While St. Johns Town Center is closed because of COVID-19, plans continue in review for a 118-room AC Hotels by Marriott on the Southside property.
England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer for the AC Hotel Jacksonville project, which it submitted April 7 for city civil plan review.
OTO Development of Spartanburg, South Carolina, is the developer listed for the 72,000-square-foot hotel on 2.73 acres east of the proposed RH retail store.
RH, formerly Restoration Hardware and AC Hotels are part of a proposed fourth phase of the shopping center.
St. Johns Town Center is at northwest Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295.
The AC Hotels site, which is Parcel 3, is along Big Island Drive, east of the southern end of the mall anchored by J. Alexander's and Tesla.
Plans show the hotel with a pool and parking.
In December, OTO Development opened the new AC Hotel by Marriott Washington DC Downtown. It was the fifth AC Hotel in OTO's portfolio.
OTO Development is a part of The Johnson Group, a family of diverse companies.
OTO and its predecessor company, Extended Stay America, developed 530 properties. OTO manages more than 65 properties.
The fourth phase of St. Johns Town Center includes the AC Hotel, RH and an unidentified theater along with an addition to a building near Nordstrom.
In February, St. Johns Town Center landlord Simon Property Group announced that RH Jacksonville, The Gallery at St. Johns Town Center, will open in late 2020 in a three-story, 50,000-square-foot store.
That was before the government-mandated shutdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
