December 23, 2024Development moves ahead at Jones Bros. Furniture buildingA permit has been issued to convert the vacant Jones Bros. building into apartments and co-working space.…By Randy Roguski
December 19, 2024Super Food & Brew to close Downtown at year’s endSuper Food & Brew was launched in 2015 and billed itself as a healthy gastropub.…By Dan Macdonald - Jacksonville Daily Record
December 12, 2024New nightclub set to open in Downtown JacksonvilleDecca Live, a live music and dance nightclub, will open Jan. 31 on East Bay Street.…By Dan Macdonald - Jacksonville Daily Record
December 12, 2024UF picks Prime Osborn area for new high-tech graduate campusUniversity of Florida trustees will vote Friday on a new campus that would include the Florida Semiconductor Institute.…By Randy Roguski and Dan Scanlan
December 5, 2024New Mini Market caters to Downtown crowdThe Mini Market sells snacks, gifts, groceries and more to meet the needs of Downtown workers.…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
December 4, 2024Two riverfront restaurants marketed at Four Seasons siteColliers is promoting the Marina Restaurant and the Cafe on the Green at the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences.…By Max Marbut - Jacksonville Daily Record
November 26, 2024Steakhouse to open in Jacobs Jewelers space DowntownOak Steakhouse will open in the Greenleaf & Crosby Building at Laura and Adams streets in Downtown Jacksonville.…By Karen Brune Mathis - Jacksonville Daily Record
November 25, 2024Laura Street Trio sale could pave a path forwardThe owner of the long-vacant Laura Street Trio is interested in selling the property to its partnering developer.…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
November 21, 2024The state of Downtown Jax — good and badDowntown Jacksonville attracted more investment and visitors in 2024, but it lost offices and workers, a new report concludes.…By Michelle Corum
November 20, 2024More condos and apartments sought in Downtown JaxThe Downtown Investment Authority board has approved a new program designed to generate residential development in the heart of Downtown…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
October 30, 20242 developments get underway in Jacksonville’s urban coreThe Emerald Station and Gateway Jax developments will transform neglected parts of the city with meeting spaces, offices and residences.…By Dan Scanlan
October 29, 2024More shops and restaurants envisioned in Downtown JaxThe Downtown Investment Authority has approved a plan to energize several blocks along Laura and Hogan streets.…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
October 17, 2024Gateway Jax will begin construction this monthGroundbreaking is scheduled Oct. 29 for the first phase of the Gateway Jax development in Downtown Jacksonville.…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
October 16, 2024THE JAXSON | 3 surviving factory buildings from Jax’s Cuban cigar-making eraBy 1895, Jacksonville was home to thousands of Cuban immigrants and 15 cigar manufacturing companies.…By Ennis Davis
October 9, 2024Southbank high-rise gets final approvalAfter nearly four years, City Council has approved a development at the former River City Brewing Co. site on the…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
September 19, 2024OPINION | Don’t stop believing in Jacksonville’s historic Downtown rebirthWhile we can never prove it and whether anyone admits it, citizen voices in large measure shape how elected officials…By Sherry Magill
September 12, 2024OPINION | Much ado about historic Downtown Jacksonville and its Northbank riverfrontPublic financing to help restore a trio of historic Downtown buildings and develop three Northbank public parks came under specific…By Sherry Magill
September 10, 2024Committee chair: New developer ‘in the driver’s seat’ in Laura Street Trio projectA new player is taking a lead role in the effort to revive the Laura Street Trio in Downtown Jacksonville,…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
August 28, 2024JEA’s old headquarters will go on the marketThe JEA board declared the 2.47-acre campus to be surplus property and authorized the CEO to sell all of parts…By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
August 26, 2024JU law school opens at new Downtown siteJacksonville’s only law school has officially opened its home in the historic former Atlantic Bank Building.…By Dan Scanlan
August 26, 2024Bread and Board plans to reopen DowntownOwners of the restaurant at 100 W. Bay St. say failure of floor repairs has delayed reopening.…By J. Brooks Terry - Jacksonville Daily Record
August 26, 2024Jacksonville seeks to foreclose on Laura Street TrioThe complaint states that Trio ownership owes the city more than $800,000 in unpaid fines for municipal code violations.…By Max Marbut - Jacksonville Daily Record and Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
August 23, 2024Peterbrooke Chocolatier closes Downtown storePeterbrooke first opened Downtown in February 2016, but business reportedly was slow.…By J. Brooks Terry - Jacksonville Daily Record
August 22, 2024Affordable housing complex takes applications DowntownThe Lofts at Cathedral is pre-leasing units on Duval Street in the Cathedral District.…By Steven Ponson