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This building at 9201 Atlantic Blvd. was a Coggin Pontiac auto dealership.
JACKSONVILLE Landowners plan 5,000-home project in Southwest Jacksonville.
JEA wants to sell site at Atlantic, Southside
Bids start at $4 million for the site, part of the utility’s strategy to sell surplus property.
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R. Lee Smith represents landowners who want to open West Jacksonville property for development. “We are going to offer the community an option.”
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ver the next few decades, rural Southwest Jacksonville could see what other corners of the county have experienced — development of housing and retail centers. Two landowners are proposing to make almost 2,000 acres available for up to 5,000 single-family homes and 225,100 square feet of commercial space.
The project is called The Trails. “Jacksonville has got to grow and I think this is where it is going to grow,” said R. Lee Smith, representative of landowners Timber Forest Trail Investments LLC and Diamond Timber Investments LLC. The 1,978 acres are between Normandy Boulevard and the Clay County line, and between Maxville-Middleburg Road and Solomon Road. SEE THE TRAILS, PAGE 12
Woman who built a fresh salsa business shares success tips PAGE 3 The Basch Report: Rayonier AM suffers unexpected loss PAGE 6 Sailer Report: Providence Homes plans for eTown PAGE 8
“Jacksonville has got to grow and I think this is where it is going to grow.” R. LEE SMITH REPRESENTATIVE OF LANDOWNERS WHO PLAN TO MARKET THE PROPERTY
JEA wants to sell the high-profile northwest corner of Atlantic and Southside boulevards known to many as the former Coggin Pontiac auto dealership. The city utility issued an invitation to bid, seeking quotes for the property purchase at 9201 Atlantic Blvd. The site carries an appraisal of $4,033,750, which is the minimum offer JEA said it will accept. JEA says in the invitation that the site is about 5.98 acres, although it is shown as 5.4 acres in a utility presentation about its real estate strategy for surplus property sales. The bid due date is noon June 18. JEA will open the responses at 2 p.m. that day. Optional site visits are scheduled at 10 a.m. Thursday and Monday and additional visits can be requested. The property is zoned CCG-2 – commercial community/general-2, which outlines what is allowed or could be permitted by exception. SEE JEA, PAGE 12
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Vestcor wants free land for townhomes Jacksonville-based developer Vestcor Companies hopes to continue its investment in the northwest Downtown neighborhood of LaVilla with plans to build 70 townhomes for sale. Vestcor wants the city to donate eight parcels of vacant city-owned property on West Adams, Johnson, Lee and West Forsyth streets to build the one- and two-bedroom LaVilla Townhomes. Plans show two models — a onebedroom, 1½-bath and a garage, and a
two-bedroom, 2½-bath with carport. “Getting the land will enable us to keep the price at about $250,000. There’s really not a market to compare it to,” said Ryan Hoover, president of the Vestcor subsidiary TVC Development Inc.. In exchange for the donation, any revenue from townhomes sold above $250,000 will be split with the city, Hoover said. If the deal goes through, Vestcor also plans to donate $100,000 to Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park.
GROCERY STORES Regency Centers: San Marco Publix still coming It’s been two years since a deal fell through on East San Marco that would have created an apartment and retail center with the long-awaited Publix Super Market. Last year, property owner Regency Centers Corp. Chairman and CEO Martin E. “Hap” Stein Jr. said the project would continue at Hendricks Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard, but just with the shopping center. This year, prior to the Jacksonvillebased company’s annual shareholders meeting May 7, he said so again. “Knock on wood, hopefully we’ll have some positive news to report within the year,” Stein said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to start construction in the not-too-distant future,”
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Seeking success? Do whatever it takes The founder of Maggie’s All-Natural Fresh Salsas and Dips shares how she beat the odds. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
It’s not a lack of resources that cause small businesses to fail, contends Magie Cook, who emerged from childhood poverty in Mexico to create a successful salsa recipe in the U.S. “It’s the lack of resourcefulness,” she said. Cook was the keynote speaker Friday to the more than 300 people attending the 27th Annual Small Business Week Celebration on Friday at the University of North Florida Adam W. Herbert University Center. She overcame odds and made a success out of Maggie’s All-Natural Fresh Salsas and Dips, creating the company in 2004. Her LinkedIn account says her product line was bought in 2014 by Garden Fresh, a leading fresh salsa maker. In June 2015, Campbell’s Soup Co. bought Garden Fresh for $231 million. Campbell’s Soup agreed this year to sell it for $60 million, according to The Inquirer at philly.com. Cook started her business with the help of $800 she was given after winning a fresh salsa competition in West Virginia, where she was attending the University of Charleston on a basketball scholarship. She couldn’t find a job after graduation and became homeless.
