JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The long-awaited transformation of downtown Jacksonville is taking a physical shape as Gateway Jax prepares to welcome its first residents to Pearl Square Vandeveer apartments. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Vandeveer is on track to have its first residents to call it home for a late summer 2026 delivery. The seven-story building at 515 N. Pearl St. will feature 205 apartment units and over 22,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. <\/p>\n The project is more than just a new apartment complex; it is the catalyst that city leaders hope will push downtown past a decade-long goal. The 10,000 Resident Mark. Moll believes the Vandeveer will be the development that finally pushes the population over the 10,000-resident threshold. Strategic Growth: \u201cIn order to get more people to want to live downtown, you also need the amenities; you need the restaurants, the bars, the places for people to go and enjoy,\u201d Moll said. <\/p>\n Beyond housing, the building will introduce high-end dining to the area. <\/p>\n Future Essentials: A 31,000-square-foot Publix grocery store has already signed a lease for a nearby block, marking the first full-service grocer in the district in over a decade. <\/p>\n Prospective residents can now visit the official Pearl Square website<\/a> to sign up for pre-leasing updates, pricing, and specific move-in dates. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The long-awaited transformation of downtown Jacksonville is taking a physical shape as Gateway Jax prepares…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":630643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,269019,14336,269021,3188,723,269017,11561,7310,155630,425,112631,24546,209737,68315,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,269020,269018],"class_list":["post-630642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-brian_mall","tag-ceo","tag-church_streets","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-gateway_jacks","tag-jack","tag-jacksonville","tag-jessica_salinas","tag-local","tag-north_pearl_street","tag-pearl","tag-pearl_square","tag-publix","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-vandeveer","tag-vandiver_apartments"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116168711482328833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630642","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=630642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}