David Bauerlein | Jacksonville Florida Times-Union | March 17, 2025

The opening this month of three new apartment buildings will add about 1,300 residents to downtown Jacksonville and the ongoing construction of other apartments, townhomes and condos would enable the city to finally hit its long-time goal of 10,000 downtown residents in 2026.

Downtown Vision’s most recent State of Downtown report showed 7,657 residents in 4,707 residential units with a 96% occupancy rate in 2024.

“It’s still a premium address and if people have the quality of finishes and amenities they want, people are going to pay for that and that’s what we’re seeing,” Downtown Vision CEO Jake Gordon said.

“I do think in the very short term there’s a little bit of glut in the market,” he said. “People have so many more opportunities so it’s kind of shifted back to the renter but the reality is that as these get full, that will all work out.”

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Source: The Florida Times Union

The historic more than 360,000-square-foot-building leases to residential, office and retail tenants.

By J. Brooks Terry | 6:25 p.m. March 6, 2025

After more than six years and $73 million, the historic Union Terminal Warehouse is open at 700 E. Union St.

The building, constructed in 1913, is near Jacksonville’s Eastside and EverBank Stadium.

It is being leased for apartments, offices and retail units.

A ribbon-cutting March 6 celebrated the opening of the 361,169-square-foot building.

Union Terminal Warehouse is on the planned Emerald Trail, a 30-mile multiuse paved path that would connect urban neighborhoods with Downtown.

Atlanta-based developer Columbia Ventures bought the more than 7-acre property through East Union Property Owner LLC for $4.6 million Dec. 3, 2018. The city issued a build-out permit July 15 for $34 million in renovations.

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Source: Jax Daily Record

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Union Terminal Warehouse on Jacksonville’s Historic Eastside reopened as a mixed-used development Thursday after a $72 million renovation.

The 330,000-square-foot mixed-use development remade the former dry goods distribution center into 228 loft-style apartments, a rooftop terrace, 43 spaces for small business offices, 11 flex spaces, Vantage Point Coffee and space for a dining outlet.

“We created the Union Terminal Warehouse with a vision that the people who live, work and dine here are the ones who will make this place so special,” Ryan Akin, Partner and Development Manager at Columbia Ventures said. “We picture entrepreneurs working alongside each other to exchange ideas and innovation over a cup of coffee, the couple coming home from work to debrief about their day and being rejuvenated in an inspirational historic space, roommates hosting dinner with friends on the rooftop while the sun sets behind the city skyline, an eCommerce company managing their business upstairs and their inventory downstairs, and so many others.”

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