Plans for Florida Blue’s proposed $22.5 million Brooklyn parking garage at Magnolia, Forest and Park streets features a parklike setting with spaces for artwork.
The Jacksonville-based insurer filed conceptual designs for the garage with the Downtown Development Review Board, which will consider initial approval at its Oct. 10 meeting, according to WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.
Florida Blue contracted with Jacksonville-based RS&H to design the parking structure and landscaping. Jacksonville contractor Danis Builders LLC will lead construction.
Renderings show a four-story parking garage with an estimated 869 spaces, up from 750 spaces set in Florida Blue’s development agreement approved Aug. 7 by the Downtown Investment Authority board.
The building footprint will cover 1.62 acres of the 2.32-acre property, according to the site plan, with a 70,272 square-foot first floor.
That indicates a four-deck total of about 281,000 square feet.
The proposed urban park area would be 0.05 acres, or 2,274 square feet, and will be part of improved streetscaping around the property.
An expanded version of this story that includes additional renderings, a look at why certain architectural choices were made and why the garage is needed is at JaxDailyRecord.com.
