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Development projects eligible for this program will be those deemed to promote the following downtown Community Redevelopment Area Goals:
Redevelopment Goal No. 1: Reinforce Downtown as the City’s unique epicenter for business, history, culture, education, and entertainment. Program specific emphasis will be placed on retail activity, food and beverage establishments, culture, and entertainment including the activation of open spaces.
Redevelopment Goal No. 2: Increase rental and owner-occupied housing downtown, targeting key demographic groups seeking a more urban lifestyle. Building on the success of growth in multi-family housing across the downtown corridor, providing additional housing units in historic buildings contributes to the unique residential atmosphere of our City and the opportunity to maximize Jacksonville’s historic attributes.
Performance Measures of the City of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority (DIA).
Such developments are considered particularly impactful meaning that their completion is expected to provide the highest level of interest and benefits for residents and visitors to the City, and the greatest impact on creating further demand for surrounding properties thereby stimulating additional investment in development and redevelopment activity.
Single-user, multi-tenant office space, or buildings without retail or public spaces will be considered eligible under this program in limited circumstances based on unique contributions made to the City and its residents such as healthcare providers, financial services, regional or nationally known owners or principal tenants that provide employment in Downtown Jacksonville.
Downtown Preservation & Revitalization Program
Program Purpose The intent of the Downtown Preservation and Revitalization Program (the “DPRP”) is to foster the preservation and revitalization of unoccupied, underutilized, and/or deteriorating historic, and qualified non-historic, buildings located in downtown Jacksonville. This program is designed to serve historic projects applying for in excess of $100,000, and non-historic code compliance projects.Development projects eligible for this program will be those deemed to promote the following downtown Community Redevelopment Area Goals:
Redevelopment Goal No. 1: Reinforce Downtown as the City’s unique epicenter for business, history, culture, education, and entertainment. Program specific emphasis will be placed on retail activity, food and beverage establishments, culture, and entertainment including the activation of open spaces.
Redevelopment Goal No. 2: Increase rental and owner-occupied housing downtown, targeting key demographic groups seeking a more urban lifestyle. Building on the success of growth in multi-family housing across the downtown corridor, providing additional housing units in historic buildings contributes to the unique residential atmosphere of our City and the opportunity to maximize Jacksonville’s historic attributes.
Performance Measures of the City of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority (DIA).
Such developments are considered particularly impactful meaning that their completion is expected to provide the highest level of interest and benefits for residents and visitors to the City, and the greatest impact on creating further demand for surrounding properties thereby stimulating additional investment in development and redevelopment activity.
Single-user, multi-tenant office space, or buildings without retail or public spaces will be considered eligible under this program in limited circumstances based on unique contributions made to the City and its residents such as healthcare providers, financial services, regional or nationally known owners or principal tenants that provide employment in Downtown Jacksonville.
Program Documents
DPRP Program GuidelinesContact
Steven T. Kelley, DBA
Director of Downtown Real Estate and Development
(904) 255-5304
DIAPrograms@coj.net