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The Downtown Development Review Board workshop Oct. 18 offers a first look at the proposed residential architecture at the former Florida Times-Union property.
The Downtown Development Review Board on July 15 approved the exterior design for AXIS Hotels LLC’s estimated $17.6 million renovation of the historic Ambassador Hotel. The board voted 5-0 to grant AXIS final design approval for what the developer says will be a 100-room TRYP by Wyndham hotel in the 98-year-old building at 420 N. Julia St. The hotel also will have a restaurant and lounge. Bryan Greiner, president of AXIS parent company Augustine Development Group LLC, said the restaurant will be a “SoHo concept” with an “industrial vibe.” Greiner said the lounge will be a small speakeasy and wine cellar. The restaurant will be operated by Doral-based Victory Hospitality LLC owner Mark Mughabghab.
The Downtown Development Review Board issued final approval May 13 for designs of Related Group’s $99.16 million apartment community and gave preliminary consent for the project’s restaurant on the Downtown Jacksonville Southbank. The board voted 6-0 to approve the 327-unit, eight-story multifamily project that would replace River City Brewing Co. at 835 Museum Circle. In a separate 6-0 vote, the board gave conceptual approval to the project’s nearly 5,000-square-foot restaurant fronting St. Johns River Park and Friendship Fountain. This was MSA Architects’ second redesign for the RD River City Brewery apartments, pushed by the board and DIA staff that said in January did not fit “contextually” along the St. Johns River.
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Kelco Management and Development still has design work to do before Downtown regulators will allow it to break ground on a proposed Home2 Suites by Hilton in Brooklyn. The Downtown Development Review Board voted 7-0 on Dec. 10 to award conceptual approval to the project at 600 Park St. The board expects the extended-stay hotel to have higher quality architectural finishes when it returns for final review. Several DDRB members said the construction materials presented in the plans and renderings look like a “suburban” product and not something found in the Downtown design overlay. “This looks like the Home2 budget hotel,” board member Craig Davisson said. “It looks like it’s not up to the standard on what I’ve seen of other Home2 hotels.”