A Downtown Investment Authority committee voted 3-0 on Thursday to move forward with plans for a restaurant at Riverfront Plaza on the Downtown Northbank. | The Choptank via Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on May 1, 2026 at 10:00 am
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Evaluators from the Downtown Investment Authority voted Thursday to recommend a proposal from a Baltimore-based group to build and operate a restaurant on city-owned property in Riverfront Plaza.
The evaluation committee made the recommendation after scoring Atlas Restaurant Group’s proposal for a seafood restaurant higher than a submission from St. Augustine-based PK Hospitality Group for the property on the southwest corner of the park on the Downtown Northbank.
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Atlas, which operates more than 50 restaurants, proposed to build a shell building that the city would own, then build out the shell and lease it. The group’s terms include being reimbursed $8 million from the city to design and construct the building.
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