Roosevelt Square continues its conversion into Ortega Park in West Jacksonville near Ortega.
The city issued construction permits April 9 for a new building and the facade renovation of another at the 4495 Roosevelt Blvd. shopping center.
RLH Construction LLC of Oviedo will build the 11,667-square-foot multitenant Building G next to Chick-fil-A at a cost of $1.75 million and renovate the facade of the 10,000-square-foot Building F, whose tenants include Metro Diner and Chase Bank, at a cost of $424,150.
David S. Ware of Atlanta is the architect.
Atlanta-based Dewberry Group owns Roosevelt Square and is redeveloping the 59-year-old property.
On March 24, engineer Mark Dowst & Associates Inc. filed construction and updated civil site plans with the city.
Plans show Roosevelt Square comprises 311,220 square feet. Dewberry is removing 100,536 square feet of space, including retail space to the south of Publix, and building 53,275 square to create a floor area of 263,959 square feet.
A year ago, Dewberry Group filed plans with the city to demolish and rebuild space at Roosevelt Square.
The new construction primarily involves buildings next to the Publix supermarket and at the southwestern end in front of the Metro Diner-anchored building. Dewberry demolished the closed Belk store in 2018.
Other new construction is shown around the almost 29-acre site. The city is reviewing building permits for the project.
Dewberry Group intends to rebrand the shopping center as Ortega Park, add apartments and develop the Ortega Alley retail shops.
Dewberry bought the property in 1997 and renovated it in 1999 and 2003. Ortega Park is the third redevelopment.
Dewberrygroup.com says Ortega Park will grow to nearly 700,000 square feet and include shopping, dining and Class A multifamily units.
Dewberry Group has not commented about the project, but it appears to be an investment of at least $70 million.
