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Phoenix Arts & Innovation District seeking $5.5 million in city incentives
The nearly $38 million project would transform more than 8 acres in North Springfield.
A new events venue rises in the Phoenix Arts and Innovation District
The operators of the Glass Factory event space in the Rail Yard District are helping to launch a new event space in the Phoenix Arts and Innovation District.
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Known as the Emerald Station, the venue will be located at 2320 N. Liberty St. in a space built in 1930 as a Sherwin-Williams paint factory. It will include several offices and corporate spaces as well as 10,000 square feet dedicated to private events.
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Women's Art Exchange brings performers and artist to Jacksonville
This weekend we’re putting the spotlight on some women performers and artists that are creating masterpieces right in our own backyard.
RESIDENT COMMUNITY NEWS
‘Milestone Moment’ for Emerald Trail - The Resident Community News Group, Inc.
City Council members Jimmy Peluso and Ju'Coby Pittman, District Director with the Office of Representative Aaron Bean Bryan Campbell, Groundwork Jacksonville CEO Kay Ehas, City Council President Ron Salem, Mayor Donna Deegan, JTA CEO Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., Tony Cho with the Phoenix Arts and Innovation District, JTA Board Chair Debbie Buckland and City Councilmember Matt Carlucci at the March 19 press conference.
JAX daily record
Work starting on Liberty Building in Phoenix Arts & Innovation District
Work continues on the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District as the city issued a permit Feb. 13 for renovations of the Liberty Building. Avant Construction Group of Jacksonville is the contractor for the $625,000 project at 2336 Liberty St. JAA Architecture Inc. is the architect.
Jacksonville’s Phoenix Arts and Innovation District promises revitalization in Springfield
Jacksonville artists will soon have new community spaces in North Jacksonville as work is underway for Jacksonville’s Phoenix Arts & Innovation District.
When it’s completed, the district will comprise 10 properties across 8.3 acres, including 120,000 square feet of warehouse spaces, in the North Springfield neighborhood.
FLORIDA TIMES UNION
Jacksonville leaders look ahead on what $147M grant will do for Emerald Trail
Local leaders met Tuesday to celebrate the $147 million federal grant for the Emerald Trail and to plan how to implement it.
Jacksonville business journal
News4Jax
Developer wants to turn vacant space into vibrant art center in North Springfield
A Jacksonville neighborhood some may have never seen or known about could become the city’s art center. Developers are calling the 8.3-acre property the “Phoenix Arts and Innovation District” in North Springfield which is located north of downtown and the Eastside.
Jax Daily Record
Phoenix Arts & Innovation District in North Springfield files master plan with city
Ownership of the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District filed a master plan with the city in its next step to regenerate the North Springfield neighborhood. Companies associated with Miami-based Future of Cities, which bought and assembled the properties comprising the 8.3-acre site, applied Jan. 10 with the city for more rezoning as a Planned Unit Development and for a land use amendment.
Costar NEWS
Phx Jax Phase One Begins Construction in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville’s Phoenix Arts & Innovation District Starts Construction With Emerald Station, Liberty Building.
By Joshua S. Andino, CoStar News.
Jax Daily Record
Phoenix Arts & Innovation District announces $7 million LISC loan and start of first phase
The Future of Cities announced Dec. 11 its Phoenix Arts & Innovation District in Jacksonville is starting the first phase of construction on two properties at 2320 and 2336 N. Liberty St. It said the work is funded through the Dec. 6 closure of a $7 million loan from Local Initiatives Support Corp.
The Jaxson
Changing the urban landscape in 2024
Today it’s just a wide linear green strip of overgrown vegetation serving as the border between Springfield and the Eastside. But 143 years ago, this forgotten path was a major gateway into Florida’s largest city.
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Restaurateurs to pioneer Naked Kitchen in Phoenix Arts & Innovation District
Restaurateurs to pioneer Naked Kitchen in Phoenix Arts & Innovation District: Chefs Brian Nelson and Matt Johnson and Managing Partner Alexandra Bowles hope to open the restaurant in summer 2024.
JAX TODAY
Naked Kitchen restaurant signs on in Phoenix arts district
Naked Kitchen restaurant signs on in Phoenix arts district. Naked Kitchen, a restaurant with plant-based and protein options and the motto “Cooking with Conscience,” is the first tenant to sign in the Future of Cities’ Phoenix Arts & Innovation District Liberty Building.
Jax Today
Phoenix Arts & Innovation District Begins Construction.
Construction is beginning in the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District, a development of artist studios, gathering spaces, retail and restaurants in North Springfield. The development, known as PHXJAX, will comprise 10 properties across 8.3 acres in a designated opportunity zone.