River City Marketplace is a quasi-regional outdoor shopping mall in the Northside of Jacksonville, Florida and the only one north of the St. Johns River. It opened its doors on November 17, 2006 with three major anchor stores including Walmart, Lowe's and Regal Cinemas River City Marketplace 14. The fourth, Gander Mountain, opened ten months later and will close in 2017. The 125acre shopping district is located south of Airport Road on the east side of Interstate 95, two miles east of Jacksonville International Airport . When Phase II is fully built out, the project will have cost over $300 million to build and boast more than 100 retailers.Original PlansThe original plan for the $300 million, 425acre mixed use project included a 125acre shopping district, 900 residential units, 300 hotel rooms, and 133,000 ft2 of light industrial space. The retail center, developed by Ramco Gershenson, will eventually include 1130000sqft of retail space and should attract shoppers from Nassau County and southeast Georgia.MoviesHollywood Theaters built a 62,000sqft stand-alone building at the mall's south end. All 14 screens featured stadium seating when it opened on September 21, 2006. Portland, Oregon based Hollywood Theaters planned to spend nearly $14 million on the project, which is managed by Wallace Theaters. In 2013, it was purchased by Regal Entertainment Group to become Regal Cinemas River City Marketplace 14.
