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The Jacksonville Armada FC, owned by Robert Palmer, is seeking to buy 5 acres of city-owned land northeast of the Downtown Sports Complex at A. Philip Randolph Boulevard and Grant, Albert and Georgia streets for an up-to-10,000-seat stadium.
Joyce Development Group LLC will bring a 120-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott, a Starbucks Coffee Co. shop and First Watch, The Daytime Cafe, to its $30 million Baymeadows Park project at the site of the former Baymeadows Golf Club. The group and District 11 City Council member Danny Becton broke ground on the mixeduse center Wednesday at 7981 Baymeadows Road, east of Interstate 95. “The project will be transformative for the area and improve the quality of life,” Becton said. Becton considers the site a center of revitalization for all of Baymeadows. John Joyce, managing member of Joyce Development, said Starbucks should open in August followed by First Watch in September. Construction is expected to start on the five-story hotel in March and be completed by November 2021. Along with the hotel, Baymeadows Park will include 22,000 square feet of commercial, retail and restaurant uses among four buildings. Starbucks and First Watch will anchor the ends of the project. Joyce said 17,000 square feet of the commercial space is committed, leaving 5,000 square feet available for lease. Eric Yi and Austin Kay with NAI Hallmark are the commercial real estate leasing brokers for the tenant space. The project architect is RDL Architects Inc. of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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Renderings posted on Robert Palmer’s Facebook page show an RP Funding building as part of the stadium complex. RP Funding is owned by Palmer.
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WoodSpring Suites in review in South Jacksonville
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The 122-room hotel is planned in Campfield Commons near Baymeadows and I-295. A second WoodSpring Suites hotel is in permitting review for South Jacksonville. Concord WP COL Campfield LLC is listed as the developer at 11250 Lamb Tail Lane in Campfield Commons off Baymeadows Road, east of Interstate 295. The location is off RG Skinner Parkway at Annie Eliza Road. The developer, part of Concord Hospitality Enterprises, proposes a four-story, 122-room WoodSpring Suites on 1.85 acres at a construction cost of $6.6 million. The building is shown at almost 50,000 square feet. Concord Hospitality is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Base4 of Coral Springs is the architect. In September, Baker Design Build submitted plans for the hotel.
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It is the second WoodSpring Suites submitted for permitting. The city also is reviewing a permit application for a fourstory, 122-room WoodSpring Suites hotel on 3.13 acres at 7137 Bonneval Road, near the Bentley dealership under development. No contractor is listed for the $6.5 million project, shown as 49,250 square feet. Gold Coast Premier Properties is the developer. WoodSpring Suites is an extended-stay brand of Choice Hotels International Inc. Three operate in Jacksonville.
270-unit apartment project in Oakleaf The city is reviewing permit applications for a 270-unit apartment project at 9849 Crosshill Blvd. in Oakleaf. Chadbourne V LLC is the owner. Plans show nine 30-unit apartment buildings, nine
detached garages, a mail kiosk, a maintenance building and a clubhouse and leasing center with a pool on the 14.44-acre site. Construction costs total $20.5 million. Plans show 108 one-, 108 two- and 54 three-bedroom units. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer. Group 4 Design Inc. is the architect.
First Florida Credit Union to Tamaya The city is reviewing an application for First Florida Credit Union to build a 2,960-square-foot office on 0.60 acres at 3280 Tamaya Blvd. in Tamaya Market, the Sprouts Farmers Marketanchored center at northeast Beach and Kernan boulevards. No contractor is listed for the $749,000 project. KMATHIS@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
Bannon Lakes Sports Complex: St. Johns County is reviewing plans for the Bannon Lakes Sports Complex at northeast Duran Drive and Parkland Trail. The 30,000-squarefoot project is planned on 4.28 acres. The project comprises a 30,000-squarefoot gymnasium, a 20,000-square-foot covered sports field and infrastructure for about 5,000 square feet of commercial development. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer and prepared the plans for Billy Jack Investments LLC, led by the developers of the Above Athletics center in southern Duval County. GreenWise to World Commerce Center: St. Johns County and the St. Johns River Water Management District are reviewing plans for a grocer at World Commerce Center that separately has been identified as a Publix GreenWise Market. The 25,147-square-foot grocery store will be flanked by 14,000 square feet of retail space. The 39,147-squarefoot retail center will be developed on 16.62 acres at northeast Florida 16 and International Golf Parkway.
