Downtown Jacksonville Shipyards development takes another step (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) — Moving ahead with construction of the riverfront marina support project at the Downtown Jacksonville Shipyards development, the city has applied for site improvements.
The city is reviewing a permit application for Jacksonville-based Auld & White Constructors LLC to clear the 1.92-acre site at 5 Shipyards Place at an estimated project cost of $300,000.
The city also is reviewing permit applications for Auld & White Constructors for construction, shown as $5.6 million among two permits, for the 6,195-square-foot structure and a back-of-house area on the Northbank riverfront site.
Plans show the project as site improvements and a building with restrooms, storage, retail space, a laundry room, a manager’s office and other office area and a restaurant that includes outdoor dining.
Among the project team, kasper architects + associates Inc. is the architect. England-Thims & Mlller Inc. is the landscape and civil engineer. Both are based in Jacksonville.
The city of Jacksonville is listed as the owner.
The city issued permits in May for the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences and for an office building.
In January 2023, Jacksonville City Council approved a redrafted $129.75 million incentives deal with Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s development company, Iguana Investments Florida LLC, for the hotel, condominiums and office building.
The city is paying for redevelopment of the public marina; a marina support building; an event lawn; and the Riverwalk to support the hotel and residences.
The hotel, residences, office building, marina and lawn project are at southeast Bay Street and Shipyards Place.
While Shipyards Place runs west of the marina, there is no traffic access to the marina site.
Access to the marina will be via the Riverwalk, hotel, event lawn and office tower.
A master site plan shows the waterfront marina support building and restaurant with outside dining south of an event lawn.
The lawn is south of the office building. The lawn and marina are west of the Four Seasons.
The marina fronts proposed Riverwalk improvements.
Shipyards Place is shown as a roadway from Bay Street running south to a roundabout at the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk continues south along some boat slips and then west along the riverfront toward Downtown.
The city issued a permit May 9 for Iguana Investments to build the six-story office building at a construction cost of almost $39.2 million.
The building is designed with 132,493 square feet of enclosed space and 10,185 square feet of unenclosed space on 1.05 acres.
The Jaguars offices are expected to move into the office building from nearby EverBank Stadium, which is scheduled to be renovated by 2028, starting next year.
On May 22, the city issued a permit for Khan’s Four Seasons Hotel & Residences at a cost of $215.1 million.
Khan is building the 10-story Four Seasons Hotel & Residences on 5.1 acres. It will comprise 170 hotel guestrooms and 26 residential units along with a spa, restaurants, ballrooms, bars, pools and other amenities.
The project comprises about 543,000 square feet of interior space for the hotel and residences and 124,000 square feet of exterior space, which includes the garage.
Site work for the hotel and office building began in late 2022 followed by foundation work in summer 2023.
PCL Construction LLC of Orlando is the contractor for those structures.
The combined project cost for the vertical construction of both structures totals $254.3 million, growing to almost $260 million with the marina support project.
Rendering courtesy of the Cordish Companies