Building Up Jax: More apartments for Powers Ave.; Bread & Board opening downtown

Pine Grove Apartments proposed along Powers Ave.

Another residential project is coming to a suddenly red-hot Powers Avenue corridor.

Powers Avenue Apartments, Ltd., submitted plans for Pine Grove Apartments, a five-building, 168-unit apartment complex along Powers Ave. between an existing fire station and Toledo Rd. The complex also features an amenity lawn, a clubhouse with a pool, and multiple recreation areas.

The project has been planned since as early as 2007 when the developer unsuccessfully applied for public funding. It joins recently announced plans for a Lennar single-family community and another apartment complex near Baker-Skinner Park and Wolfson High School along the same stretch.

The Bread & Board to open downtown

The Bread & Board plans to open its new downtown location, as well as its Bread & Board Provisions shop, in mid-August.

The new restaurant and shop will both be located at 100 W. Bay St. within VyStar Credit Union’s downtown campus. The provisions shop will feature a lineup of over a dozen local offerings including homemade pasta from Prati Italia, jams and grains from Congaree & Penn, and coffee from Martin Coffee.

The new downtown location will replace the original Bread & Board location at 1030 Oak St., which will close permanently tomorrow.

Noted projects

• Encompass Health received a permit for the construction of a new 50-bed rehabilitation hospital at 11595 Burnt Mill Rd.
• VyStar Credit Union received a permit for the construction of its seven-story, 807-space parking garage at 28 W. Forsyth St.
• Culver’s submitted plans for a new restaurant building at 101 Monument Rd.
• Tire Outlet received a permit for the construction of a new building at 9213 Merrill Rd.
• Tea Poke Spot received a permit for build-out at 4076 Belfort Rd.
• Starbucks submitted plans for the construction of a 2,424-square-foot standalone location at 10915 Baymeadows Rd. The new building will be located next to an existing Wendy’s on an adjacent outparcel.