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City working to end food deserts
MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
City sends Southeastern Grocers the same terms it offered Rowe’s to fill the Gateway Town Center space being vacated by Publix. Office of Economic Development representatives are moving to put more taxpayer dollars toward stopping the spread of food deserts in Northwest Jacksonville. As Publix prepares to move out of the anchor space at Gateway Town Center by Dec. 28, city officials have found themselves trying to keep another food desert from forming. District 7 City Council member Reggie Gaffney, who represents the area, said Monday that Southeastern Grocers’ legal team is examining lease terms from Gateway Town Center LLC to fill the Publix space with its
Winn-Dixie banner. Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. announced in October it would not renew its lease for the 28,120-square-foot space at 5210 Norwood Ave. The city sent Southeastern Grocers the terms it offered to Rowe’s IGA Supermarkets for city-backed incentives to lease the space. Rowe’s IGA owner Rob Rowe said Nov. 10 he decided against leasing the space after he tried to negotiate terms with the landlord. Gaffney said Southeastern Grocers is using the term sheet as a template to understand how the city program operates. “The reason we did that is so they (Southeastern Grocers) know the city is willing to support this project and have a Winn-Dixie in Gateway,” he said Thursday. Gaffney said previously the city could offer the next tenant for the Publix space $500,000 to $700,000 from the Northwest Jacksonville Economic Development Fund, but he said he wouldn’t propose a specific amount Monday for the WinnDixie deal. “But it’s going to be up to Winn-Dixie to determine what they need to get the building up to code to meet their standards,” Gaffney said. If the Gateway area is left without a grocery store, it would create a food desert for
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Publix’s departure is not the first grocery store to leave Northwest Jacksonville in recent years, and City Hall wants to put taxpayer dollars toward the problem. The Council Finance and Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety committees unanimously advanced a bill this week to approve a $750,000 grant to partially finance renovations and reopen a shuttered Harvey’s grocery store in Northwest Jacksonville as a Rowe’s IGA. Ordinance 2019-0767 would issue the grant to Commonwealth Shopping Center landlord Saglo Development Corp. of Miami that plans a $3.5 million renovation of the 49,000-square-foot store at 1020 Edgewood Ave. N. with Rowe’s. Saglo and Rowe’s must obtain a certificate of occupancy from the city before the grant is issued. The development agreement will include a clawback provision of $150,000 per year over five years to ensure the project operates as a grocery store. A second bill, Ordinance 2019-768, includes four pilot programs that go beyond subsidizing retail. A $200,000 mobile markets program will partner the city with the nonprofit Feeding Northeast Florida to deploy refrigerated fresh food trailers
into food deserts throughout the area. The nonprofit was founded in 2014. Among other programs, it distributes more than 22,000 pounds of fresh food and produce to partners including the City Rescue Mission, Trinity Rescue Mission, Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry, The Salvation Army and the Sulzbacher. The city will purchase one trailer and a truck at no more than $200,000 while Feeding Northeast purchases the second trailer. The remaining $100,000 will pay for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority to provide residents within the modified ReadiRide boundary with discounted transportation from their homes to a grocery store within the boundary and back. Two additional programs in the bill do not include immediate city funding. One would provide a subsidy to food delivery companies that ship to locations within the Interstate 295 loop within the Northwest Jacksonville boundary. The second program would provide a one-time $5,000 grant to existing retail businesses not offering fresh foods, vegetables or meats to purchase “open air” refrigeration units, which are those used in grocery stores to display those products. Both bills would be paid for with about $3 million earmarked in 2018 from the Northwest Jacksonville Economic Development Fund to make healthy food available and affordable in food deserts. According to a memo provided to the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee from the economic development office,
the food desert program budget will have $1.84 million remaining after Council approves the bills and they are signed by Mayor Lenny Curry. Feeding Northeast Florida President and CEO Susan King says the programs are a good first step by the city to address food deserts and food insecurity in Northwest Jacksonville. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, there are 29 areas in Duval County that fit the federal government food desert definition. King said of the 253,000 people in Northeast Florida who are considered food insecure, 170,900 live in Duval County — 19% of the population, or about 1 in 5 people. The mobile market trailers are custom-built. The nonprofit will design a trailer as “mini-grocery stores,” King said. It also will have a cart with a cooking station and microwave for educational programming. Office of Economic Development Executive Director Kirk Wendland told Council members Monday the trailer purchased using city resources will be deployed only in the city’s northwest quadrant because the money would be appropriated from the Northwest economic fund. The trailer bought by Feeding Northeast Florida will be used throughout its service area. Council is expected to take a final vote on both bills at its meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 117 W. Duval St. MMENDENHALL@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MIMENDENHALL (904) 356-2466
