CH. 3 - CORRIDOR VISION & STRATEGIES
CORRIDOR VISION & STRATEGIES - CH. 3
DOWNTOWN SUBAREA
Downtown Subarea Key Zones and Anchor Institutions
The Downtown area stations (JRTC, LaVilla, Courthouse, and FSCJ Downtown) serve major Downtown employment destinations. This area has been targeted for redevelopment and reinvestment for years to reposition underutilized and vacant lands. Just south of JRTC and LaVilla is the recently redeveloped Brooklyn neighborhood with higher density market rate housing and retail. Notable private sector development and public sector interventions in this area are already catalyzing growth and the market demand in Downtown remains strong for creating vibrant mixed-use neighborhoods. The major opportunity sites that are publicly owned present the strongest near-term opportunities to bring more housing, retail, and neighborhood serving amenities into the area. There also exists considerable historic single-family housing and some new infill townhome style housing situated along the grided street neighborhoods of Springfield and Brentwood. The major redevelopment and infill opportunities associated with TOD include continued expansion of the hospital campus with some neighborhood serving retail, medical office, and additional market rate, higher density residential occurring east of I-95, and west of North Main Street. There are many long time residents living in rental households in the historic single-family neighborhoods who are at risk for displacement as property values rise. Therefore, this is also an area where targeted rent-to-own programs and other TOD strategies are needed.
GREEN LINE CORRIDOR
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FSCJ
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JRTC at LAVILLA
COURTHOUSE
LAVILLA
Overall Subarea Strategies
• Demand is already here – use it to leverage growth further north along the corridor ensuring the community benefits. • Focus on ensuring new development follows TOD patterns. • Utilize public land assets to create community benefits that serve existing residents and new development with TOD level density and site design features. • Slow the cars down with two-way traffic and add in wider sidewalks, pedestrian amenities, and neighborhood serving programs and events.
Overarching Ideas
TOD Priorities
• Core development zones are east of Downtown and Brooklyn. • Significant publicly owned land available in LaVilla. • Developer interest in large scale transformation.
• Activate vacant sites in LaVilla. • Transition from public- private partnership (P3) to market rate development. • Create a new walkable district west of Downtown.
→ FSCJ Downtown → Courthouse → LaVilla → JRTC at LaVilla
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Northwest Jacksonville Connects: Green Line TOD Study Final Report | Jacksonville Transit Authority
Northwest Jacksonville Connects: Green Line TOD Study Final Report | Jacksonville Transit Authority
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