Given a place to stay, she entered the competition and won unanimously. She went to work. “I called 90 stores,” she said. “Ninety stores told me no.” Cook changed her approach and called the largest organic supermarket in the country, Whole Foods. And it worked. Cook told the small business owners, executives and advisers that the keys to success are creativity, determination and passion. Also, she said, “stick-to-itiveness.” “Make it happen,” she said, “whatever it takes.” Her tips: Try not to hire negative people. “They’re poison,” she said., “They are going to poison your culture.” Psychology is 80 percent of success. “It’s about what you believe about yourself.” Cook concluded by reminding participants that they need to figure out “why you do your business.” Employees and customers will buy into it if it’s clear – and clearly communicated. “People buy not what you do, but why you do it,” she said. Now a professional speaker and author, Cook is based in Clearwater. The two best days of your life, she says, are “the day that you’re born and the day that you find out why.” “Remember your why.” KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
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Development starts with relationships adding that an urban, downtown lifestyle is attractive to those prospective employees. Wallace’s presentation took a comprehensive look at economic development and he said later that the goal this year is 2,500 jobs for the seven-county Northeast Florida area. The bus tour was presented by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Southwest Citizens Planning Advisory Committee, Westside Business Leaders Association, JAX Chamber West Council and city Office of Economic Development. Another factor Wallace promotes for Jacksonville: the climate. “I love nothing better than to call my friends in Detroit in January and ask what’s the temperature. They have a few choice words for me.”
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JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace offers insight into how it sells companies on coming to the city. Doing a deal, says the JAX Chamber’s economic development leader, is all about relationship-building, and that includes a bird’s-eye view. “That relationship-building piece is what gets us started,” JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace told participants of the 2019 “Cecil Behind the Scenes Bus Tour” on May 9. Wallace is the former CEO of the Downtown Investment Authority and before that was executive director of the Detroit Land Bank Authority. At JAXUSA Partnership, he negotiates with economic development prospects who are considering Jacksonville for relocation or expansion. “The relationship is about getting them here,” he said. “Getting them here, getting them up in a helicopter, flying them around, giving them the seat from the air.” That way, he said, prospects can see how close potential sites are from the water and the interstate system. “And letting people know, if you
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JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace leads the agency that recruits companies planning economic development to Jacksonville.
like fishing, whether it’s freshwater or saltwater, you can do it here. If you love golf, you can do that here. If you like hunting, you can do that here. If you want an urban lifestyle, you got it. Suburban, rural, you got it right here in Northeast Florida. “We show them all of that from an aerial setting.” There are more elements involved in recruitment, including workforce. Companies need to know that Jacksonville offers access to military workers who are completing their service and looking for jobs. And companies looking for millennial workers and the younger Gen Z candidates need to know that those age groups tend more than previous generations to pick an area to live and then
look for jobs. That makes it important for cities to develop housing and amenities that attract that age group, which in turn will attract employers, Wallace said,
TSG Realty intends to develop Mandarin Point TSG Realty proposes to develop Mandarin Point, a two-story, 9,000-squarefoot office-retail building at 12636 San Jose Blvd. Property Manager Pamela Howard estimates a $1 million construction cost. “This area is one of the most desirable
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have the listing. The city calculated a mobility fee of $17,478 for the project, on 0.76 acres. TSG, through Blanding Orange Park LLC, bought the site in January for $560,000. Plans show an almost 2,000-square-store on-site will be removed. The project will comprise 4,500 square feet of retail space on the first floor and 4,500 square feet for offices on the second.
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RETAIL NOTES Burlington in Mandarin: TDS Construction Inc. will remodel the Burlington Stores Inc. location in Old St. Augustine Plaza at a cost of $1.23 million. As previously reported, the off-price retailer intends to downsize and remodel its Mandarin store at 11250 Old St. Augustine Road. Landlord Regency Centers Corp. will take back the remaining space for another tenant use. Burlington operates two more stores in Jacksonville in Westland Park Plaza in Southwest Jacksonville and in Regency Plaza at 9824 Atlantic Blvd. Burlington also will lease about half of the closed Gander Mountain store in River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville. ABC Fine Wine & Spirits at Town Center: The city approved a permit for R.D. Michaels Inc. to build a 13,462-square-foot ABC Fine Wine & Spirits store on 1.47 acres at 4838 Gate Parkway in The Crossing at Town Center. The construction cost is $1.225 million. Baer’s to Gate Point Meadows: The city is looking at civil plans for Baer’s Furniture at 7760 Gate Parkway. The Pompano Beach-based company plans to build an 87,483-square-foot store on 4.01 acres at Gate Parkway and Point Meadows Drive. A Wawa gas station and convenience store and a self-storage facility also are planned at Gate Point Meadows. It’s across Gate Parkway from Ikea. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer. Best Buy near The Avenues: The city is reviewing a permit application for remodeling of Best Buy at 9930 Southside Blvd. near The Avenues mall. No contractor is listed for the $150,000 project to patch the carpet floor and reflow the sales floor fixtures with new fixtures and other work. The work covers about 12,000 square feet of the 45,802-squarefoot store. Wawa in Westside: The city approved site clearing for development of a Wawa gas station and convenience
store at 958 and 972 Cassat Ave. The city approved permits Friday for Realco Recycling Co. Inc. to demolish a restaurant at 958 Cassat Ave. and a pawn shop at 972 Cassat Ave. at a cost of $17,500. As of last fall, the city was reviewing civil plans that show a 5,943-square-foot store with six fueling stations offering 12 pumps on 1.5 acres at northwest Normandy Boulevard and Cassat Avenue Grunthal & Schueth Properties, through Normandy Boulevard & Cassat Avenue LLC, paid almost $1.72 million Sept. 27 for the site. RaceTrac in Atlantic North: RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. continues its path to develop in the Atlantic North center at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards. RaceTrac wants to build a 5,411-square-foot convenience store and gas station with 18 vehicle fueling positions on 1.97 acres. The city issued a mobility fee calculation certificate that determines a fee of $245,151 to mitigate the traffic impact. Dollar General developer on McDuff: The city issued a mobility fee calculation certificate to Concept Development LLC, the developer of Dollar General stores, for a 7,512-square-foot retail store on about an acre at northwest Post Street and McDuff Avenue South. The $68,900 fee is designed to mitigate the traffic impact.