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CEO shares growth road map for Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville campus adding buildings, powerful MRI machine and getting its own Butler Boulevard ramp. Hours after announcing that carbon ion therapy would be coming to the Jacksonville campus, Mayo Clinic Florida CEO Kent Thielen shared more plans Tuesday about the hospital system’s plans for the next 10 years. In addition to the planned $233 million integrated oncology facility, which will open by 2022, Thielen told World Affairs Council of Jacksonville members and guests the Jacksonville campus is expanding significantly. In 2021, Mayo North will complete a five-floor, 120,000-square-foot building with space for eight operating rooms and procedural space for cardiology, gastroenterology and hepatology. The Mayo South build-
from the inside better than other major organizations and other corporate entities outside of health care,” Thielen said. “We have the people, the experience, the expertise, the resources to be able to do this.” Earlier Tuesday, Mayo announced it was partnering with Hitachi to add carbon ion therapy into its cancer treatment offerings. Carbon ion therapy is used to treat cancers that may be resistant to proton beam therapy. The treatment is working its way toward Food and Drug Administration approval and is expected to be available after 2025.
Memorial Hospital adds 18-room cardiovascular ICU
Memorial Hospital opened its cardiovascular intensive care unit last week. The CVICU has 18 rooms with six critical care beds and 12 progressive care beds for cardiovascular surgery patients. It is focused on cardiovascular and thoracic postoperative recovery. Memorial, at 3625 University Blvd. S., said opening the unit is in response to increased volume and complexity in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery patients. “Our patient population preexisting conditions have gotten more complex in general compared to other facilities,” said CVICU Medical Director Dale Mueller.
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“The amount of emphysema, amount of diabetes, the amount of vascular disease, previous stroke has made those patients much more complex to handle postoperatively,” he said. Mueller, a Memorial Hospital cardiologist, Mueller was appointed medical director. Critical Care Director Angelo Podes, who’s been at the hospital for 19 years, will serve as the unit’s nurse leader. The unit replaced Memorial Hospital’s pediatrics ward, which Podes said “didn’t work out as well as we’d liked.”
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ing opened earlier this year, Thielen said. It houses molecular imaging, cardiovascular services and rehabilitation services. The Discovery and Innovation Building opened in August, housing lung restoration, cell therapy and the Life Sciences Incubator. To accommodate the growth, a 1,000-space parking garage is being built along with an entrance and exit ramp from Butler Boulevard directly to the campus. Thielen said Mayo would continue its Thielen work with United Therapeutics, its lung restoration facility partner. Those efforts include printing 3D organs that are made with stem cells, or using genetically modified organs from other animals, such as pigs, to transplant into humans. He also said one of the strongest MRI scanners in the country will be coming to the Jacksonville campus. Rather than a 1.5-Tesla or 3-Tesla scanner, which most MRIs are, it will be a 7-Tesla machine. It’s approved for use in the knee and brain and can uncover abnormalities that a 1.5 or 3-Tesla scanner can’t. A Tesla measures the strength of the magnetic field the MRI scanner generates. “We can impact health care
Because the CVICU has critical care and progressive care beds within the same unit, patients can move from surgery to critical care into progressive care beds and then be discharged. Patients typically stay in the unit for five to six days. “It means a lot for continuity of care that they’re in the same unit the whole time during their stay,” Podes said. “Once they’re admitted to that unit, they never leave the unit until they’re discharged.” To run the CVICU, 45 staff members will be hired. KGARWOOD@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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year, but he could not confirm which companies will expand or how many jobs will be created. “Robert has three or four companies in what we would call expansion mode right now. Part of this deal would be to bring those companies into that facility as well,” Walter said. “We have some nationally expanding facilities right now. Robert will be making those announcements here shortly. The idea is to host them there at the stadium office,” he said. City Chief Administrative Officer Brian Hughes said Nov. 12 that Palmer is “developing new lines of business” that “may either expand here or move here.” Palmer seems on board. He posted renderings to social media last week showing the RP Funding logo on the office building attached to the proposed stadium. EASTSIDE INVESTMENT
The Armada deal could result in a $10 million capital investment in the city’s Eastside neighborhood, an area targeted by city and community leaders for reinvestment to provide jobs and services. That’s another Armada goal. Walter said choosing the site in the urban area near the Downtown Sports Complex was deliberate. “We want to be an advocate for the community,” Walter said. As well, officials in Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration want to be able to say Downtown prosperity is moving into the adjacent neighborhoods. “It’s something that we were
