The Salty doughnut shop seeks permit at One Riverside

With almost two dozen locations in six states, the Florida-based company wants to open in Jacksonville’s Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood.


The Salty doughnut shop at 3034 Grand Ave., Suite 7, in Miami. The chain plans a store in the One Riverside development in the Brooklyn area of Jacksonville.
The Salty doughnut shop at 3034 Grand Ave., Suite 7, in Miami. The chain plans a store in the One Riverside development in the Brooklyn area of Jacksonville.
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With two tenants permitted in Building 2000 at One Riverside, the city is reviewing plans for a third – The Salty doughnut shop.

One Riverside is the apartment and retail development at 1 Riverside Ave. in the Downtown Northbank Brooklyn district.

The city is reviewing a permit application for The Salty in 2,899 square feet of space in Suite 2007 at 1 Riverside Ave. at an estimated project cost of $550,000.

LJP Architects PC of Palos Hills, Illinois, is the architect. No contractor is specified.

A plan shows interior and patio seating at the end-unit shop. There are an estimated 30 seats inside and 22 on the patio.

Plans for The Salty doughnut shop in Suite 2007 at 1 Riverside Ave. There are an estimated 30 seats inside and 22 on the patio.
Plans for The Salty doughnut shop in Suite 2007 at 1 Riverside Ave. There are an estimated 30 seats inside and 22 on the patio.

The permit specifies “new interior tenant build-out of The Salty donut cafe in a new commercial building,” with work including new interior walls, ceilings, kitchen equipment, accessible restroom, interior finishes and mechanical, electrical and plumbing work.

Miami-based The Salty has at least 22 locations in six states, led by 10 in Florida in Miami, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach.

It says it originated in 2015 as a pop-up shop in a camper and its first store was in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.

It has shops in Colorado (one), Georgia (three), North Carolina (three), Tennessee (one) and Texas (four).

Flavors and hours

The saltydonut.com site shows shops coming soon in Georgia, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Jacksonville is not listed.

The interior of The Salty doughnut shop in Nashville, Tennessee. The Salty plans a 2,899-square-foot shop in Suite 2007 at 1 Riverside Ave.
The interior of The Salty doughnut shop in Nashville, Tennessee. The Salty plans a 2,899-square-foot shop in Suite 2007 at 1 Riverside Ave.
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The menu includes doughnuts, croissants, toasts, sandwiches, salads, power bowls, coffee, lattes, parfaits and more, including bagel-croissant “cragels.”

With notice, it offers doughnut cake towers, doughnut walls, custom doughnuts and more.

Doughnut flavors, with at least one seasonal gluten-free and one seasonal vegan, include glazed, brown butter and salt, guava and cheese, chocolate cake, cookies and cream and apple crumb.

The site says The Salty is not franchising.

Hours vary. The Orlando shop opens at 8 a.m. daily, closing at 8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Some locations open at 6:30 a.m. or 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m.

“At ‘The Salty’, we believe in the transformative power of a really freakin’ good donut, baked goods and a perfectly crafted coffee,” says the website.

“We strive to tell stories through our ever-changing menus of new flavors and weave ourselves into the fabric of the neighborhoods we’re in to create spaces for the community to gather and positively impact those around us. Simply put, we like to make people feel good.”

The One Riverside apartment and retail project sits along the St. Johns River at the former Florida Times-Union campus. Norikawa restaurant is planned for this area at the development.
The One Riverside apartment and retail project sits along the St. Johns River at the former Florida Times-Union campus. Norikawa restaurant is planned for this area at the development.
Photo by Monty Zickuhr

One Riverside retail

The retail portion of One Riverside comprises Buildings 1000 and 2000, which front the avenue at the entrance to the development. Atlanta-based Fuqua Development is developing those two buildings.

Whole Foods will occupy the 38,300-square-foot Building 1000, which is expected to be completed and opened early this year.

Four commercial tenants will fill the 8,095-square-foot Building 2000.

Landlord representative Colliers Urban Division, led by Senior Vice President Matthew Clark, said in October 2025 that the retail part of One Riverside had been fully leased, with Demma Aesthetics, Solidcore and The Salty taking the smaller building.

The site plan for One Riverside. Building 100 is a Whole Foods Market and Building 200 is a 8,000-square-foot shell.
The site plan for One Riverside. Building 100 is a Whole Foods Market and Building 200 is planned for Demma Aesthetics, The Salty doughnut shop and Solidcore fitness. The buildings are also called 1000 and 2000.

In addition to those, there is a 2,000-square-foot nail salon tenant that leased space directly with the landlord and not through Colliers. The city is reviewing a permit application for T-Nails & Spa to build-out 2,000 square feet of space in Suite 2003 at an estimated project cost of $110,000. Ovation Construction Co. of Oviedo is the contractor.

For Demma Aesthetics, the city issued a permit Jan. 23, 2026, for the Boston-based company to build-out 1,096 square feet of space at a project cost of $274,600. Custom Builders by Grubbs Inc. of Neptune Beach is the contractor

For Solidcore fitness, the city issued a permit Aug. 4, 2025, for Metrico Building Group LLC of Miami to build-out 2,104 square feet of space at a project cost of $300,000 in Suite 2015. That studio has opened.

Solidcore is building-out space in Building 2000 at One Riverside. Atlanta-based Fuqua Development is developing Whole Foods Market and a separate retail building for lease to tenants.
Demma Aesthetics, The Salty doughnut shop and Solidcore fitness are planned for this building in the One Riverside development.
Photo by Monty Zickuhr

Looking from the front, from left to right, the tenants in Building 2000 will be Demma, T-Nails, Solidcore and The Salty.

For Building 2000, the city issued a permit in October 2024 for Young Contracting/SE Inc. to build the roughly 8,000-square-foot shell building at a project cost of  $1.207 million.

For Whole Foods, the city permitted construction of the shell building Oct. 23, 2024, at a job cost of almost $1.21 million. Young Contracting/SE Inc. of Atlanta was the contractor.

For the build-out, the city issued a permit Sept. 10, 2025, for RCC Associates of Deerfield Beach to build-out the 38,300-square-foot store shell at a project cost of $7.5 million.

Colliers says the leases refer to Building 100 and Building 200, as do plans for the building, while permits use 1000 and 2000.

One Riverside comprises the grocery store and retail building along with apartments by TriBridge Residential. TriBridge will add a riverfront restaurant for Norikawa Japanese cuisine from Pearl Hospitality Group.

 

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