The company released the latest images during a watch party on the sixth-floor pool deck of The Strand apartments on the Southbank. The city imploded the unfinished 15-year-old Berkman II structure across the river. Beeler said cost estimates and the condo density in the proposal are not finalized.

PB Riverfront Jacksonville shows a rendering of the planned development at the former Berkman II site.
PB Riverfront Revitalization of Jacksonville LLC Managing member Park Beeler renders the planned development at the former Berkman II site.

PB Riverfront Revitalization of Jacksonville LLC released renderings for a proposed 40-story, 550-foot-tall condominium and apartment replacement for the demolished Berkman Plaza II on the Downtown Northbank.

PB Riverfront owns the property at 500 E. Bay Street. Managing member Park Beeler said the design by KBJ Architects Inc. would be a $170 million project with 250 apartments, about 219 condos for sale, and approximately 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. 

PB Riverfront Jacksonville shows a rendering of the planned development at the former Berkman II site.
PB Riverfront Jacksonville shows a rendering of the planned development at the former Berkman II site. 3

KBJ President Tom Rensing said that the group plans for the tower to be 550 feet, “but it could be taller.”