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Rayonier AM suffers unexpected loss
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Stock falls after sales at Jacksonville-based company drop 7%. Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. last week reported an unexpected first-quarter loss, sending its stock plummeting. The Jacksonville-based maker of cellulose specialties products recorded a net loss of $22 million, or 52 cents a share, with sales falling 7% to $483 million. Rayonier AM blamed several factors for the loss, including “unforeseen boiler issues” that caused “downtime” at a plant in Canada and wet weather in the Southeast U.S., which raised hardwood costs for its plant in Jesup, Georgia. It also said weakness in lumber, pulp and paperboard markets affected results. In the company’s quarterly conference call with analysts, CEO Paul Boynton said the first-quarter results were not “reflective of the earnings potential” of the company.
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Rayonier AM partially attributed its first-quarter loss to rain in the Southeast U.S., which raised hardwood costs for its plant in Jesup, Georgia.
“We fully understand and are disappointed in the first-quarter operational and raw material input cost issues in our high purity business and have implemented plans to address them,” he said. “We Boynton remain committed to executing on our strategy to drive growth and stockholder value to realize the full earnings potential of this business.” Rayonier AM’s stock fell $4.70 to $9.25 last Thursday
after the earnings report, its lowest level in more than three years. The first quarter was the latest in a string of disappointing earnings reports from the company since it split up with forest products and real estate company Rayonier Inc. in 2014. D.A. Davidson analyst Steven Chercover said in a research note Friday that it will be difficult for Rayonier AM to rebuild confidence on Wall Street. “The stock was a show-me story before, and is even more so now,” he said. However, Chercover is maintaining a “buy” rating on the
stock, while lowering his price target by $8 to $18. The rating is “based on cautious optimism for stabilization in the high purity cellulose segment over the second half of 2019 and thereafter, which we believe will be the ultimate driver of value,” he said. Chip Dillon of Vertical Research Partners also maintained his “buy” rating but lowered his price target by $5 to $13. “Had the shares also not lost one-third of their value yesterday, we may have considered a downgrade in our investment rating,” Dillon said in his Friday research note.
“However, the fact of the matter is that Rayonier AM’s stock is now at $9.25 – the lowest level since early 2016 – offering a favorable risk reward and baking in substantial bad news, in our view.” RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Quinn reiterated his “outperform” rating while lowering his price target by $3 to $15. Quinn said in his note he expects the first-quarter problems to be “largely one-time issues.” Although the analysts remained optimistic about a rebound, Rayonier AM’s stock continued to fall, reaching a low of $8.25 Monday.
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Another Baker joins FRP management Another Baker was promoted last week to upper management at FRP Holdings Inc. John Baker III, the 34-year-old son of CEO John Baker II, was appointed chief financial officer of the Jacksonville-based real estate development company. He succeeds John Milton, who is remaining with FRP as executive vice president, secretary and general counsel. “John has trained under John Milton for the last three years and is well prepared to take on this new role,” Baker II said during FRP’s quarterly conference call last week. FRP is a company spun off from operations of construction materials company Florida Rock Industries Inc., which was formed about 90 years ago by Baker II’s father, Thompson. The Baker family maintains a controlling interest in FRP’s stock. Florida Rock was sold to Vulcan Materials Co. in 2007. A year ago, Baker II FRP sold off most of its operating properties, giving it about $250 million in proceeds to invest in other projects. However, it has not spent much of that cash so far. “We’ve reviewed several projects which we have declined and continue to look at others. At the risk of repeating myself, we will be very cautious in any major redeployment,” Baker II said. “We believe that asset prices are very high, perhaps even at a peak and we only will engage
Thursday, May 16, 2019 • Page 7 99.3% of votes were in favor. The deal is expected to close next month.
where we see above average riskadjusted returns,” he said. Baker said FRP is not considering distributing the proceeds as a dividend to shareholders. “At this point in the real estate cycle, I would prefer not to begin a dividend program that locks us into regular and hopefully increasing payouts,” he said. FRP reported net income of $1.9 million, or 19 cents a share, in the first quarter.
