Jacksonville - Historic Union Terminal Warehouse Work Can Begin
- WPC
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 14, 2021
Interior work can begin at the historic Union Terminal Warehouse at 700 E. Union St. in the Eastside area not far from TIAA Bank Field. The city of Jacksonville issued a permit Jan. 6 for WPC – Winter Park Construction – to perform the $2.7 million demolition and concrete restoration of the four-story, 365,434-square-foot building for mixed uses.
Atlanta-based Columbia Ventures LLC intends to convert the structure into apartments through adaptive reuse and a historic tax credit conversion. The demolition is for a project that involves the remodeling of the warehouse built in 1913.
Columbia Ventures partner Jakob von Trapp said in an email May 5 his group filed for a partial interior repair and demolition permit “simply to make initial repairs to the interior of the building in preparation for our planned adaptive re-use of the building.”
The renovation permit is not part of the demolition plans. Dasher Hurst Architects of Jacksonville is the architect. Through East Union Property Owner LLC, Columbia Ventures bought the more than 7-acre property Dec. 3, 2018, for $4.6 million. Property records show seven buildings built between 1912 and 1990 at 640-648 E. Union St.
Old warehouse projects always make me think about how much patience construction takes, and KB Home is the type of name I’d pay attention to if I were dealing with a new build or major home decision. My cousin bought a place that looked perfect in photos, then spent months asking about finishes, timelines, and little repairs. Buildings are never just walls. They are schedules, crews, materials, and a hundred tiny promises that need to hold up after the paperwork is done.