A development with up to 1,435 multifamily units in Prominence Office Park advanced to the Jacksonville City Council on Feb. 19 with unanimous support from a Council committee.
The Land Use and Zoning Committee voted 7-0 on companion pieces of legislation providing a land-use amendment and rezoning for the development, which is sited on 71.76 acres of both developed and undeveloped land in the park at Interstate 95 and Baymeadows Road.
A site plan shows the development comprises seven parcels, three of which would be retained as open space. Prominence Parkway runs through the middle of the parcels, with Dix Ellis Trail and I-95 mostly forming the eastern boundary.
The committee approvals came on Resolutions 2025-0003 and 2025-0004, which respectively provide a Large-Scale Future Land Use Map Amendment and rezoning. The land use change is from Multi-Use subject to FLUE Site Specific Policy and Community/General Commercial to Residential Professional Institutional.
The rezoning is from Planned Unit Developments approved in 1974, 1996 and 2001 to a new Planned Unit Development.
An application for rezoning says the project offers “highly-sought-after multifamily residential development to address the City of Jacksonville’s efforts to increase affordable housing and address the Missing Middle.”
The property includes several office buildings, including the Southeastern Grocers headquarters at 8928 Prominence Parkway and Voya Financial’s offices at 8900 Prominence Parkway.
It is south and west of an apartment building and several commercial and office buildings fronting the southbound ramp to I-95 from Baymeadows Road.
The LUZ committee’s approval came with a condition that the developer provide a traffic study.
The property owner is listed as DFH Prominence LP of Jacksonville.
The applicant is Jacksonville land use attorney Paul Harden.
An exhibit attached to the application identifies Dream Finders Homes as the project developer and Prosser Prime AE as engineer and architect/planner.