Drone Aviation lands new contracts Drone Aviation Holding Corp. reported revenue of just $7,450 in the first quarter. However, the Jacksonvillebased company, which produces tethered aerial monitoring and communications platforms, said in a news release last week it received a contract valued at more than $1.1 million from a U.S. Army customer. That follows a $3.8 million U.S. government contract announced in January. Drone Aviation said deliveries under these contracts are expected to begin in the third quarter and continue through the end of this year. The company had a net loss of $1.1 million, or 4 cents a share, in the first quarter.
Jabbour continues running 2 companies After an investment group led by Cannae Holdings Inc. acquired business data firm Dun & Bradstreet in February, Black Knight Inc. CEO Anthony Jabbour took on the additional role of CEO of Dun & Bradstreet. Investment company Cannae and mortgage technology firm Black Knight were spun off from Jacksonville-based title insurance company Fidelity National Financial Inc., and Black Knight is one of the partners in the Dun & Bradstreet deal. During Cannae’s quarterly conference call last week, Chairman Bill Foley (who also is chairman of Fidelity and Black Knight) was asked if Jabbour’s dual role is permanent and to assess his abilFoley ity to perform both jobs. “Well, I don’t want to say anything is ever permanent permanent. But Anthony is able to incorporate his duties at both companies fairly easily,” Foley said. He said Jabbour has capable
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Black Knight Inc. CEO Anthony Jabbour also is the CEO of Dun & Bradstreet and is handling the double duties “fairly easily,” according to Black Knight Chairman Bill Foley.
executives under him at both Black Knight and Dun & Bradstreet handling operational duties at those companies. “If you could think about it, Anthony is kind of Mr. Outside in both companies. He’s the guy that’s going out and making sales calls and talking about how to cross-sell Black Knight and Dun & Bradstreet products, how to improve the sales process,” Foley said. “I’m keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t get overloaded. He’s got a lot of capacity,
and I’m really happy with the job he’s doing to date.”
Shareholders OK Ameris deal Shareholders of Ameris Bancorp and Fidelity Southern Corp. overwhelmingly approved their proposed merger at special meetings last week. Ameris, which has its executive offices in Jacksonville, said 98.4% of its stockholders voting approved the deal. Atlantabased Fidelity Southern said
Marker still has enough cash Marker Therapeutics Inc. last week reported a first-quarter net loss of $5.3 million, or 12 cents a share. The company that is developing cancer therapies had no revenue, but it had $57.7 million in cash on its balance sheet at the end of the quarter and said it has enough cash to fund operations “into late 2020.” Marker, formerly known as TapImmune, moved its headquarters from Jacksonville to Houston during the first quarter. MBASCH@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM
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Providence Homes to build at Kettering in eTown Providence Homes Inc. President and CEO Sean Junker’s company will be building in the Kettering area of eTown, the master-planned community between Interstate 295 and eTown Parkway. The community areas are named after famous inventors. Charles Kettering founded Delco and was the head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947.
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Prices in the 133-lot neighborhood will start in the high $200,000s. Jacksonville-based Providence Homes plans to build a residential community in eTown in South Jacksonville. Providence will develop the 133-lot Kettering at eTown neighborhood on 37.45 acres between eTown Parkway and Interstate 295. The project is south of Butler Boulevard, which connects I-95 to the Beaches. The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing the plans. The one- and two-story homes will start from the high $200,000s, according to Providence Homes Inc. President and CEO Sean Junker. Home sizes will range from 1,500 to 2,750 square feet on 40- and 50-foot-wide lots. Providence anticipates selling homes by the end of 2019 and opening four models in the spring of 2020. Horizontal construction for grading, utilities and roads will
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begin by midsummer, according to Junker. Jacksonvillebased J. Lucas & Associates Inc. is the civil engineer. ”What attracted us to E-Town is the location with great proximity to I-295 and JTB (Butler Boulevard) as well as the surrounding retail, restaurants and schools,” Junker said. He said Providence Homes also thinks “very highly” of The PARC Group, the master developer of eTown. Junker is president of the Northeast Florida Builders Association. He said the residences will be “Zero Energy Ready Homes,” referring to a U.S. Department of Energy level of home performance that focuses on energy savings, health, comfort and durability. Providence will be the only builder offering “Zero Energy Ready Homes” in eTown. Junker said the homes will be as “energy efficient as they can get.” “The lot size, product and
opportunity for the most energy-efficient homes that we can offer our homeowners fit well within our target demographic,” Junker said. Providence Homes won its fifth consecutive EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year award in April. Robert Goettlicher, Providence Homes vice president of sales and marketing, said, the “Zero Energy Ready” designation indicates that the home is built for energy efficiency. It does not mean zero energy bills. A buyer would need to add solar energy and other variables to take the home to net zero energy consumption. That would mean the amount of energy used equals the amount of energy generated from a renewable energy resource at the home. Junker said Providence will offer “moderate modern” building elevations, with clean lines and low-pitched roofs. Kettering is a golf-cart com-
munity to ease access to eTown amenities. Like other neighborhoods in eTown, the community is named after an inventor. Charles Kettering (18761958) was an American inventor and engineer and received 140 U.S. patents. He was a founder of Delco, which developed equipment for automobiles, and was director of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. He is best known for the keyoperated electric self-starting ignition system. The 1,500-acre eTown is under development along Flor-
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A look into the NEFBA Sales and Marketing Council Meet Cindy Miller, from Greycroft Title Company, LLC, who serves on our Welcome Committee! You’ll see Cindy at any of our SMC Breakfast events and she’s happy to introduce you to New-Bees!
