About 11 months ago, fire swept through the $65 million Rise Doro apartments in Jacksonville’s Sports and Entertainment District, severely damaging the wood-framed seven-story building on A. Philip Randolph Boulevard. At the time, Rise Doro’s owners said they would rebuild. Jacksonville Today reader Kathy B. wonders when.
It’s been about three months since the Rise Doro apartments caught fire downtown, destroying the apartment complex just days before it was set to open.
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Manifest Distillery honored the many firefighters who worked tirelessly to prevent the fire at the RISE Doro apartment building from spreading to other buildings, causing an even bigger disaster.
Before a brand new luxury apartment complex set to open near the downtown sports complex in March caught fire Sunday night, there was a controversy over a historic building demolition and major cost overruns.