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very interested in from a community standpoint and location,” Walter said. The proposed Armada site is at a distance from TIAA Bank Field that creates separation as well as opportunity. “We want to be part of the Sports Complex. That allows us to be part of the sports family but not be too deep into all the stuff that’s going to be happening at Lot J,” Walter said. Just as Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan expects his proposed $450 million Lot J development at the stadium to be an economic catalyst for the city and Downtown, Walter said he hopes the soccer stadium can do the same for the Eastside and rejuvenate that area. As a company, Walter said Jacksonville Armada FC would base 40 to 50 full-time employees at the complex to include players, general staff and coaching staff. It also will bring more events to the area. “We’ll be looking to host different sports. We have an academy affiliate. We want to host top academy affiliate games in the stadium,” Walter said.
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Jacksonville Armada FC has been searching for a permanent home field since Palmer bought the soccer club from National American Soccer League in July 2017. The property agreement includes 29 parcels bounded by A. Philip Randolph Boulevard and Grant, Albert and Georgia streets to build a stadium with up to 10,000 seats and 175,000 square feet of commercial office space and other buildings for soccer and “other related ancillary” events. A proposed option agreement between the city and Palmer company RP Sports Investments LLC made public Nov. 5 would reserve 5 acres of city-owned property northeast of the Downtown Sports Complex for the Armada to build a soccer stadium, breaking ground by January 2024. A summary of the development terms provided by the city states that the stadium must be a minimum of 2,500 seats. The complex also would provide 100 to 200 parking spaces. RP Sports would be required to begin construction on the facility and parking by Jan. 31, 2024, and be substantially completed by July 31, 2025. If the company fails to meet the completion deadline, it will pay the city fair market value for the property. There are procedural benchmarks before the stadium can break ground, including approval by City Council. The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee approved a request Nov. 12 from the city’s Office of Economic Development to file legislation by Nov. 26 asking Council to approve the agreement. The 5 acres is zoned for public buildings and facilities and needs to be rezoned for commercial use
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before the stadium can be built. The city also will have to obtain consent from the University Athletic Association Inc. in Gainesville and the University of Georgia Athletic Association Inc. to exclude the property as available parking for the annual FloridaGeorgia game. Walter said the agreement will give the Armada time to conduct environmental site testing as well as draft a project proposal. “The agreement allows us to do those things and make sure we do it right. But if things move forward with comfort and ease and there are not major concerns, we’ll be putting it (the stadium) in,” Walter said. RP Sports will make a $5,000 payment to the city within three days of executing the agreement. After 30 days, the city would enter a purchase agreement for the property with RP Sports for $1. The option would expire Jan. 31, 2023, if no action is taken. If RP Sports hasn’t closed on the property by Jan. 1, 2024, it will revert to the city. CLUB STABILITY
The land option would mean stability for the Jacksonville soccer club, a mandatory bargaining chip as the Armada prepares a bid to join a top-tier professional U.S. soccer league. The Armada is a U-23 soccer team, which is a club for players ages 15 to 24, in the National Premier Soccer League, but Palmer wants to grow. The team was formed by the Sunshine Soccer Group in 2013 and joined the NASL. The league took control of the Armada in February 2017 until Palmer bought the franchise. The NASL then folded after the 2017 season. “We made an announcement
two years ago that we’re pulling the professional team out of the market until the stadium is built,” Walter said. He said when the Armada starts conversations with a league will depend on having a stadium site ready to develop. The Premier League is the fourth tier in the U.S. professional soccer hierarchy. The Armada wants to move into one of the three leagues governed by the United States Soccer Federation — USL League One, the USL Championship or Major League Soccer. Walter said that $10 millionplus is the starting price for a majority of the soccer stadiums being built in the U.S. The proposed Jacksonville stadium will be comparable to the home pitches of the Charleston Battery and Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, said Jacksonville Armada FC spokesperson Morgan Purvis. Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh is a 5,000-seat complex completed in April 2013 for $10.2 million. MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina, was sold in June for $6.48 million, according to the Charleston Regional Business Journal. The sale included the surrounding land, practice field and offices. The 5,100-seat stadium was built in 1999 as Blackbaud Stadium. “Before you choose a league you have to have a stadium site,” Walter said. “This allows us to have a stadium site and go to a league and say, ‘Look, here’s our project. Here’s where we are. This is the opportunity here that we’ve got, is it of interest?’ That’s what it allows us to do.” MMENDENHALL@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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These are the largest commercial building permits by job cost issued Tuesday by the city of Jacksonville. OFFICE, BANK, PROFESSIONAL BBVA Compass Bank, 1090 Edgewood Ave. S., contractor is BluSky Restoration Contractors LLC, stucco repair, $75,000. San Marco Preservation Society, 1468 Hendricks Ave., contractor is Warden Contracting Corp., accessibility improvements, $22,171.
