhood west of Downtown.
The board’s Retail Enhancement and Property Disposition Committee voted 4-0 to support a 30-day notice of disposition on the 3.45-acre parcel after The Vestcor Companies Inc. abandoned its plan to build on the site.
If approved by the full board March 17, the resolution will direct DIA CEO Lori Boyer to negotiate with Johnson Commons LLC, which bid on the site in August 2019.
06:25 PM EST Share The for-sale residential project was meant to complement the city’s plans to build Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park in the historic Downtown neighborhood.
The Vestcor Companies Inc. has abandoned plans to build town houses in LaVilla, but the project could gain a familiar new developer.
Documents released March 5 by the Downtown Investment Authority state Vestcor will not proceed with the 88 for-sale town houses it planned for the Downtown community, but a partnership of JWB Real Estate Capital and Corner Lot Development is interested in the site.
The city narrowly selected Vestcor for the project over JWB and Corner Lot in 2019.
06:10 PM EST Share The Vestcor Companies Chairman John Rood said the Curry administration plans to implement the panel’s recommendations within two years.
A working group of Downtown CEOs and business leaders formed by Mayor Lenny Curry met Feb. 23 to draft recommendations to the city to improve the urban core.
The group’s lead member, The Vestcor Companies Chairman John Rood, said the panel will meet at least twice more by the end of March to meet Curry’s charge of recommending Downtown improvements that can be funded and implemented in the next two years.
“I care about it because I think if you don’t have an urban core you’re going to lose our young people,” Rood said in an interview after the meeting.
05:10 AM EST Share JWB Real Estate Capital wants to start parking lot and facade work midyear at the former Town & Country Shopping Center.
The city and the St. Johns River Water Management District are reviewing construction plans for College Park, the former Town & Country Shopping Center in Arlington.
The center is at northeast University Boulevard and the Arlington Expressway. Built in 1953, it comprises about 200,000 square feet on 19 acres at 903 University Blvd.
Dollar General and Legacy Ministries are among the current tenants.
JWB Real Estate Capital President Alex Sifakis said by email Feb. 1 the group submitted civil plans for the development. Kimley Horn and Associates is the civil engineer.