The Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) on Friday will discuss a multi-million dollar incentive package to help rebuild the Rise Doro apartments.

The City of Jacksonville is looking into giving developers of the RISE Doro an incentive package that would help them rebuild after a devastating fire that destroyed portions of the building in January.

It’s been about three months since the Rise Doro apartments caught fire downtown, destroying the apartment complex just days before it was set to open.

After last month’s devastating fire, RISE plans to bring in forensic engineers to determine if the concrete parking garage and "podium" at the Doro apartments Downtown can be reused.

The Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department on Wednesday released a more than an hour-long video showing dozens of firefighters battling a massive fire at the RISE Doro apartment complex downtown.

Manifest Distillery honored the many firefighters who worked tirelessly to prevent the fire at the RISE Doro apartment building from spreading to other buildings, causing an even bigger disaster.

Greg Blais, president of the company that built RISE Doro, said in his 29 years of development, he’s never had a situation like what unfolded last month when his $60 million apartment complex caught fire and was destroyed just days before it was set to open in downtown Jacksonville.

Friday marks one week since crews began demolishing the RISE Doro apartment building after a devastating fire nearly two weeks ago.

As the demolition of the RISE Doro apartment complex continues, Mayor Donna Deegan spoke on the possible future of the building, and where the negotiations for the Jaguars’ new stadium stand.

After temporarily closing earlier this week, Intuition Ale Works in Downtown Jacksonville is set to reopen Sunday.

Heavy equipment moved into place Friday morning and crews began what will likely be a weekslong process to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building. A crane began tearing off parts of the top corner of the building before 6:30 a.m. Friday but then work abruptly stopped.

Businesses around the fire-gutted RISE Doro apartment complex in Jacksonville are experiencing the negative effects of being closed due to the aftermath of the devastating fire. The adjacent businesses, now in the collapse zone, are facing significant financial losses as they are unable to operate. The impact of the fire extends beyond the immediate closures, with downtown development plans being delayed. As the fire-damaged building awaits demolition, businesses struggle with road closures and the costs are quickly adding up. Despite the losses, business owners express gratitude for the efforts of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and urge support from the community to help mitigate the financial impact.

Crews are setting up equipment and preparing to tear down the Rise Doro apartment building following a massive fire that sparked Sunday night and was still smoldering Wednesday.

RISE Doro, the downtown Jacksonville apartment that was mangled in a multi-day fire, was planning to open this weekend, even though all its permits were not in place.

As the city of Jacksonville reviews a permit to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building, a structural engineer said the emergency demolition could mean a lot of investigative work now won’t happen.

If you’re heading to the Icemen game against the Florida Everblades Wednesday night, you can expect some traffic delays, officials said.

It will cost an estimated $1 million to demolish the 80-foot-tall RISE Doro apartment building after a devastating fire left it unsafe and at risk of collapse.

The fire at the downtown RISE Doro apartment building isn’t completely extinguished but Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department Capt. Eric Prosswimmer said crews are now down to one ladder, one engine and one fire chief.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer said she’s encouraged that the RISE CEO has committed to rebuilding in Downtown Jacksonville after the RISE Doro apartments went up in flames.

Permits for the RISE Doro show it hired a private company to do some of its building inspections, while the structure was being built.

As fire crews battle hot spots that keep popping up at the RISE Doro apartments, officials have brought up the possibility of demolition due to collapse concerns at the Downtown apartment complex.

Until the fire-gutted RISE Doro apartment building can be torn down, the surrounding streets, a nearby parking garage and several businesses will remain closed.

The fire that destroyed the RISE Doro apartments in Downtown Jacksonville sparked just days before the final inspection that would have allowed the building’s sprinkler system to be activated.

After a devastating fire left a brand-new luxury apartment building unsafe and likely to be demolished, tenants who expected to move in this weekend will have to live elsewhere.

A brand-new luxury apartment building that was set to begin housing tenants by this weekend is now a water-soaked wood frame shell filled with soot and ash.

What are the next steps for the future of the downtown apartment complex that went up in flames just days before it was scheduled to welcome residents?

Since late Sunday night, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue has been trying to extinguish a fire at the new RISE Doro Apartments on East Adams Street. JFRD Chief Keith Powers said the fire has been difficult to put out because of void spaces in the building during construction.

The developer of RISE Doro, a downtown apartment complex that was destroyed in a massive fire, is a real estate company named RISE. The company has dozens of apartment complexes located across the country in its portfolio, including several in the Jacksonville area.