Plans Move Forward for Jack’s Beach Adventure Landing Site

jacksonville beach, florida – Jacksonville Beach is working on a project to replace the Adventure Landing Amusement Water Park on Beach Boulevard.

According to partners jacks daily record — The transaction is expected to close at the end of the year, but no specific date has been set.

west side location closed permanently last summer after 24 years in business. Around that time, the beach location was also expected to be closed, but the park was able to negotiate an extension.

The Jacksonville Beach City Council is currently considering adding multifamily housing with multiple affordable housing units to replace the amusement park.

The Jacksonville Beach City Council voted 6 to 1 to advance the developer’s rezoning request to add affordable multifamily housing to the property.

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Trevato Development Group is the developer behind the project, which will build a 427-unit apartment community with approximately 5,000 square feet of retail and office space.

The development group has reached an agreement with city leaders to make 7% of the apartments (about 30 units) available for affordable housing. Trevato’s first offer, initially for just his 5% of the unit, was rejected.

Adventure Landing is 22.2 acres and Trevat Project is 53.8 acres, but only 10.9 acres will be developed.

This is a 40% reduction in total land development permitted by the City of Jacksonville’s Beach Master Plan. The rest will be protected land.

The council should hold a final vote on the project scheduled for November 7th. If approved, the project will take approximately three years to complete.