Rohdie plans $30M Gran Bay apartments

Thursday, January 23, 10:55 AM EST

by Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor

Its location in the Flagler Center office and business park sparked a perk: The apartments will provide bicycles for residents to ride to work or just ride around.

President Bob Rohdie said this morning that the 308-unit project community should be completed 15 months later, which would be May 2015.

"I am very bullish on the Jacksonville market," he said.

"The economy has come rebounding back in Jacksonville, there has been very little new (apartment) development in Jacksonville and your employment appears to be robust," he said.

Rohdie said rents aren't set yet.

Rohdie said Gran Bay will be his fifth project in Jacksonville since the early 1990s. The other four have been converted into condominiums or sold, he said.

The city is reviewing plans for the 15.5-acre development along Gran Bay Parkway at Egrets Nest Drive.

The project comprises 14 multifamily buildings, seven garages, a clubhouse with a pool, fitness center and cabanas and a grill area, a playground and a mail kiosk.

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Rohdie plans $30M Gran Bay apartments