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Rezoning for apartments near Memorial Health recommended by MPC, moves to Savannah City Council

  • Columbia Ventures

Evan Lasseter

Savannah Morning News

Updated: Aug. 8, 2025, 9:14am E.T.

A rezoning petition for nearly 200 housing units east of Truman Parkway received a recommendation for approval from the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission Tuesday, the latest proposal showcasing how local stakeholders seek to address Savannah’s housing shortage amid competing concerns.

Housing advocates say the project, located off Reuben Clark Drive near Memorial Health University Medical Center, is ideal for multifamily housing due to its proximity to a major employer. But a previous rezoning request was denied by Savannah City Council in 2023 because of resident concerns about increased stormwater runoff and traffic in nearby neighborhoods such as LaRoche Park, Springhill, Daffin Heights, Shirley Park and Holly Heights.

The updated proposal recommended by MPC featured numerous compromise points with residents after two years of community engagement. The developer has pledged to keep roughly 9 acres of the 14.35-acre site conserved as wetlands to help mitigate flooding while also only allowing access to the development via Reuben Clark Drive, preventing traffic from going through the adjacent neighborhood at 62nd and 63rd streets.

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Source: Savannah Now

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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.

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Source: First Coast News

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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.

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Source: Denver Business Journal

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