FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
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STATION AREA CHARACTER
LAND USE AND KEY PLACES
This station area has two distinct sections which are split by FEC Bowden Yard, a major built Utility and Transportation barrier: a low density suburb and a commercial and industrial core. The built-out western half of the station area is an established low-density residential suburb consisting of interconnected neighborhoods and a park with ballfields and a playground. There are more dense housing complexes present in the northwest quadrant, including Pinebrook Apartments and Heron Walk Apartments. The developed eastern half of this station area is along Philips Highway, an auto-centric arterial boulevard running parallel to I-95. Setback shopping centers like Galleria Marketplace, fast food restaurants, office parks, and gas stations line the roadways, limiting the pedestrian connectivity. There are some instances of denser residential and office developments east of Philips Highway like Deerfoot Point, the SouthState Bank Building, and Cypress Plaza Business Park. Most built developments have retention ponds or natural areas within their parcels, limiting the overall density and connectivity throughout this station area.
Residential land uses in the Southpoint neighborhood dominate the station area to the west, and Baker Skinner Park, a government owned property complements these residential land uses supporting the area’s suburban feel. North of the park, there is Forestry and Vacant parcels that can potentially be redeveloped to increase density in Southpoint’s low- density residential area. This suburban area’s eastern boundary is the FEC Bowden Rail Yard, a large Utility and Transportation area, as well as some associated industrial land uses. This rail yard segregates the residential community and the Commercial, Industrial, Waste Land and Office land uses along US 1/Philips Highway because there are no existing east-west roadway crossing in this station area. East of the rail yard, there is a large vacant parcel used as JTA’s Philips & JTB Park-N-Ride along Philips Highway that can be a catalyst for redevelopment along Philips Highway. There is also a node of Hotel and Hospitality land uses along Philips Highway near the J Turner Butler Boulevard interchange with I-95. A commonality throughout the entire station area and Southpoint in general is the low density, auto-oriented layout of the existing residential, commercial, and industrial land uses.
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Gates of Southpoint Commercial Center
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Old Kings Road
Figure 3-96: JTB STATION AREA CHARACTER IMAGES
Figure 3-97: JTB STATION LAND USE
FCCR TOD
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