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Gainesville hopes to attract 'residentially focused' downtown development
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Gainesville officials are once again seeking proposals to develop two parking lots off the downtown square fronting Jesse Jewell Parkway.
Gainesville officials are once again seeking proposals to develop two parking lots off the downtown square fronting Jesse Jewell Parkway. “We are looking for a project that is residentially focused, pedestrian friendly and will enhance our thriving downtown,” City Manager Bryan Lackey said in a statement Friday. City officials rejected all bids to develop a mixed-use project at these sites in 2014 and 2011 because they did not fit the city’s vision and developers asked for tax incentives officials did not support.