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June SMC Breakfast Friday, June 7th 8:00-9:30am | UNF/University Center
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Jerry Holland was re-elected as Duval County Property Appraiser in March 2019. For his second term his focus will be on seeing more of his staff earn their professional designations in order to be able to serve the public fully apprised of all the latest knowledge pertaining to their respective fields. Disseminating accurate information and providing solutions to taxpayers is an integral part of the service offering of the Duval County Property Appraiser’s Office, as such Mr. Holland feels the continued education, development and investment in staff is a key Sponsored by: component to ensuring customer’s needs are met. Additionally, Mr. Holland would like to continue improvements to ensure accuracy and transparency in all areas of operations within the office. Jerry Holland is a State of Florida certified General Contractor, Real Estate Broker and Licensed State Appraiser trainee.
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Top commercial sales of the week BY SCOTT SAILER • EDITORIAL RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Here are the top 10 commercial real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Baker, Clay, Duval and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded May 6-10.
River Christian Church in Middleburg bought the former Christ’s Church campus at 5900 U.S. 17 in Fleming Island for $9.2 million and plans to move there in July, according to its Facebook page.
$9,200,000
$5,215,200
$4,332,500
$1,700,000
$1,700,000
5900 U.S. 17, Fleming Island, Clay County
Sandstone Drive, St. Augustine, St. Johns County
6620 Southpoint Drive S., Jacksonville, Duval County
9000 Golfside Drive, Jacksonville, Duval County
308 Third Ave. S., Jacksonville Beach, Duval County
Type: Christ’s Church Fleming Island Size: 11.06 acres Buyer: River Christian Church Inc. Seller: Mandarin Christian Church of Jacksonville Florida Inc.
Type: 82 single-family lots in Treaty Oak Phase 2 Unit 1 Size: Not available Buyer: Richmond American Homes of Florida LP Seller: Double Eagle Development LLC
Type: Bankers Life Size: 3.92 acres Buyer: RL Platinum LP Seller: Acord Southpoint LLC Previous sale: $1,800,000 in 2010
Type: Medical office Size: 1.98 acres Buyer: DMCC 9000 Golfside Drive LLC Seller: 195 Baymeadows Center
Type: 33 Star Rock & Roll Boutique Size: 0.54 acres Buyer: 308 3rd LLC Seller: 308 Third Street South LLC Previous sale: $750,000 in 2011
$1,400,000
$1,350,000
$1,348,000
$1,200,000
$1,190,000
12929 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville, Duval County
11430 New Berlin Road, Jacksonville, Duval County
E-Town Parkway, Jacksonville, Duval County
12046 Normandy Blvd., Jacksonville, Duval County
5634 Merrill Road, Jacksonville, Duval County
Type: Bank branch Size: 1.06 acres Buyer: Hill/Gray Seven LLC Seller: SunTrust Bank
Type: Truck maintenance Size: 8.35 acres Buyer: Rush Truck Centers of Florida Inc. Seller: Stover Properties LLC Previous sale: $875,000 in 2013
Type: 14 single-family lots in Etown Parcel, E2 Phase One Size: Not available Buyer: Jax Construction Holdings LLC Seller: DRP-CND ICI LLC
Type: Good Shepherd United Methodist Size: 19.51 acres Buyer: Immanuel Baptist Church Inc. Seller: The Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Inc.
Type: CVS Pharmacy Size: 1.78 acres Buyer: Pandem Enterprises Inc. Seller: Alexander Fund XVI TH LLC Previous sale: $1,357,900
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JaxPort limited in exposure to China trade war
Less than 10% of the port’s container volume is from China imports and exports.
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In 2008, the Jacksonville Port Authority’s top cargo container trading partner, by far, was Puerto Rico. JaxPort saw 71% of its 697,000 cargo units coming from or heading to the United States territory. The remainder of its container business came primarily from South American countries. “At that time, (JaxPort) had no direct service Peek to Asia. You had to go through another port,” said Robert Peek, the port’s director of marketing and general manager of business development. To grow, JPA officials saw the need to begin a program to diversify its trading partners, which sparked a pivot to Asia.
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million, of the port’s cargo revenue in fiscal year 2018. About 8% to 9% — between $1.24 and $1.4 million — of JaxPort’s total container volume comes from Chinese imports and U.S. exports to China. Nearly 5,000 products are affected by China’s retaliatory tariffs. JaxPort is a point of entry for many of the Chinese imported consumer goods affected — mostly items found at bigbox retailers, Peek said, like consumer electronics, toys, clothing and furniture. Peek said any impact on JaxPort’s bottom line will depend on the reaction from customers. That response is uncertain. Peek said goods that were in route from China when the new tariffs were instituted Friday were not subject to the additional tax, and it’s unclear how long the tariffs will last.
