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New York developer pitches $166 million residential high-rise Downtown

The apartment tower would adjoin Riverfront Plaza, the park planned at the former Jacksonville Landing site.
Jacksonville Daily Record
The apartment tower would adjoin Riverfront Plaza, the park planned at the former Jacksonville Landing site.

A New York-based developer and a global Copenhagen, Denmark-based architectural firm want to build a $166.6 million, 44-story residential high-rise next to a planned 7-acre park at Riverfront Plaza, the former Jacksonville Landing site.

American Lions LLC, the sole bidder in the Downtown Investment Authority’s request for proposals to redevelop the 1-acre parcel, presented the tower design by Bjarke Ingels Group on Tuesday to a scoring committee of DIA and city officials.

The 486-foot-high building would be one of the tallest in Northeast Florida. By contrast, the neighboring 37-story Wells Fargo Center is 535 feet tall.

WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record has the story and a photo gallery.