RESTAURANTS Burger King, 6014 New Kings Road, contractor is Diversified Commercial Builders Inc., two permits for building demolition and new building, $502,596. Catullo’s Italian, 1726 E. Church St., contractor is Kaneco Construction LLC, 325 square feet, tenant build-out, $75,000. Compiled by Scott Sailer
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Deborah Lofberg joined the Jacksonville Port Authority as foreign trade zone manager. Lofberg is responsible for JaxPort’s Foreign Trade Zone No. 64, serving existing customers and attracting new business. She also will track trends and issues related to Lofberg maximizing the port’s business. Lofberg has more than 30 years in the transportation and logistics industry. She was executive administrator for Monroe County Fire Rescue and worked in business development at JaxPort, Baptist Health Chief Operating Officer John F. Wilbanks, 63, will retire at the end of the year. Matt Zuino, who serves as
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To find more business events or to submit your event to the the business calendar, visit jaxdailyrecord.com/calendar. DEC. 6 Mark Vitner to St. Johns County Chamber: Wells Fargo Securities LLC senior economist Mark Vitner will provide insights at the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Economic Development Vitner Council Dec. 6. The event is 8-9:30 a.m. at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort at 500 S. Legacy Trail in St. Augustine. Cost is $45 for Economic Development Council members and those invested at a higher level. Nonmembers and guests can contact Erin.Johnson@ SJCChamber.com. For information, visit sjcchamber.com.
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DEC. 10 CSX’s Wallace at JAXUSA: Mark Wallace, executive vice president of sales and marketing with CSX Corp., is scheduled as the keynote speaker at the 4th Quarter JAXUSA Partnership Lunch on Dec. 10. JAXUSA Partnership is the economicdevelopment division of JAX Chamber. Check-in starts at 11:30 a.m. followed by the program at noon. The event is at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonivlle Riverfront Hotel at 225 E. Coastline Drive. Tickets are $50 for JAXUSA investors; $60 for JAX Chamber members; and $75 for nonmembers. For information, visit myjaxchamber.com.
FEB. 5 Madeleine Albright at World Affairs Council: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is scheduled to speak Feb. 5 to the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville at the Presidential Global Issues Evening about “Fascism: A Warning.” She will speak with World Affairs Council members at a reception at 5:30 p.m. at the University of North Florida Field House followed by her marquee presentation at 7 p.m. at the UNF Arena at 11852 UNF Drive. More than 3,000 attendees are expected. For information, visit worldaffairscounclljax.com or call (904) 280-8162.
JAN. 14 Stavridis at World Affairs Council: Retired Adm. James Stavridis is scheduled to speak about “Global Power and Sea Power” to the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville Global Issues Evening and the University of North Florida’s Distinguished Voices Lecture Series on Jan. 14. Stavridis is a retired fourstar admiral in the U.S. Navy who led the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009-13 as Supreme Allied Commander with responsibility for Afghanistan, Libya, the Balkans, Syria, counterpiracy and cybersecurity. The event is 7-8:30 p.m. at the
MARCH 24 Turnbull at World Affairs Council: Former Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is scheduled to speak about “China: The AsiaPacific Struggle for Control” on March 24 to the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville Global Issues Evening and the University of North Florida’s Distinguished Voices Lecture Series. The event is 7-8:30 p.m. March 24 at the University of North Florida Herbert University Center at 12000 Alumni Drive. Attendance is free but reservations are required. For information, visit worldaffairscounclljax.com or call (904) 280-8162.