Lake Ray, executive director of the First Coast Manufacturers Association trade group, remains optimistic that the Trump administration’s tariff trade dispute with China will make American-made goods more competitive long-term in world markets. “I’m not sure what it’s going to do in terms of overall projects. Prices might be impacted in the short term, but in the long term, I think they’ll start to balance out,” he said. Ray’s association represents the interests of area manufacturers and most purchase raw materials produced overseas to make their products. Prices that U.S. manufacturers were paying for imported Chinese raw steel spiked when the Trump administration instituted a 25% tariff. This will be expanded in June to include imported steel from Mexico, Canada and the Euro-
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Today, Puerto Rico makes up 56% of JaxPort’s total container business but Asian markets are gaining. In JPA’s annual state of the authority presentation Monday to Jacksonville City Council at the JaxPort cruise terminal, officials showed how diversification has resulted in a more than 100% increase of Asian cargo in and out of Jacksonville since 2012. The growth in Asian markets has contributed to JaxPort’s status as Florida’s top container port, now moving more than 1.27 million cargo units through the port every year, according to figures from JPA. Six of JaxPort’s top 10 trading partners are Asian nations — Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. China is No. 2. Despite the increase in Chinese trade, Peek says JPA does not anticipate U.S. trade tensions with China affecting container volume coming through the port. U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods entering the country have caused China to retaliate with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. products beginning in June. Part of the push to diversify markets, Peek said, “was to insulate us from (economic) shock or downturn in any one country. We continue to diversify and we’re pleased with our progress,” Peek said. “We see these tariff increases, case in point.” Container shipping accounted for 50%, or almost $15.5
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JEA bought the property at Atlantic and Southside boulevards in 2011 for about $3.25 million to use as a staging area for a water main project.. It now wants to sell the property for no less than $4,033,750.
JEA: Utility selling its surplus property CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
JEA intends to sell the parcel to one buyer “whose price is the highest and meets or exceeds the reserve price set forth by JEA.” JEA reserves a utility easement on the property. Property records show the three buildings on the site, totaling almost 50,000 square feet, were developed in 1969. A recorded deed shows that JEA bought the property in 2011 for about $3.25 million from C&O Properties Ltd. of Duluth, Georgia. C&O, part of Asbury Jax Management LLC, acquired the site in 1999 from Harold O’Steen. JEA bought it for use as a stag-
ing area for a water main project. The sale is part of JEA’s strategy to sell surplus property. That strategy, dated March, is to identify JEA-owned properties with no associated current or anticipated need and to sell or lease it “in order to maximize return.” JEA also will continue to acquire properties, easements and rightsof-way to support its operations. A March presentation shows that four property clusters are under initial consideration and additional ones will be available. The initial properties, including the Arlington site, have a $45 million sale value, according to JEA. The four comprise:
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ters at Church, Laura and Ashley streets. JEA intends to lease a new building to be developed Downtown. n About 250 acres in Cecil Commerce Center and 60 acres of conservation easement at 13601 Normandy Blvd., next to a substation and water treatment plant. n About 30 acres at the southern section of the Kennedy Generating Station on Talleyrand Avenue. KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
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An aerial view of the 9201 Atlantic Blvd. site. Property records show there are three buildings on the site totaling almost 50,000 square feet.
The Trails: Development could take at least 15 years CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
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Smith estimates it could take at least 10-15 years for development. “It will be an extensive time frame,” he said. The city enacted an ordinance in 2004 to rezone most of the property for The Trails Rural Village. “We feel we are going to offer the community an option,” Smith said.
The property is shown for uses that include: About 845 acres for a rural village satellite community with mixed uses including residential and village centers, including up to 900 single-family residences with lots starting at 40 feet wide. About 677 acres for up to 1,354 single-family residences on lots from 0.5 to 1 acre with density up
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DEVELOPMENT TODAY These are the largest commercial building permits by job cost issued Tuesday by the city of Jacksonville. CHURCH, OTHER RELIGIOUS
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Crown Point Baptist Church Inc., 10153 Old St. Augustine Road, contractor is Hygema House Movers Inc., foundation repair, $88,500.
RaceTrac, 8715 Baymeadows Road, contractor is Venture Construction Co., 13,280 square feet, three permits for new building, canopy and dumpster enclosure, $1.21 million.
HOSPITAL, INSTITUTIONAL Baptist Health Properties Inc., 14550 Old St. Augustine Road, contractor is Auld & White Constructors LLC, install foundation, $135,000. HOTEL, MOTEL, DORMITORY Candlewood Suites JacksonvilleMayport, 2073 Mayport Road, contractor is Florida Luxury Pools Inc., new swimming pool, $39,950.
SIGNS AutoZone, 10338 Beach Blvd., contractor is Taylor Sign & Design Inc., two permits for wall and ground signs, $7,000. Le Petite Paris Cafe, 9965 San Jose Blvd., No. 46, contractor is Taylor Sign & Design Inc., two permits for wall signs, $6,000. UTILITIES New Cingular Wireless PCS, 298 Cherry Ridge Drive, contractor is Ericsson Inc., cell tower equipment upgrade, $30,000.
