{"id":225721,"date":"2026-04-10T02:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225721\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T02:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:01:08","slug":"planning-commission-recommends-approval-for-hotel-addition-to-college-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225721\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Commission recommends approval for hotel addition to College Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"h932426-p1\" class=\"permalinkable\">A hotel with up to 110 units could be on its way to Arlington\u2019s College Park shopping center following recommended approval by the Jacksonville Planning Commission on April 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p2\" class=\"permalinkable\">The 7-0 vote on Ordinance 2026-0170 sends the issue to the City Council Land Use and Zoning Committee for consideration. Planning Commissioners Amy Fu and Ali Marar were absent for the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">The rezoning would grant a major modification to a previously approved Planned Unit Development from 2021 to include two outparcels within the College Park property. A PUD allows uses, regulations and standards tailored to a property.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\">Formerly known as the Town &amp; Country Shopping Center, College Park underwent a $3 million renovation by JWB Real Estate Capital in 2020. The shopping center at the northeast intersection of University Boulevard and the Arlington Expressway added Winn-Dixie as its grocer tenant in 2021.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p5\" class=\"permalinkable\">Site plans attached to the legislation show a separate structure designated as a food hall adjacent to the planned hotel, with another undefined future outparcel fronting University Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Site plans for a hotel proposed for Arlington's College Park show a separate structure designated as a food hall adjacent to the planned hotel. Another undefined future outparcel fronting University Boulevard.\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260409__College_Park_Image_1_t850.png\" title=\"Site plans for a hotel proposed for Arlington's College Park show a separate structure designated as a food hall adjacent to the planned hotel. Another undefined future outparcel fronting University Boulevard.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Site plans for a hotel proposed for Arlington&#8217;s College Park show a separate structure designated as a food hall adjacent to the planned hotel. Another undefined future outparcel fronting University Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p6\" class=\"permalinkable\">In August 2025, city utility JEA reviewed an application to determine electric, water and other service availability for LivSmart Stadium East College Park at the property at 903-957 University Blvd. N.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p7\" class=\"permalinkable\">LivSmart Studios is a Hilton suites brand. Hilton.com says LivSmart Studios \u201cis a new value conscious extended-stay brand, providing apartment-style accommodations for long-stay guests who will make their home with us for 20 or more nights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p8\" class=\"permalinkable\">A JEA application means a project is being considered and not that a deal is done. Attorney Zach Miller, representing JWB, said he did not know which brand the hotel could be. Alex Sifakis, JWB\u2019s president, did not respond to a question about the hotel brand.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p9\" class=\"permalinkable\">Construction on the outparcels is set to begin within five years of the PUD\u2019s approval, and should be completed within 10 years, according to the PUD\u2019s written description.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h932426-p10\" class=\"permalinkable\">The ordinance will move to the Council LUZ Committee, which will also recommend approval or denial, before a vote by the full Council. The LUZ Committee is next set to meet April 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hotel with up to 110 units could be on its way to Arlington\u2019s College Park shopping center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-225721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}