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A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer have purchased a pair of troubled apartment complexes on the city’s eastside, paving the way for renovations and property improvements. Nonprofit LIFT JAX and real estate company Joined Development announced on Tuesday that they official purchased Eastside Terrace and Eastside Gardens for $6.2 million. The agreement was years in the making. They expect to begin renovations within 60 days.

In the News4JAX I-TEAM’s ongoing investigation into failing apartment complexes in Jacksonville, the spotlight has shifted to the Eastside Terrace and Eastside Gardens properties, where government subsidies help many pay their rent. The two sister properties, just a mile north of the sports complex, have been under scrutiny for years due to substandard conditions.

A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer plan to buy and renovate two troubled apartment complexes on the Eastside the I-TEAM first exposed back in 2021 for unsanitary and unsafe conditions. It’s a deal that’s years in the making.

I-TEAM: Rats, roaches, mold & hazards found in Eastside complex inspections Eastside Terrace and Eastside Gardens Apartments under local, state and federal investigations Published:  Updated:  The Dump Next Door Update JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rats, roaches, mold and fire hazards: those issues have been the basis of complaints from residents who live at two government-subsidized apartment complexes on Jacksonville’s Eastside. Inspectors from the city of Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development visited the complexes Tues...

Rats have made living conditions so "unacceptable and despicable" at Hilltop Village Apartments the federal government should immediately shut down the complex, Jacksonville City Council member Ju'Coby Pittman wrote in a letter to the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD has not gone that far in its own response to the rodent infestation that has lead to rats running through apartments. The federal agency has met with the company managing the apartment complex about the company's commitment to spend about $256,000 for extermination and pest control, according t...