630 apartments with restaurants and shops will be built on the abandoned Florida Tile site west of Lake Wire, under plans unveiled today at a meeting of the LDDA.
The conceptual design by Atlanta developers Carter & Associates and architects The Preston Partnership received a wholehearted approval from the LDDA board.
The project, located between Lake Wire and the upcoming Bonnet Springs Park, is viewed as a key part in plans to develop “downtown west.”
The developers hope to obtain all city and state permits by early next year.
Phase 1A of the project includes two 7,500-square-foot buildings for shops and restaurants facing Kathleen Road just south of George Jenkins Boulevard.
Phase 1B includes 300 apartments in four four-story buildings on 10.33 acres on the southern portion of the property closest to George Jenkins Boulevard.
Phase 2 of construction would include two buildings, one five stories and one four stories, with 330 apartments and 15,000 square feet of first-floor retail on 8.18 acres along Sikes Boulevard.
