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The city issued permits this week for renovations to the Wells Fargo Center lobby and the building’s first-floor Atrium Cafe & Grill as part of a $12.5 million project to update the 46-year-old tower.
Dav-Lin Interior Contractors Inc. is the contractor for the $1.935 million project that comprises $1.74 million for the lobby and $194,013 for the cafe. The city issued permits for the cafe May 17 and the lobby May 18.
Larry Chapman, managing director of landlord Miami-based Banyan Street Capital, said May 18 the timing for the work depends on when the contractor can assemble the materials on the site.
He said that with worldwide logistics issues affecting delivery of building materials, he expects construction might start in several weeks but no timeline has been established.
Downtown’s Wells Fargo Center is preparing for a $12.5 million lobby, cafe and common area renovation along with elevator upgrades that have begun in the 37-story tower.
Larry Chapman, managing director of landlord Miami-based Banyan Street Capital, said April 28 the lobby, elevators and Atrium Cafe & Grill as well as the common area bathrooms and corridors on the multitenant floors will be renovated over the next seven months.
“It’s funded and ready to go,” he said.
“It is going to set a whole new standard for Downtown Jacksonville.”
Dav-Lin Interior Contractors Inc. is the contractor. Kasper Architects + Associates is the architect.
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