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The Jacksonville City Council named the Eastside area’s historic Union Terminal Warehouse at 700 E Union St. a local landmark at the request of the owner East Union Property Owner LLC.
Council voted 19-0 on April 13 to approve the landmark designation, which will make Atlanta-based Columbia Ventures LLC’s plans to convert the structure into apartments eligible for city incentives and federal historic tax credits.
The final vote follows the Council Land Use and Zoning Committee’s 7-0 approval April 6.
East Union Property Owner, a Columbia Ventures subsidiary, bought the more than 7-acre property near TIAA Bank Field and north of the Arlington Expressway on Dec. 3, 2018, for $4.6 million.
08:38 AM EST Share The city issued a permit for Columbia Ventures to start selective demolition at the Eastside area property.
Interior work can begin at the historic Union Terminal Warehouse at 700 E. Union St. in the Eastside area not far from TIAA Bank Field.
The city issued a permit Jan. 6 for WPC – Winter Park Construction – to perform the $2.7 million demolition and concrete restoration of the four-story, 365,434-square-foot building for mixed uses.
Atlanta-based Columbia Ventures LLC intends to convert the structure into apartments through adaptive reuse and a historic tax credit conversion.
The demolition is for a project that involves the remodeling of the warehouse built in 1913.