The city is reviewing a permit to start tenant build-out for The Huguenot wine, cheese and charcuterie bar at 1039 Hendricks Ave. in part of the former Reddi-Arts building on the Downtown Southbank.
Silversun Properties and Services Inc. of Jacksonville is the contractor for the project, which is shown as $336,767 in a budget summary. Prices sometimes are updated during permitting.
An online application shows an estimated job cost at $150,000.
Kings Ave Properties LLC of Jacksonville paid $2 million for the almost 1-acre site in April 2021. The existing buildings total almost 14,400 square feet.
Allen Rand Stevens is president of Silversun and of Kings Ave Properties. AEC Integrated LLC of Jacksonville is providing private plan review.
The permit plans say the project is a 2,100-square-foot interior tenant in Units 4-5 within a 7,105-square-foot shell structure.
In a February 2026 news release, Huguenot owner Chad Munsey said a summer 2026 opening was anticipated, although that might be extended based on the permitting timeline.
Munsey is a longtime area restaurateur and was the co-owner of the former Grotto, a San Marco wine bar that opened in 2001.
His spouse, Lauren Munsey, is co-owner of The Huguenot.
In addition to The Grotto, Chad Munsey was a partner in Bistro Aix in San Marco and Ovinte at the St. Johns Town Center and also served as manager of Biscottis in Avondale. He owns The Bearded Pig at 1808 Kings Ave. near San Marco.
He has worked in the California wine industry, where he owned a boutique wine distributorship in 2011.
Munsey estimated in February The Huguenot will cost about $500,000 to build-out and open.
On Feb. 18 the Downtown Investment Authority Board voted 9-0 to award The Huguenot $75,140 as a forgivable no-interest grant under the Core Retail Enhancement Program. It is structured to amortize at 33.33% annually over three years.
The DIA board votes constituted final action on the grants, for which no Jacksonville City Council action was needed.
Stevens owns the building. He also owns Silversun, which changed its name in 2024 from Dav-Lin Interior Contractors Inc.
Munsey said in February The Huguenot will operate in 2,400 square feet of the building. Three more businesses are planned for the rest of the structure, according to DIA filings.
One is the proposed Tavola Trattoria, a 4,500-square-foot Italian restaurant.
As previously reported, The Huguenot will include a 1,200-square-foot bar and dining area and a 1,200-square-foot private dining and event space behind the bar with a separate entrance. There will also be patio seating.
The wine bar will serve boutique wines from smaller vineyards from around the world.
The name has historic ties to Northeast Florida, referring to the French Protestant Huguenots who established a settlement in Northeast Florida during the 16th century.