Seven Historic Food Halls Headed to Florida's Cities
The food hall craze continues to take the south by storm. Here is a brief look at the latest food hall projects in Florida, involving the adaptive reuse of historic buildings.
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5. The Joinery 640 East Main Street Lakeland, FL
Inside the defunct Lakeland Brewing Company in September 2016. (Courtesy of Ennis Davis, AICP)
Utilizing a 12,000 square foot downtown warehouse once occupied by the former Lakeland Brewing Company, Jonathan and Sarah Bucklew are closing in on the completion of a new food hall called The Joinery. When it opens its doors this year, the food hall will include space for nine unique vendors under one roof. Partially financed with a $250,000 grant from the Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency, the $750,000 project will also include a yet-to-be-named brewer utilizing brewing equipment left over from the building’s previous tenant.
Courtesy of The Joinery
4. Henry’s Depot 212 West 1st Street Sanford, FL
Original photograph of the former freight railroad depot now being converted into a food hall. (Courtesy of Loopnet.com)
While the food hall crazy has typically centered in on the state’s largest cities, Sanford may be the home of one of the most unique adaptive reuse food hall projects. Under redevelopment by resident Sean Kelley, Henry’s Depot involves the adaptive reuse of a 1940s railroad freight station acquired in 2016. Named after Henry Plant, the culinary collective is located adjacent to the Orange Belt Railroad line originally laid under Plant’s direction in 1880. Now, instead of being a space to serve Central Florida orange growers, the 7,800 structure will operate as a food hall featuring several select upscale, gourmet vendors and bars when it opens this fall.
3. Made at Armory 851 North Market Street Jacksonville, FL
Photograph courtesy of Bullet at Abandoned Florida
Ft. Lauderdale-based REVA Development Corporation plans to transform the former 111-year-old Duval County Amory, straddling the border of Downtown Jacksonville, the Eastside and Springfield, into a mixed use building featuring artist studios, display spaces, and co-work space centered around a food hall with space for 12 food and beverage vendors. Utilizing Place Architecture, designer of Tampa’s Armature Works, as the architect, the 80,000 square foot project is anticipated to cost $3.5 million. Assuming REVA can come to agreement with the City of Jacksonville to acquire the vacant property where the Allman Brothers debut performance took place and where famed Marian Anderson made Florida civil rights history, construction is expected to take two years to complete.
Photograph courtesy of Bullet at Abandoned Florida
Photograph courtesy of Bullet at Abandoned Florida