A transformational Downtown development is being explored along Union Street with apartments, retail and other uses that would provide a new gateway vista into Jacksonville’s core.

Under “super preliminary” plans, the five blocks north of the North Core, including the prominent lighthouse parking garage at Union and Pearl streets, would be reshaped, renewed or redeveloped.

There is no guarantee a project will take place, and if one does, it likely would take years, if not decades, to complete.

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