September 4, 2025

Publix to open store in Downtown Jacksonville as part of mixed-use high rise

Lennox on Park, Union Terminal Warehouse

Author: Malcolm Harvey, Zach Wilcox

Published: 10:56 AM EDT September 3, 2025

Updated: 7:34 PM EDT September 3, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Publix is officially expanding to Downtown Jacksonville, as Gateway Jax — a Jacksonville-based commercial real estate development firm — announced the new location on Wednesday.

In a news release, Gateway Jax said it has signed a lease with Publix to bring a new 31,000-square-foot store at 119 W. Beaver St. The release states the new location will anchor “Pearl Square,” a walkable, multibillion-dollar mixed-use neighborhood currently under construction.

Source: First Coast News

July 2, 2025

Downtown university cleared for $115M,on-campus student housing project

Ballfield at Auraria

A local institute of higher education has received the key approvals it needs to
move forward with building its first on-campus student housing.

The building is part of the Ballfield at Auraria mixed-use development being
spearheaded by development firm Columbia Ventures and the Auraria Campus,
formerly known as the Auraria Higher Education Center.

Summit House, as the new, approximately 200,000-square-foot student
housing structure will be called, is planned for an empty plot of land on Auraria
Parkway, across from Ball Arena, said Jim Carpenter, MSU Denver’s chief
financial officer and vice president for administration and finance.

Source: Denver Business Journal

June 18, 2025

‘Communities are what it’s all about’: Jacksonville residents helping shape final segment of 30-mile Emerald Trail

Union Terminal Warehouse

Chris Will, News4JAX Reporter, Jacksonville | June 16, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Springfield and Eastside residents are actively shaping the future of Jacksonville’s Emerald Trail project, weighing in on plans for its final segment during a community meeting at the Union Terminal Warehouse.

Segment 8, the last piece of the 30-mile urban trail network, will connect the historic Springfield and Eastside neighborhoods. The project aims to link 14 historic communities to downtown Jacksonville, Hogans Creek, McCoys Creek and the St. Johns River by 2031.

Source: News4Jax

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