JAN. 22 Meacham and Rice at Florida Forum: The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital 2019-20 Florida Forum series will feature author Jon Meacham and Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice. Meacham is scheduled Jan. 22 and Rice concludes the current series Feb. 25 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts. Forum sponsors are Wells Fargo, Florida Blue and Landstar. For information, visit thefloridaforum.com or call (904) 202-2886.
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Here are the top 10 commercial real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded Nov. 11-15. ST. JOHNS
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Type: Villas at the Woodlands apartments Parcel size: 5.36 acres Buyer: JJTA3 Real Properties LLC Seller: Glemser Bethlehem Property LP and The Forest Apartments LLC
Type: Undeveloped residential Parcel size: 14.4 acres Buyer: Windward Shipyard Land Holdings LLC Seller: Linda M. Luhrs Previous sale: $1,108,600 in 2006
Andesite Trail and Pioneer Village Drive, Ponte Vedra Type: 35 single-family lots in Crosswater Village Phase 2 Parcel size: Not available Buyer: Providence Construction Co. Seller: Sonoc Co. Inc.
Type: St. Augustine Shipyard Parcel size: Not available Buyer: Windward Shipyard LLC Seller: Greenwood Property LLC and St. Augustine Shipyard LLC
Type: St. Augustine Shipyard Parcel size: 25.67 acres Buyer: Windward Shipyard Land Holdings LLC Seller: Greenwood Property LLC, St. Augustine Shipyard LLC, St. Augustine Shipyard Property Co. and All Seasons LLC Previous sale: $1,956,900 in 2013
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Type: 198 undeveloped single-family lots, The Arbors at Lightsey Crossing Parcel size: 83.24 acres Buyer: St. Augustine Land Holdings LLC Seller: Lightsey Road LLC Previous sale: $1,250,000 in 2006
Type: Caliente Apartments Parcel size: 0.68 acres Buyer: Blue14 Caliente LLC Seller: Caliente Apts LLC Previous sale: $900,000 in 2018
Type: Office Parcel size: 0.55 acres Building size: 5,774 square feet Buyer: Idiopathic Associates LLC Seller: Leetle LLC Previous sale: $675,000 in 2002
Type: Undeveloped commercial Parcel size: 10.25 acres Buyer: SHRIJI Bless LLC Seller: Coastal LLC Previous sale: $1,100,000 in 2008
Type: Commercial Parcel size: 1.06 acres Building size: 4,289 square feet Buyer: Blue Bamboo Land LLC Seller: William H. Jeter Jr., John S. Duss IV, Theresa M. Kenney and Michael T. Bowlus
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Reports said Kraft Heinz Co. was trying to sell the coffee brand that is produced in Downtown Jacksonville. Months after financial news reports that Kraft Heinz Co. was considering a sale of its Maxwell House coffee brand, the struggling food retailer hasn’t commented on the possibility. However, one analyst last week said Kraft Heinz is still evaluating several business units for a possible sale. “KHC continues to execute a deep assessment of its brands and the segments it competes in as part of its longer-term strategy,” Goldman Sachs analyst Jason English said in a report as he downgraded Kraft Heinz’s stock from “neutral” to “sell.” English Several reports last winter and spring said Kraft Heinz was trying to sell its Maxwell House coffee brand but was unable to find a buyer. The company’s iconic Downtown Jacksonville facility at 735 E. Bay St., which employs about 200 people, is the last remaining Maxwell House plant in the U.S. The plant has been operating at that location since 1924. English said he is taking no position on divestitures. But at a meeting in September, “management acknowledged that some brands and segments could be too expensive to turn around, and expressed some willingness to dispose of such businesses if it determines that any parts of its portfolio fall into this bucket.” During Kraft Heinz’s thirdquarter conference call with investors last month, management “highlighted that it is
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exploring areas of its products or categories that could fit better with a different company,” English said. English projects the company’s coffee business, which includes the Gevalia brand, will produce $1 billion in sales in 2020, or 5.2% of total Kraft Heinz sales. Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer confirmed in a phone call Nov. 7 that she had a teleconference with Kraft Heinz representatives in October, but she declined to comment about the subject of the meeting.
