{"id":319503,"date":"2025-10-20T21:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/319503\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T21:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:21:12","slug":"eastside-apartment-residents-say-they-are-still-waiting-for-promised-renovations-since-new-owners-took-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/319503\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastside apartment residents say they are still waiting for promised renovations since new owners took over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 More than a year after new owners promised renovations at two Eastside apartment complexes, residents said they\u2019re still waiting to see the improvements while dealing with persistent maintenance issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Residents at Townsend Boylan Flats, formerly known as Eastside Terrace, and its sister property Eastside Gardens continued to report problems such as deteriorating infrastructure, including unsafe stairwells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><b>MORE | <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/i-team\/2021\/04\/15\/mice-roaches-weeds-i-team-tackles-complaints-at-eastside-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/i-team\/2021\/04\/15\/mice-roaches-weeds-i-team-tackles-complaints-at-eastside-complex\/\"><b>Mice, roaches, weeds: I-TEAM tackles complaints at Eastside complex<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Similar concerns plague residents at Eastside Gardens as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gave Eastside Gardens a score of 99 in July 2023, a dramatic improvement from its 56 rating in 2022. However, residents question the validity of this score given their continued struggles with maintenance issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI just had a baby, and I\u2019m scared to bring him home because of how the apartments are,\u201d said one Eastside Gardens resident, who also requested anonymity due to concerns about speaking publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">The properties\u2019 troubles first came to light in a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2023\/07\/31\/failing-jacksonville-apartments-to-get-new-ownership-renovations-after-i-team-exposes-years-of-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2023\/07\/31\/failing-jacksonville-apartments-to-get-new-ownership-renovations-after-i-team-exposes-years-of-problems\/\">News4JAX investigation<\/a>. In 2023, a nonprofit and developer purchased both complexes with promises of major renovations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/i-team\/2023\/09\/06\/were-grateful-theyre-here-residents-of-troubled-jacksonville-apartments-optimistic-about-new-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/i-team\/2023\/09\/06\/were-grateful-theyre-here-residents-of-troubled-jacksonville-apartments-optimistic-about-new-owners\/\"><b>\u2018We\u2019re grateful they\u2019re here\u2019: Residents of troubled Jacksonville apartments optimistic about new owners<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Property owners responded to inquiries about the ongoing issues, stating they have made several improvements to units and surrounding areas since acquiring the properties. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to management, they are \u201cactively reviewing quotes to upgrade the stairwells\u201d and have outlined priorities for the next six months, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Ongoing in-unit renovations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Maintaining completed renovations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Beginning updates to the on-site playground<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Some residents, however, believe more drastic measures are needed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThey need to take these apartments down and rebuild them from scratch,\u201d said an Eastside Gardens resident. \u201cThey need to really take their time and put some money into these apartments. We deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite the long way to go, some residents were hopeful that the promised renovation would turn into progress.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 More than a year after new owners promised renovations at two Eastside apartment complexes, residents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":319504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,8314,3188,723,69938,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-319503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-duval-county","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-i_team","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115408593520392867","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}