The city issued a permit April 22 for Blue Orchid Thai Cuisine to renovate a Riverside building for its second restaurant.
Robert Mayhugh is the contractor for the $1.11 million project at 1551 Riverside Ave. The architect is Doherty Sommers Architects Engineers Inc.
Blue Orchid Thai Cuisine owners Jeff and Bam Schofield are building-out a 4,450-square-foot former dermatology office at what is now called Riverside Village near Memorial Park.
The restaurant owners signed a 10-year lease with landlord Schiavone Enterprises, led by Dr. Frank Schiavone.
The Riverside Blue Orchid includes an outdoor patio area.
The property comprises four former medical and office buildings on 1.3 acres at Riverside Avenue and Memorial Park Drive with views of Memorial Park.
Almost five years after opening in Harbour Village at San Pablo Road and Atlantic Boulevard, Blue Orchid Thai Cuisine chose Riverside for its second Jacksonville location.
Owners Jeff and Bam Schofield are building-out a former dermatology office at 1551 Riverside Ave. at what is now called Riverside Village near Memorial Park.
“We are really confident this location is perfect for our concept,” Jeff Schofield said March 15.
The city is reviewing a permit application for renovation of the facility into a restaurant with outdoor space. Schofield estimates a $900,000 build-out.
Schofield said Blue Orchid could be open in September. It will seat 141 inside, with a full bar, and 44 outdoors in an area that features an Asian garden theme.
The city issued a permit Feb. 6 for Ash Construction LLC to start work on remodeling the former Kmart along 9600 San Jose Blvd. toward converting it into a retail center for multiple uses.
The permit is for interior and exterior work on 16,100 square feet of 95,700 square feet of space at a cost of $762,548.
The work comprises interior demolition, storefront work, roofing and other work to convert the building into an empty shell in preparation for tenant build-out.
Jacksonville-based Ash Properties also wants to expand the building, plans show.
Doherty Sommers Architects Engineers Inc. is the project architect.
Ash Properties did not immediately respond to an email for comment Feb. 8.
Ash Properties wants to start work on remodeling the former Kmart along 9600 San Jose Blvd. toward converting it into a retail center for multiple uses.
Jacksonville-based Ash Properties applied to the city for a permit for interior and exterior remodeling on the 95,662-square-foot building at a cost of $762,548.
The work comprises interior demolition, storefront work, roofing and other work to convert the building into an empty shell in preparation for tenant build-out.
Ash Properties also wants to expand the building by 16,011 square feet to 111,673 square feet of space, plans show.
Ash Construction LLC is the contractor for the project, shown on the permit application at $762,548.