SunTrust-BB&T merger impact on city still unclear Before their planned merger, SunTrust Banks Inc. and BB&T Corp. resolved antitrust concerns by agreeing to divest 30 branches in Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina. However, the two banks have still not decided on possible office closings in the Jacksonville market related to the merger, which is expected to be completed Dec. 6. Atlanta-based SunTrust and Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based BB&T are merging into a new company called Truist Financial Corp., which will be headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Nov. 8 the two banks agreed to sell 28 branches, which it said is the largest divestiture in a bank merger in the past decade. As it turned out, the two banks announced a deal to sell 30 SunTrust branches with $2.4 billion in deposits to First Horizon National Corp. The nearest branch to Jacksonville in that deal is in Jesup, Georgia. The two banks combined have 33 branches in the North-
east Florida market, according to the latest Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data, and both have offices in Downtown Jacksonville. A SunTrust spokesman said last week the companies have made no decisions on what will happen to Jacksonville area offices after the merger, and any future branch closings would not be related to the agreement with the Justice Department. The merger was approved Tuesday by the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board.
CSX downgraded on coal outlook Deutsche Bank analyst Amit Mehrotra last week downgraded his rating on CSX Corp., saying the continuing decline in coal shipments will impact the Jacksonville-based railroad company’s earnings. Coal shipments have historically been CSX’s biggest business but lower demand has significantly cut its coal volume in the past decade. Despite “superhuman” efforts to improve profit margins with cost cutting and efficiency initiatives, Mehrotra said the continued drop in coal will make it difficult for CSX to improve earnings, so he downgraded the stock from “buy” to “hold.” “We’d characterize this downgrade as specific to the Eastern rails given exposure to export-coal markets,” Mehrotra said in a research note. “And while we’ve been cautious on Norfolk Southern Corp. for some time, we are now turning neutral on CSX after significant outperformance over a several year period, and near-term risks related to above-mentioned coal headwinds,” he said. Beyond the coal business, Mehrotra thinks the railroad industry has a strong outlook. “To be sure, we remain
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Drone Aviation Holding Corp. recorded third-quarter earnings of $574,296, or 2 cents a share. Revenue for the Jacksonville-based company, which produces tethered aerial monitoring and communications platforms, jumped from $84,815 in the third quarter of 2018 to $2.7 million this year. Drone Aviation said the improvement reflects delivery of new systems to customers including the U.S. Army and additional deliveries in support of the U.S. Border Patrol.
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Patricia Abraham, the opportunity to join Bedell. “The timing worked out. We had the nugget of a family law practice,” Cox said. Bedell Firm Managing Director David Barksdale said the initial plan was for Cox to practice family law about half the time while maintaining her criminal defense practice, but that’s not what happened. “Our family law practice has doubled each year for the past three years,” Barksdale said. Changing her practice focus hasn’t made Cox a stranger at the Duval County Courthouse, but the interaction with the justice system has changed. “I find going to court interesting and challenging. The judges want the family to succeed even in the difficult situation,” Cox said. “In criminal cases, the prosecutor represents the state
against the defendant. In family law, everybody is working toward a different good,” she said. Not all of her clients end up in court. Cox said if someone comes to her considering divorce, she’ll discuss counseling options to see if there’s a way for both parties to be happy and avoid dissolving their marriage. “That’s the goal. It doesn’t always work out that way, but we try to come to agreement on our own through mediation. Going to court is the last resort,” Cox said. The law tends to evolve, and there have been some substantial changes in family law in the past few years, such as tax regulations related to alimony. Previously, alimony was taxed as income for the person receiving it and deductible as an expense for the person paying it. “Now, alimony isn’t deduct-
ible from taxes and it’s no longer income for the person receiving it. That can affect the amount,” Cox said. In addition, the state Legislature is anticipated to consider in its 2020 session whether to amend to law to make calculating alimony more formulabased, similar to the current child support law, Cox said. Another trend Cox is seeing is “a significant number of longterm marriages in divorce” as people are waiting until their children are grown to seek dissolution. The firm expects its family law practice will continue to grow. “Ashley has done an outstanding job and people are hearing about it,” Barksdale said. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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