WEDNESDAY January 9, 2019
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Preferred Freezer plans second warehouse
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RH Outlet closing, making way for Urban Air Adventure Park
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West Jacksonville project is in city review.
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Park near The Avenues will offer trampolines, dodgeball, wall climbing, go-karts and more. Less than three years after it opened, the RH Outlet in Southside will close and be replaced by Urban Air Adventure Park, which intends to open an indoor trampoline and activities venue in June. RH Outlet sent an email to customers Jan. 4. “Our Jacksonville Outlet is closing soon! Save 40% on everything. Final weeks to shop new markdowns.” In June 2016, Restoration Hardware, the luxury home furnishings brand, opened an RH Outlet store in 40,000 square feet in The Shoppes at Southside at 9950 Southside Blvd. The store is between David’s
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Go-karts with speeds up to 40 mph are among the attractions at the Urban Air Adventure Park in Southlake, Texas. The Jacksonville park will offer similar attractions.
Bridal and Best Buy in a retail center north of The Avenues mall. A spokeswoman declined to comment. People associated with the store say the last day of operation will be Jan. 20. The urbanairjacksonville.com site shows the location is coming soon. Urban Air spokeswoman SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
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The RH Outlet near The Avenues mall at 9950 Southside Blvd. is closing with Urban Adventure Park taking the space.
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Urban Air Adventure Park is expected to hire 70-90 people with a total investment of about $4 million.
Preferred Freezer plans a second Westside warehouse A 222,824-square-foot Preferred Freezer Cold Storage warehouse project is in review on 13 vacant acres along Doolittle Road at North Ellis Road in West Jacksonville. The city issued mobility fee calculation and concurrency reservation certificates for the project. The city calculated a mobility fee of $106,247 to mitigate the traffic impact. Victory Unlimited Construction LLC of Indianapolis is the agent and developer and Willows Development LLC of Chatham, New Jersey, is the property owner. Willows Development is led by John Galiher, CEO of Preferred Freezer Services, based in Chatham. Kimley-Horn and Associates is the civil engineer. Preferred Freezer Services of Jacksonville LLC already operates a warehouse at 1780 W. Beaver St. A marketing representative with Preferred Freezer Services who declined to provide her name said the company is exploring its options. Preferred Freezer Services says it operates 39 full service temperature-controlled warehouses in nine regions nationwide. Willow Lakes bought the Doolittle Road property in 2008. Another Preferred Freezer Services entity bought the 9.77-acre West Beaver Street property in 2007 from Farmers Market Inc., part of Beaver Street Fisheries. The 184,043-square-foot building was developed in 2008.
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Suddath Companies acquires Perdue The Suddath Companies announced Monday it acquired office furniture retailer Perdue Inc. Suddath’s existing office furniture dealership will be consolidated into the Perdue brand and operate from Perdue’s Jacksonville and Tallahassee locations. The deal is between two Jacksonville-based companies that are more than a century old. Perdue, founded in 1916, is the region’s dealer for Steelcase products. Suddath, founded in 1919, specializes in worldwide corporate employee relocations, household moving, warehouse and logistics management and specialized transportation services.
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