Ten months after granting demolition approval for the former West Elm furniture building at St. Johns Town Center, the city issued a permit March 12 for site work to build the Pinstripes Bistro Bowling Bocce venue.
The site-clearing and preparation permit shows a project cost of $8 million for the project at 10274 Buckhead Branch Drive, near Nordstrom at the South Jacksonville shopping center at northwest Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295.
Pinstripes proposes to build a two-story, 26,370-square-foot indoor bowling alley, restaurant and entertainment center as part of the fourth phase of St. Johns Town Center, a Simon Property Group holding that opened its first phase 20 years ago March 18, 2005.