Four Seasons announces its luxury brand will open in Jacksonville in 2026

Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts announced Tuesday it will open a hotel and residences under its luxury banner in Jacksonville in 2026, marking the first time the global hotelier has confirmed it is joining Jaguars owner Shad Khan in bringing a Four Seasons to the downtown riverfront.

"Four Seasons is incredibly proud to bring our renowned service and hospitality offering to one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States," Bart Carnahan executive vice president for global business development and portfolio management, said in the announcement.

Construction is already underway on the riverfront site that is across the street from the sports complex and the football stadium for a five-star hotel with 170 rooms and a luxury condominium building with 26 private residences. It will be the second Four Seasons hotel owned by Khan , who also owns the Four Seasons hotel in Toronto .

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"I have immense love and respect for Jacksonville and Four Seasons alike," Khan said in the announcement. "So for me, it's always been about connecting the two because they have so much to offer to each other."

Four Seasons is pitching the redevelopment of The Shipyards tract along the St. Johns River as a draw for people to choose the hotel in Jacksonville when it opens in three years. The announcement also refers to the Jaguars' vision of the "stadium of the future" that the team and the city will be discussing in negotiations for extensive renovations of the football stadium.

"Blending imaginative urban design on the banks of the St. Johns River, Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Jacksonville will be the centerpiece of the Jacksonville Shipyards, ideally located adjacent to the sports complex and proposed Stadium of the Future − a renovated and reimagined EverBank Stadium that will serve as home to the Jacksonville Jaguars while playing host to national and international sports and entertainment events for generations to come," the company's announcement says.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Four Seasons and Jaguars owner Shad Khan behind new Four Seasons