Power District Redevelopment Plan
Location: Northern Boundary: SE 4th Avenue. Southern Boundary: Sweetwater Branch Creek between SE Depot Ave and SE 8th Street. Western Boundary: SE 3rd Street. Eastern Boundary: SE 7th Street. Includes inactive GRU lots in between Depot Park and Downtown.
Key Partners: Community Asset Planning and Economic Resilience (Project Lead), Department of Sustainable Development, GRU
Objective
The Power District is a unique 17-acre redevelopment opportunity of active as well as inactive GRU facilities located in Southeast Gainesville between Downtown and Depot Park. The CRA on behalf of GRU and the City was acting as an agent for redevelopment until 2019. To date, significant pre-development due diligence work such as community engagement, crafting the 2013 Redevelopment Plan, rezoning, technical studies, special events, and environmental analysis has been completed. As a result, in 2016 the CRA began a multi-phase solicitation process to assess the interest of the private development market to partner with the public sector on the implementation of the Power District. The goal of the solicitation process was to identify and encourage interested private development parties, determine the market’s desire, approach, and outline the general terms of a potential public-private partnership all while ensuring the community vision and core planning principles of the adopted 2013 Redevelopment Plan are maintained throughout the development process. With limited public resources available to fully execute the vision for the Power District, the public-private partnership approach is being pursued to identify and prioritize market-based projects that will serve as a catalyst for long-term sustained economic and community investments.
Following the multi-year public-private partnership solicitation process that began in 2016, negotiations with the selected developer were terminated in March 2019 as a result of significant changes to the development company as well as their associated key personnel. CAPER, GCRA, GRU, and City of Gainesville Staff are now re-grouping to compose a new redevelopment strategy to advance the project based on lessons learned from the prior solicitation and current priorities from the community and policy leaders.
Download Power District resources, reports, and plans below:
- 2013 Power District Redevelopment Plan
- Power District Sweetwater Daylighting Feasibility Report
- Power District Infrastructure Analysis Report
- Power District Building Needs Assessments
- Power District Zoning Ordinance
- Power District Land Use Ordinance
- Power District Environmental Summary
- Power District Phase I Environmental – Parcel 1
- Power District Phase I Environmental – Parcel 2
- Power District Phase I Environmental – Parcel 3
- Power District Phase I Environmental – Parcel 4
- Power District Phase 2 Environmental – Parcel 1 and 2
- Power District Phase 2 Environmental – Parcel 4
- Power District Catalyst Warehouse
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