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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By Logan MacDonald, Action News Jax | March 06, 2025 at 4:56 pm EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville’s Eastside – one of the city’s most historic areas – is now looking to stay in step with the future vision of a new and improved downtown Jacksonville.

City officials and community members gathered Thursday to unveil the new and improved Union Terminal Warehouse.

First built in 1913, the building served as the largest industrial building in Jacksonville for decades.

Now, it’s a 330,000 square foot mixed use development, with apartments, office and restaurant space, and a grand rooftop view of downtown and the stadium district.

“There’s not been substantial investment in the Eastside for almost six decades,” Suzanne Pickett, President and CEO of the Historic East Side CDC, said. “So this is a substantial investment, and just a catalyst for continuing investment and our work in revitalization in the Eastside.”

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By Will Brown | Published on March 6, 2025 at 6:01 pm

After years of work, the 112-year-old Union Terminal Warehouse on the Eastside has been reborn as a mixed-use facility offering business space, mixed-income housing and — more broadly — hope for other historic buildings in Jacksonville.

The project was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting Thursday where its Atlanta-based developers said the success was possible only because of communication with partners and connection with community leaders

Seven years after Columbia Ventures acquired the building, the Union Terminal Warehouse has been redeveloped as a place where Vantage Point Coffee Co. and other local businesses can operate as well as 228 residential units. The project welcomed is first tenants March 1.

“These deals don’t get financed without great partners,” said Columbia Ventures Development Manager Ryan Akin. He credited the Downtown Preservation and Revitalization Program through the Downtown Investment Authority, the city of Jacksonville and a supportive lender.

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