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The St. John rendering courtesy of Metro Jacksonville

Two big news items popped late yesterday the first was the announcement of The St. John, a new luxury high-rise condo development on the Southbank. We have known about the St. John for some time now, I guess this just means it is official. The second, Peyton’s Roadmap to the Future, we hope to post on later today.

Forgive me for not jumping out of my seat with excitement. I’m not holding my breath and I won’t believe it until I see metal in the ground and cranes in the sky. Any rosey ideals I had of development announcements were ruined when The Related Group pulled out of the San Marco Village project. That’s all they really are in the end, announcements. Although the article does say they plan to start pre-sales next month.

Related:
The St. John info
Discuss on Metro Jacksonville
New condo takes height

tags: jacksonville, southbank, the st john

I will be at the nGen Works quarterly meeting all day so it is unlikely I will be able to post again.

Huge news broke yesterday about the developers of Riverwalk Village pulling out of the Southbank development. They pointed to a weak local market as one of the reasons why. We are no Miami bro!

But they knew that coming in. I find it hard to believe a company planning a development of this size did not research the local market first. Don’t worry Southbank, we still love you even if the hot shots from Miami don’t. You are already well on your way and you’ll find someone new to fill the void Related Group left in your life.

Riverwalk Village collaborator pulls out
Miami developer backs out
Southbank towers development hits snag
Discuss on Metro Jacksonville

If you get bored today you can check out some pictures from last night’s Refresh Jacksonville or sign up for the Jacksonville ghost trackers club. It’s tha joint!

tags: jacksonville, southbank, riverwalk village, the related group

Ahh… Hendricks Avenue

We’ve said in the past there aren’t many things that can get us over to the Southbank. Cranes, happy hour at E-street, and now our new job.

Monday was our first day working for the award winning web design company, nGen Works. Now each day we will ride from Springfield, through Downtown, across the southbank and into San Marco. Since we will be in San Marco almost everyday, we have decided to expand our coverage area to San Marco and the Southbank. SouthmarcoBank, from the river to the Square.

If you need web design, development or consulting services that focus on web standards and usability give nGen Works a call.

tags: jacksonville, southbank, san marco, ngen works