Gainesville Dojo's former location to be demolished to make way for office building

In this April 16, 2011 file photo, students of the self-defense class work on punching techniques at the Gainesville Dojo's former location at 536 SW Second Ave. The building is set to be demolished next year.

The former location of the Gainesville Dojo will be demolished next year to make way for Nimbus, a two-story, 15,000-square-foot office building being developed by Trimark Properties.

Trimark is already advertising the Nimbus building for lease at 536 SW Second Ave., at the edge of Innovation Square, for office and research uses.

Demolition and construction is planned for early next year to be completed late in the year, said John Fleming, managing partner.

The property is a narrow north-south parcel. As part of the development plan, Fifth Terrace to the east will become a one-way street heading south, with angled on-street parking added.

Gainesville Dojo has relocated to the orange and blue former convenience store at 727 SW Fourth Ave.

Trimark continues to be busy with development activity in and around Innovation Square, with more in the planning stages. The company is renovating three buildings on top of more than a dozen buildings it already renovated, mostly for technology companies; recently completed Savion Park Apartments and is developing the Tuscana and Solaria phase II apartments.

Plans include an 80,000-square-foot research building at the old Family Medical parcel at 625 SW Fourth Ave. along with an early childhood education facility on the same parcel, and an apartment, retail and boutique hotel development on the western edge of Innovation Square along Southwest Second Avenue, with construction planned to begin late spring of 2016.

A new Lowe's Home Improvement is in the works for the Butler Plaza North expansion. A neighborhood workshop was scheduled for Oct. 22 for planners to discuss the project, which is a precursor to submitting plans to the city of Gainesville for approval.

The proposal includes a 114,000-square-foot Lowe's and three outparcels ranging from 10,000 to 13,900 square feet at Windmeadows Boulevard and Southwest 35th Boulevard, just north of Best Buy.

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