JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) on Friday will discuss a multi-million dollar incentive package to help rebuild the Rise Doro apartments.
The downtown high-rise was nearly complete with tenants ready to move in when a fire ripped through the building back in January.
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The developer wants to rebuild as soon as possible. If the deal is approved, they won’t have to start from scratch.
Crews spent weeks tearing down what was left of the wood frame but the concrete base and the parking garage are still standing.
It was that wood frame that helped fuel the flames and will have to be redone.
To get the remainder built the Downtown Investment Authority is discussing an incentive package that comes out to more than $15 million. The project as a whole is expected to cost around $79 million.
According to the proposal, the rebuild will include 247 residential units with 85 units dedicated to being “affordable.”
The proposal also includes about 4,700 square feet of retail space on the ground floor.
There will not be a full vote on Friday from the Downtown Investment Authority. The meeting is just a finance and budget committee meeting to discuss the plan and continue moving it forward.