JACKSONVILLE, Florida—AC Lodges by Marriott opened the AC Lodge by Marriott Jacksonville St. Johns City Heart—situated inside Northeast Florida’s out of doors purchasing, eating, and way of life vacation spot—and welcomed its first visitors on March 6, 2024.
The four-story lodge includes 118 guestrooms; a health middle; 1,500 sq. ft of assembly house, together with a personal boardroom; an activated AC Lounge; and a fresh-air patio, pool, and recreation house.
“We’re delighted to open the doorways to this ‘Completely Exact Lodge’ expertise,” says Common Supervisor Hope Jenkins. “Fashionable vacationers search out AC Lodges, the place our mantra is to offer all the pieces visitors want—and nothing they don’t—with equal emphasis on refined model and sensible comforts.”
OTO Improvement, a part of The Johnson Group, developed AC Lodge Jacksonville St. Johns City Heart in partnership with Simon, an actual property funding belief.
“Vacationers love staying at AC Lodges by Marriott—and we love constructing and working them,” says Matt McClelland, COO of OTO Improvement. “Friends will particularly respect the synergy created by connecting this fashionable lodge to St. Johns City Heart, placing them inside strolling distance of an interesting array of market-exclusive retailers and standard eating places.”
The lodge additionally gives proximity to the area’s seashores and different recreation alternatives together with TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Seaside, Jacksonville Seaside, and EverBank Stadium.
The design creates a way of place at AC Lodge Jacksonville. The seaside comes metaphorically inside by way of parts just like the sand-and-neutral palette, various textures and supplies, and sculptural particulars starting from the entrance desk to a big piece of artistically displayed driftwood within the foyer. The lodge exterior mimics the navy-blue waters of East Florida by way of windowpanes of various blue hues, vertical sunshades, and sand-colored tiles.
“The lodge is crammed all through with the small print that matter most to the fashionable traveler, from activated facilities to intuitive know-how,” Jenkins says. “One standout function is what we name our ‘oasis,’ a fresh-air patio adjoining to the AC Lounge with an out of doors pool, a water function, and yard video games, making it the proper place to get pleasure from Jacksonville’s 200-plus days of sunshine per yr.”
The AC Kitchen serves breakfast centered round contemporary croissants, sliced prosciutto, cheese, fruit, yogurt, and Nespresso. The AC Lounge has flatbreads, sandwiches, and shareable plates, each small and enormous.
AC Lodge Jacksonville was developed by OTO and Simon with mission companions DLR Group, architect and inside designer; and Kellogg & Kimsey, common contractor.
