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Habit Burger Grill taking over former Bojangles PAGE 3
Phoenix Arts & Innovation District
Emily Moody, vice president and chief experience officer of Future of Cities, cuts the ribbon for the project’s first renovated building, Emerald Station, on Oct. 30, To Moody’s left wearing a hat is Phoenix Arts & Innovation District lead developer Tony Cho, who is the CEO of Future of Cities. Those cheering include City Council members Jimmy Peluso, Randy White, Rahman Johnson, Ken Amaro and Mayor Donna Deegan.
‘RENDERINGS INTO REALITY’ A PAIR OF PROJECTS IN THE HEART OF JACKSONVILLE CELEBRATE MILESTONES
CREDIT UNIONS
VyStar fined for ‘botched’ online banking system rollout PAGE 10
THE MATHIS REPORT
Yamaha invests in testing facility Yamaha Motor COrp. investing at least $11 million into a marina facility along Heckscher Drive. PAGE 4
PEARL SQUARE
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Jacksonville Council member Jimmy Peluso, Mayor Donna Deegan, Gateway Jax project partner Alex Sifakis, Gateway Jax lead developer Bryan Moll and Council President Randy White take part in the Pearl Square groundbreaking Oct. 29.
Progress on Gateway Jax and the Phoenix district is lauded as a key moment for urban core revitalization.
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f and when the decades-long effort to revitalize the core of Jacksonville reaches fruition, a pair of events 25 hours apart in October 2024 will represent mileposts on the road to rebirth. At 10 a.m. Oct. 29, government and community leaders gathered for the groundbreaking for Gateway Jax, the proposed $2 billion-plus
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mixed-use development in Downtown’s NorthCore district near City Hall. The next day, many of those same individuals turned out for an 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting for the proposed $37.9 million Phoenix Arts & Innovation District in North Springfield. Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said the two developments were among numerous public and private projects that were changing the face of SEE PROJECTS, PAGE 6
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The top sales of the third quarter
The Pfizer Papers
The top 10 home sales and commercial real estate sales of the third quarter of 2024 in Northeast Florida. PAGES 16 & 17
Observer Media Group owner Matt Walsh publishes in this week’s Daily Record the introduction to a new book that exposes how Pfizer knew its vaccine was harmful and deadly.
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