A planned Corner Lot hotel on Riverside Avenue could receive up to $8 million in city incentives, according to a memo presented to the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee.

An initiative is in motion to bring a Culinary Institute of America campus to Jacksonville’s Downtown riverfront as part of a proposed hotel, an alumnus of the New York-based private school told the Jacksonville Daily Record on Friday.

A planned sale of Casa Marina Hotel & Restaurant in Jacksonville Beach to real estate development firm Corner Lot has fallen through, according to News4JAX partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

A real estate development firm founded in Jacksonville has announced its plans to redevelop the century-old Casa Marina Hotel in Jacksonville Beach, in addition to building either a retail and residential space or a hotel across the street.

Jacksonville’s transformation looks to advance with the investment of $40 million toward four key projects.

The popular oceanfront resort and spa in Atlantic Beach, One Ocean, has new owners and will soon get some upgrades and renovations.

There seems to be momentum with the development in downtown Jacksonville. It doesn’t happen overnight, obviously, but through collaborations between Corner Lot and JWB Real Estate Capital, that growth is at a steady pace.

The Downtown Development Review Board has unanimously approved the conceptual design plans for the Jones on Hogan development, according to a news release Wednesday from Corner Lot.