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A divided Duval County School Board votes to sell Downtown riverfront HQ to Chase Properties and buy a Baymeadows office building as its new home. Selling: The Duval Schools headquarters at 1701 Prudential Drive on the Downtown Southbank to Chase Properties.
Buying: 8928 Prominence Parkway, the former Southeastern Grocers headquarters in Baymeadows.
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What’s Next: Chase Properties plans a mixed-use development on the Southbank site of the Duval County Public Schools building with condominiums, apartments, commercial and retail space.
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BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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divided Duval County School board voted Nov. 4 to sell its headquarters along the Downtown Southbank and buy a building in Baymeadows that will become the district’s new administrative home.
In a 4-3 vote, the board approved selling its riverfront building at 1701 Prudential Drive to Chase Properties Inc. for $17.2 million. Board Chair Charlotte Joyce, Vice Chair April Carney and board members Reginald Blount and Melody Bolduc voted in favor. Board members Cynthia Pearson, Anthony Ricardo and Darryl Willie voted no.
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The vote on the proposal to purchase the building at 8928 Prominence Parkway in Baymeadows for $13.65 million fell along the same split, with Joyce, Carney, Blount and Bolduc in favor and Pearson, Ricardo and Willie against. Carney called for the vote after about an SEE SCHOOLS, PAGE 6
CITY GOVERNMENT
Ordinance allows more sidewalk dining The Jacksonville City Council is considering legislation that would allow sidewalk dining throughout Downtown, as opposed to select areas where it is currently permitted. PAGE 7
A North Jacksonville riverfront site for a proposed liquefied natural gas export facility now appears to be available for development as an industrial park. PAGE 4 REAL ESTATE
Top 10 home sales of the week Oceanfront three-story home features five bedrooms, four full and two half-bathrooms. PAGE 12 LAW & THE COURTS
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