The vacant J. Allen Axson Elementary School at 1221 E. 16th St. could be turned into a restaurant, and hotel with a storage facility. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on January 10, 2025 at 12:26 pm
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The vacant J. Allen Axson Elementary School would be revived as a boutique hotel under action taken Thursday by the Jacksonville Planning Commission.
Commissioners voted 6-0 to recommend approval of a land-use amendment and rezoning to resurrect the school property at 1221 E. 16th St. as a mixed-use development.
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Cyndy Trimmer, a land use attorney for Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, told the commission that project would include the hotel, a restaurant and bar, and self-storage units. The self-storage component would be new construction, while the hotel and dining establishment would be an adaptive reuse of the school building.
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