DIA photo of former Jacksonville Landing site (Photo provided to WJXT) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The city’s Downtown Investment Authority has put out a request for proposal to find qualified design firms and their consultants who could produce a “vibrant and iconic public space” on the Northbank site where the Jacksonville Landing stood for decades. The re-imagined site will be known as Riverfront ...

City Council investigation into the abandoned sale of JEA says the effort was pushed amid possible Sunshine Law violations. A year-long Jacksonville City Council investigation shows evidence that Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration engaged in a “multi-year” effort from 2017-19 to sell JEA and shielded some actions from the Florida Sunshine Law and the public.  Council’s independent attorney, Steve Busey of ...

JEA building In a scathing report after a 10-month-long review of the failed sale of JEA, a special City Council committee found that the sales attempt, which is tied to Mayor Lenny Curry, was purposefully done in a non-transparent fashion. “The investigation revealed that the Curry administration and JEA engaged in a multi-year effort, from at least 2017 through 2019, ...

The city plans to spend up to $300,000 to solicit designs for a minimum 4.5-acre riverfront “park/plaza” at the former Jacksonville Landing site. A draft request for proposals would spend up to $300,000 to create three options for the Downtown riverfront plaza.  Draft documents from the Downtown Investment Authority show the city plans to spend up to $300,000 to solicit ...

For more than three decades, the Jacksonville Landing was an iconic piece of Jacksonville’s downtown — a symbol of hopes for urban renewal and then a sign of downtown’s stagnancy. Now, as the city is moving forward with a request for proposals to redevelop the property, the Downtown Investment Authority is hoping the park that occupies that space can be ...

The Landing Property The Downtown Investment Authority will solicit requests for proposals for a public park at the site of the former Jacksonville Landing, the downtown shopping center torn down earlier this year, with a process set up that would allow public input on the final design.  During the DIA’s Nov. 18 meeting, CEO Lori Boyer explained that the RFP ...