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PB Gardens firm to build on riverfront site in Jacksonville that sold for $18.6M

The buyer has arranged for Palm Beach Gardens-based Kitson & Partners to build a mixed-use complex on the 30-acre downtown property

Southside Generating Station site that the Jacksonville Electric Authority sold (Credit: Jacksonville Daily Record)
Southside Generating Station site that the Jacksonville Electric Authority sold (Credit: Jacksonville Daily Record)

A municipal electric utility got $18.6 million for selling a 30-acre riverfront site in Jacksonville, where a company based in Palm Beach Gardens would build a mixed-use complex.

Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) sold the former site of a power plant to Elements of Jacksonville Inc., which has arranged for Palm Beach Gardens-based Kitson & Partners to build a complex with residences, retail space, office space and a hotel.

Dallas-based Preston Hollow Capital LLC provided a loan to finance the acquisition by Elements, which has an agreement to sell part of the development site to AC Marriott Hotels.

The development would include a marina with 125 boat slips, 147 hotel rooms, 950 residences, 134,000 square feet of retail space and 200,000 square feet of office space.

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The Jacksonville municipal government would establish  community development district that would enable the developers to obtain $30 million of debt financing to fund construction of infrastructure at the development site.

Property tax rebates within the district over a 22-year period would fund repayment of the debt.

The city also would spend as much as $26.4 million on improvements to public property at the development site.

Elements is expected to file a petition next week to establish the community development district. [Jacksonville Times-Union] – Mike Seemuth

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