It’s been about three months since the Rise Doro apartments caught fire downtown, destroying the apartment complex just days before it was set to open.
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Manifest Distillery honored the many firefighters who worked tirelessly to prevent the fire at the RISE Doro apartment building from spreading to other buildings, causing an even bigger disaster.
Greg Blais, president of the company that built RISE Doro, said in his 29 years of development, he’s never had a situation like what unfolded last month when his $60 million apartment complex caught fire and was destroyed just days before it was set to open in downtown Jacksonville.
Rise Doro officials in Jacksonville have said they plan to rebuild, but whether they rebuild with wood again or another material appears to still be up in the air.