A Hard Rock Hotel floated as a possible development project for the vacant Berkman Plaza II site on Downtown’s Northbank Riverfront would not include a casino, according to the city.
The city’s chief communications officer, Phil Perry, confirmed Thursday that the city is speaking with several groups looking at Downtown properties for development — with one considering developing a Hard Rock.
“(One) of those groups is interested in the possibility of a hotel at the Berkman II site — and it potentially being a Hard Rock Hotel,” Perry told Jacksonville Today in a text message Thursday…