Inside the Abandoned Old Independent Life Building Designed by KBJ Architects and completed in 1955, 233 West Duval Street’s days as downtown Jacksonville’s tallest abandoned building appear coming to an end. Specializing in adaptive reuse projects, the transformation of 233 West Duval will be Augustine Development Group’s second redevelopment project in Downtown Jacksonville. Currently, through…
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The Downtown Development Review Board voted for the conceptual approval of two projects and the final approval of another project during its Nov. 12 meeting. Above is Augustine Development Group’s rendering for their proposed renovations and new construction for 404 N. Julia and adjacent properties. Read more in the Jacksonville Business Journal
Augustine Development Group has secured a grocery store operator for its planned renovation of Downtown’s Independent Life Insurance Building. Company President Bryan Greiner confirmed the deal in a phone interview Feb. 20 but said he could not disclose the tenant for the 21,000-square-foot, ground-floor grocery space. He said the renovation project is on track to…
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The old Independent Life Tower on West Duval Street in Jacksonville, once Florida’s tallest building, has been sold to a developer who plans to turn it into luxury apartments, a high-end rooftop restaurant and bar, and ground floor grocery…[Read More]
The Old Independent Life Tower sat vacant for close to two decades. Inside there’s an outdated cafeteria and what use to be JEA’s headquarters. It sits on West Duval street, built in 1956, at one point Florida’s tallest building. It was designed by a world renowned German architect. Developer Augustine Development Group purchased the building…[Read More]
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The Vestcor Companies is proud to announce their collaboration with Augustine Development Group to rehabilitate the Ambassador Hotel block in downtown Jacksonville. Axis Hotels LLC, an affiliate of Augustine Development Group, purchased the Ambassador Hotel and the surrounding block in July 2018. The principles, Bryan Greiner and George Bochis, have laid out a vision for…
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Developers with Axis Hotels LLC are hoping to transform a vacant property in downtown Jacksonville into a 127-room hotel with 220 brand new apartments next door. The city council is considering an ordinance that would authorize the mayor’s office to execute a redevelopment agreement that would include a $1.5 million contribution from the Downtown Historic…
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The incentives package to help a St. Augustine-based developer restore the former Ambassador Hotel downtown and build an apartment complex next door is on its way to City Council. The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee OK’d legislation language for the project on Monday. Incentives include a $1.5 million grant from the Downtown Historic Preservation and Revitalization…
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Major changes are coming to downtown Jacksonville after millions of dollars in building sales were made within the last few months. Bryan Greiner, the president of Augustine Development, said the revitalization of downtown Jacksonville was a long time coming…[Read More]
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Two St. Augustine developers plan to bring the historic Ambassador Hotel in Downtown Jacksonville back to its “original luster” and add an apartment complex and retail space on the same block. The partners of Augustine Development Group provided details of their plans Monday, days after they purchased five lots totaling 1.5 acres for $5.4 million.…
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