ROOFING St. Johns Square Land Trust, 11250 Beach Blvd., contractor is Peach State Roofing Inc., roof replacement, $240,000.
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF Chubbies opens: Chubbies is open at St. Johns Town Center. The 2,000-square-foot store is next to Vans and across from PINK. “The brand exemplifies a laid-back Florida lifestyle that the Jacksonville community can relate to,” said Valerie Beaubrun, St. Johns Town Center general manager. Chubbies, based in San Francisco, is known for men’s shorts and swimwear and also carries shirts, pullovers, underwear and loungewear. The store also offers apparel for women and children. Chubbies is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Evans awarded: Bianca Evans of Transworld Business Advisors was selected the Top Business Broker in North Florida by Business Brokers of Florida. The award is given to the highest dollar volume for 2018. Evans also won the Million Dollar Club and is one of the Top 50 Business Brokers in Florida.
Ob-GYN partnership: Central Floridabased Women’s Care Enterprises joined with North Florida Ob-GYN to become one of the largest women’s health care practices in Florida. Dr. Cameron Greene, president of North Florida Ob-GYN, said the partnership provides “substantial capital, management talent and resources to meaningfully expand our services and to provide the best care for our patients.” Crowley reorganizes: Crowley Maritime Corp. has reorganized its Shipping and Solutions units. Crowley Shipping will be responsible for commercial project management and engineering services. The Solutions unit will include the Defense Freight Transportation Services contract management group and relief and response services to combine the focus on government services customers, providing marine, energy and logistics solutions to federal and state agencies. Compiled by Scott Sailer
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Ordinance would reduce marijuana penalties Adoptions before Mother’s Day
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Sponsor says current law contributes to crowded jail and backlogged courts. If an ordinance introduced to City Council is enacted, the consequences for adults in Duval County who are apprehended for possession of a certain amount of marijuana would decrease from a firstdegree misdemeanor arrest and criminal prosecution to a written citation and a fine or community service. Council member Garrett Dennis introduced Ordinance 2019-330 that would create a civil citation program for possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana or possession of marijuana paraphernalia as an alternative to criminal prosecution. “There’s been a lot of
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Circuit Judge David Gooding convened proceedings at the Duval County Courthouse four days before Mother’s Day and presided over the adoption of 25 children by 16 families. Gooding said that as of April 29, he had presided over the adoptions of 3,426 children who were able to leave foster care and join a permanent family. “Having a permanent family changes the future. This will be the first Mother’s Day for many of our families,” he said.
misconception that I’m trying to legalize marijuana in Jacksonville and I’m not. This bill addresses how we punish people. Do we put them in jail, or do we give them a ticket and a fine?” Dennis said. Instead of suspects facing
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From left, Kevin Cook, Carl Dawson and Michael Fox Orr participated in a coin flip Tuesday in the lobby at Bank of America Tower Downtown. Orr called “tails” when Dawson, who retired from Dawson|Orr last year, tossed a half-dollar into the air, establishing the new Orr|Cook law firm. They were recreating a similar coin toss in 1953 on the same site, then inside the Graham Building, when Dawson won the toss that named The Law Offices of Carl D. Dawson and Luke G. Galant, precursor to Dawson|Orr.
arrest and court proceedings that could result in up to one year in jail or one year of probation and a $1,000 fine, under the proposal, suspects could be issued a citation and would pay a $100 fine or perform 10 hours of community service, with no criminal record. Dennis said allowing civil citations for the offense could lead to apprehension and prosecution of people who are suspected of committing more serious crimes. The current penalty “contributes to overcrowding in the jail and backlog in the court system,” he said. According to the State Attorney’s Office, between Jan. 1, 2018, and May 10, 2019, 843 cases were opened in which possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana was the primary charge. A spokesman for State Attorney Melissa Nelson said the office declines to comment. Similar marijuana possession ordinances have been enacted in Alachua, Broward, Miami-Dade, Osceola, Palm Beach, Volusia and West Palm Beach counties. Municipalities that have enacted similar policies include Cocoa Beach, Hallandale Beach, Key West, Miami Beach, Orlando, Port Richey
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Poitier named JWLA’s Woman Lawyer of the Year
Joni Poitier was named the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association’s 2019 Woman Lawyer of the Year. Poitier, a partner at Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, is chair of the Jacksonville Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee. “Joni is compassionate and a strong role model,” JWLA President Jamie Karpman said.
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Lobbyists report less animosity in Tallahassee GrayRobinson team offers insight into the Florida legislative session. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The GrayRobinson law firm’s state government affairs and lobbying team was at The River Club in Jacksonville on Monday to present a report on the state Legislature’s 61-day 2019 session that ended May 3. “It was interesting and entertaining,” said Jacksonville office Managing Director Kenneth Jacobs as he introduced the panel: Chris Carmody, Kim McDougal and Robert Stuart. “Every year is different in Tallahassee,” said Stuart, GrayRobinson senior government affairs consultant. This year was even more different, said McDougal, also a senior government affairs consultant, because of the number of new faces in the Legislature. There were 47 new House representatives and 10 new senators, in addition to new governor Ron DeSantis, who now is considering the bills passed for approval or veto. In the session, 3,568 bills were filed — 2,583 in the House and 985 in the Senate.
