Adaptive Reuse: An Artists' Vision For The Landing

Adaptive reuse and selective demolition could make the Landing a destination again.

This proposal would allow the Landing to continue hosting restaurants and venues like the former Fionn MacCool’s, Chicago Pizza, and Maverick’s, which were among the few businesses in the Downtown core open nights and weekends. For other spaces, one use with a lot of potential would be a food hall - a venue that hosts a collection of local, artisan food and drink vendors. Norfolk, Virginia has had considerable space using a food hall as an anchor in its version of the Landing, the Waterside District. For a view of how that could look at the Landing, check out these renderings of other food halls proposed for Jacksonville:

Bold City Food Hall is proposed for the Exchange at Jacksonville development proposed at Butler Boulevard and I-295

Food halls feature a collection of smaller artisan vendors. Bold City Food Hall plans to stand out on the Southside by featuring local talent

A food hall is proposed for a new Brooklyn development by Trevato Development Group

A right-sized Landing would make an excellent location for a food hall like the proposed Brooklyn venue

Article by J.D. McGregor. Contact J.D. at jdmcgregorjax@gmail.com.