{"id":59762,"date":"2025-11-25T04:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59762\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T04:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T04:13:15","slug":"gateway-jax-to-seek-at-least-43m-in-incentives-for-publix-anchored-project-at-old-site-of-first-baptist-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59762\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Jax to seek at least $43M in incentives for Publix-anchored project at old site of First Baptist downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Completion grant makes up majority of package, Jax Daily Record reports<\/p>\n<p>Publix has agreed to open a grocery store in Downtown Jacksonville in Gateway\u2019s Block N7 mixed-use development at 119 W. Beaver St. It is the site of the former First Baptist Church main auditorium. (Jax Daily Record)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gateway Jax plans to seek at least $43 million in public incentives for the Publix-anchored mixed-use tower it has proposed on the site of the former First Baptist Church main auditorium, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2025\/nov\/24\/dia-ceo-gateway-jax-to-seek-at-least-43-million-in-incentives-for-publix-anchored-n7-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2025\/nov\/24\/dia-ceo-gateway-jax-to-seek-at-least-43-million-in-incentives-for-publix-anchored-n7-project\/\">according to a report from News4JAX news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Downtown Investment Authority CEO Colin Tarbert revealed on Monday the incentive request for Gateway\u2019s N7 project in a presentation to the City Council Special Committee on the Future of Downtown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/24\/development-of-historic-downtown-church-property-mosh-site-ford-on-bay-among-topics-of-dia-update-for-city-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/24\/development-of-historic-downtown-church-property-mosh-site-ford-on-bay-among-topics-of-dia-update-for-city-leaders\/\">Development of historic downtown church property, MOSH site, Ford on Bay among topics of DIA update for city leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gateway is planning to replace the auditorium at 119 W. Beaver St. with a 15-story residential tower with about 250 apartments, integrated parking with 400 spaces, and a 31,000-square-foot Publix. The DIA listed the total investment in the project at $138.6 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The N7 project is part of Pearl Square, Gateway\u2019s $750 million, multiproperty development in the NorthCore area of Downtown. 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