From left, DOS Coffee & Wine head roaster Matt Sweeney, general manager Ragan Curtin and Mayday Handcrafted Ice Cream regional manager Richard Lemmon walk back into the shared business space Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 at Town Center Plaza in Jacksonville, Fla.

The signs are up and work is continuing on the AC Hotels by Marriott at St. Johns Town Center. The Daily Record first reported in February 2020 the chain was looking at the shopping center. Now the hotel website says it will open in January. Meanwhile, construction walls are in place for retailers Abercrombie & Fitch, Lululemon and Garage.

Those are some of the projects in progress or recently opened at the shopping center and its neighbors along Town Center Parkway in the shopping heart of Jacksonville. Here’s an update on some of the projects the Daily Record has been following in the area:

The Jacksonville-based developer is adding the 16,000-square-foot Town Center II now that the first structure is full.

The first restaurant will open in the former Mini Bar Donuts shop in Jacksonville Beach.

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Modani Furniture will open in the first quarter of 2023 in Ashco Inc.’s Town Center Outparcel building, the landlord announced.

Ashco Inc. bought the former Thomasville furniture store near The Markets at Town Center for conversion into the Town Center Medical Plaza.

Ashcenter at St. Johns LLC paid almost $2.3 million for the 13,200-square-foot store Aug. 19. The 1.27-acre property is at 4853 Big Island Drive.

Landlord Ashco Inc. announced Dec. 16 that Modani Furniture will open in the first quarter of 2023 in its Town Center Outparcel building.

The city is reviewing a permit application for the estimated $137,800 build-out of 6,800 square feet within Ashco’s building at 4853 Big Island Drive.

Ashco Inc. hosts the Jacksonville Symphony at the historic San Marco Train Station in an event benefitting the Jacksonville Arts and Music School.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mayday Ice Cream, a fairly new ice cream shop from St. Augustine, is officially celebrating the grand opening of its second location in San Marco on Thursday.

The celebration will be from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 1432 Hendricks Ave. It will offer free ice cream and chances to win Mayday swag. (Click here to RSVP to the event.)