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Recent permits show a new Culver's is going up at Glen Kernan Park, Sweet Peaches Coffee is coming to Baymeadow, and a new Popeye's for Dunn Avenue.

These are the largest commercial building permits by job cost issued June 16 and 17, 2023, by the city of Jacksonville.

Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing Park is currently under construction in the historic LaVilla neighborhood of downtown Jacksonville.

It's a concept that's raised questions among people in the community of Jacksonville, especially given its location.

LaVilla became a hub for African American culture, business and entertainment. However, highway construction splintered the neighborhood in the 1950s setting it on a

Johnson Commons will have some of the units, for sale at $350,000 and more, ready by summer 2023.

Developer Johnson Commons said rising construction costs made the previous deal with city unprofitable.

Two Jacksonville men have been working in Maine to honor civil rights icon James Weldon Johnson, who had a hand in "Lift Evry Voice and Sing."

The developer wants to increase the threshold where the city shares in the homes’ net sale proceeds to $350,000.

The real estate company says it is investing more than $60 million in development and $14 million in equity Downtown and in Arlington.