Only 197 were passed and landed on the governor’s desk. The state budget also was approved by the Legislature, the largest state budget in history and a “behemoth,” Stuart said. It’s a $91.1 billion spending plan that appropriates $221 million for hurricane recovery, $22.5 billion for education, $37.6 billion for health care and $5.4 billion for civil and criminal justice. Appropriations in the budget for Jacksonville projects include $8 million for urban core workforce housing, $2 million for the renovation of Lassiter Hall at the University of North Florida, $1 million for the Northwest Jacksonville STEM Center for Teens and $750,000 to install new pedestrian crossings. Of the education funding, $12.5 is devoted to K-12, including a $75 per pupil increase in state funding, compared to the 46-cent increase per pupil in last year’s budget, Stuart said. GrayRobinson shareholder and lobbyist Chris Carmody said the budget includes $650 million for water quality and programs intended to control algae in the state’s waterways. “There’s some thought that the Department of Environmental Protection can’t spend that much in one year,” Carmody said. Sales tax holidays and a reduction in a business tax also made it
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GrayRobinson law firm government affairs consultants, from left, Robert Stuart, Chris Carmody and Kim McDougal with GrayRobinson Jacksonville Managing Director Kenneth Jacobs.
to the governor’s desk. The Aug. 2-6 back-to-school sales tax holiday will exempt computers under $1,000 as well as clothes under $60 and school supplies under $15. A sales tax holiday May 3-June 6 on hurricane preparedness supplies will exempt merchandise priced $50 or less. Some good news for business owners: The tax on office space leases will be reduced from the current 5.7% to 5.5% in 2020. Carmody said a 60-page bill was passed that will make some substantial changes to state election laws. Primary elections will be
moved back to 11 weeks before a general election from the current 10. It moves up the last day voters can request a vote-by-mail ballot from six days to 10 days before an election. Also, the no-solicitation zone at polling places will be expanded from 100 feet to 150 feet. In what was described as “among the most hotly debated and controversial issues of the sessions,” the Legislature prohibited “sanctuary city” policies at the local government level and requires state and local law enforcement to comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The House and Senate debated the language of the bill until the 59th day of the 61-day session. Stuart, who was a legislative aide in the Florida House before he joined GrayRobinson’s lobbying department 12 years ago, said the session was marked by less animosity between lawmakers and the administration than in past years. “They seemed to get along. The governor has a level of deference to legislators that previous governors didn’t have,” Stuart said. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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TODD DAVIS
TODD M. DAVIS Owner, Davis Law Firm
BY MAX MARBUT • ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Age: 36
Todd Davis, owner of Davis Law Firm, is renovating the building at 231 E. Adams St. that he purchased in April. He’ll invest about $200,000 for improvements to the two-story, 1960s-era structure, including transforming the ground floor into a technologically advanced mediation center.
Education: Milligan College, bachelor’s in history; Florida Coastal School of Law, J.D.
Who or what inspired you to become a lawyer? I wanted to have the knowledge and ability to change circumstances. From a young age, I recognized that knowledge of the law could effect change. Lawyers, I realized, were the ones that had the knowledge and ability to remedy unfair situations. I wanted to be one of the people that could effect change, for my own situation and others.
Hometown: Corbin, Kentucky One person other than my spouse who inspires me: My father, for his perseverance and commitment to hard work.
How do you relate your undergraduate degree to your practice of law? History is full of lessons that are useful to law. Laws essentially are a compilation of things that happened throughout history that we do or do not want people to repeat in the future. Learning from past mistakes and successes is useful in any practice. How did you decide your practice area? And why have you chosen that? Insurance coverage is contract law. Contracts are the most equitable way for people and businesses to operate in a free market. It’s a deal between parties that allows them to control their own situations. Judges recognize the importance of upholding contracts as written and that’s why contracts are so integral to conducting business. What has been the biggest change in your practice area since you passed the Bar? The biggest change I’ve seen is the volume of lawsuits that may or may not exactly have merit. In the court systems right now, there are thousands of lawsuits related to construction of residential buildings and houses. Lawsuits against contractors often are brought years after projects are completed and even after the houses have been bought and sold
Family: Wife, Talia, and dog, Leto Favorite book: “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell Book I’m reading now: “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
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Todd Davis is renovating the building he bought in April.
several times. What do you think will be the next biggest change in your area of law? The consensus in the law will change to confirm that liability insurance issued to contractors is not intended to cover poor work. It covers what it is intended to cover, which is accidents, but it does not cover doing a bad job. What community service have you pursued and why that? Davis Law Firm regularly sponsors The StarLight Project, an organization that turns bedrooms into “Dream
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Favorite nonwork activities: Playing sports, attending Jaguars games, going to the movies and anything that includes dogs.
What’s your advice for new lawyers? Learn the rules of your jurisdiction inside and out. What you lack in experience, you often can make up for with preparation.
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