Senior housing in Southside could soon take shape as the city reviews a permit application for the $22 million construction of Inspired Living at Jacksonville.
It is planned at 10776 Burnt Mill Road near the James Island community.
The application shows Inspired Living is designed with 43 memory care units and 109 assisted living units in a 127,234-square-foot building.
Part of the building will be three floors. Senior Living VII LLC, whose contact is Mark Bouldin, is the developer.
Bouldin is president of Kronos Capital Inc. of St. Petersburg, which wants to develop the project on 24.12 acres. It will be managed by Validus Senior Living of Tampa.
Validus CEO Steve Benjamin said Tuesday he anticipates breaking ground in February. NDC Construction is the contractor.
Edwards Engineering is the planner and engineer and WBRC Architects Engineer is the architect.
The validusseniorliving.com site says Inspired Living at Jacksonville will open in fall 2017.
Benjamin said there will be 150 units of licensed assisted living with a separate area for residents with memory care related challenges. Plans show 152.
He also said it will be “amenity heavy” and include wellness and fitness areas, anytime dining in a restaurant-style environment, a dog park, transportation services and health care related services facilitated by licensed nurses seven days a week.
Several weeks ago, A.C. “Chip” Skinner said Skinner family members were preparing to sell the land for senior housing. He said Wednesday the property was under contract and he expected the sale to close in the first quarter.
The city is reviewing plans as the City Council Land Use & Zoning Committee takes up a rezoning application, 2016-704, that shows Kronos Capital wants to buy the property.
In previous deals, Kronos Capital has purchased property for development, after which Validus Senior Living operates the project.
The rezoning would change the district from Residential Rural-Acre to Planned Unit Development. PUD zoning is sought to provide for senior living.
Plans filed with the zoning application show a three-story assisted living facility and another wing to be developed in phases.
Horizontal improvements would start in 2016-17 and construction will begin after that.
Validus Senior Living says its communities provide seniors with services that include independent living, assisted living and specialized memory care for those with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other memory impairments.
On its site, Validus lists nine Inspired Living communities operating in Florida, with another opening in New Orleans in the spring.
Jacksonville is one of four scheduled to open later in 2017, along with one in Georgia and two in Texas.
FolkFood closes Downtown restaurant
FolkFood, which started as a food truck and then opened in a Downtown storefront along Hogan Street, has closed after a year in business there.
Food truck operator Ryan Reid opened FolkFood Downtown in November 2015 and closed it in recent weeks. The restaurant space at 219 N. Hogan St. is available for lease.
The menu focused on coastal Southern cuisine and offered local beers.
Reid said he had no plans to resurrect the food truck.
Osco Commercial Real Estate, led by President Sidney Jones, is the leasing agent and the property manager.
Florida Trend’s Golden Spoon Awards
Northeast Florida picked up lots of mentions in Florida Trend’s latest Golden Spoon Awards.
Jacksonville Golden Spoon winners are 13 Gypsies; bb’s restaurant & bar; Black Sheep; Blue Bamboo; Moxie Kitchen + Cocktails; Restaurant Orsay; and Taverna.
Other area winners are Azurea in Atlantic Beach; 29 South in Fernandina Beach; Eleven South in Jacksonville Beach; Palm Valley Fish Camp in Ponte Vedra Beach; and Costa Brava and Ice Plant Bar & St. Augustine Distillery in St. Augustine.
Four area restaurants made the Hall of Fame: Salt at Amelia Island; Bistro AIX and Matthew’s in Jacksonville; and Marker 32 in Jacksonville Beach.
And two trendy Jacksonville newcomers qualified among the best new restaurants: Hobnob and Il Desco.
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