AC Hotel by Marriott moving forward in Downtown Jacksonville

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Two years after it surfaced, a proposed AC Hotel by Marriott in Downtown Jacksonville is moving toward construction.

The city is reviewing plans for the parking structure of the proposed two-building hotel on facing lots at 800 and 825 Dora St. in the Brooklyn district. Infinity Engineering Group of Tampa submitted the plans.

The project came to light in August 2024, when the Downtown Development Review Board granted conceptual approval of its design.

A rendering submitted to the Downtown Development Review Board shows the parking structure for the AC Hotel by Marriott planned in the Brooklyn district of Downtown Jacksonville.

In May 2025, the DDRB granted final approval for design of the six-story hotel and accompanying two-story parking deck. The building sites are between Magnolia and Oak streets near Marriott’s Residence Inn Jacksonville Downtown at 357 Oak St.

Under plans submitted to the DDRB, the hotel building would be constructed on the 800 Dora St. lot, while the L-shaped parking structure is on the site of the defunct Liddy’s Machine Shop across the street. That building would be demolished as part of the project.

The first AC Hotel by Marriott in Northeast Florida opened in March 2024 at St. Johns Town Center. According to the brand’s website, ac-hotels.com, there are 128 AC properties in North America and 249 worldwide.

A six-story AC Hotel by Marriott is planned in the 800 block of Dora Street in Downtown Jacksonville. The project comprises the hotel structure on one side of the street and a two-story parking deck on the other.

The brand is designed to appeal to millennials and other younger travelers, with features such as minimalist room designs and lounges that serve European-style small bites and other dishes.

Duval County property records show the owner of the property is Jax Lifestyle Hospitality LLC, a Miami-based company. State records list Chirag B. Desai of Miami as the LLC’s registered agent.