Designs for a $5.6 million multifamily housing project in the Cathedral District, with ground floor art studios and a four-floor art gallery, has received conceptual approval from the Downtown Development Review Board.
WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record reports project developer Rafael Caldera released additional details about the project at the DDRB meeting Tuesday, including a possible rooftop dog park, outdoor murals and an exterior “green wall” with vertical landscaping to mask stairwells from street view.
The development, spearheaded by ARKET LLC subsidiary 527 Duval Street LLC., is on .75 acres at northeast Duval and Washington street adjacent to the Hart Bridge on-ramp that leads to the Sports and Entertainment District to the south.
The developer said he hopes the 27,000 square feet of studio space and four-floor gallery will become an “art incubator,” operated by a yet-to-be-named Miami-based art foundation.
An expanded version of this story that includes additional details about plan design and an interview with Cyndy Trimmer, an attorney working with Caldera on the project, is at JaxDailyRecord.com.
