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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
NORTHERN INFLUX
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RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS IN NORTH JACKSONVILLE CREATE STRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESIDENTS SAY THEIR VOICES AREN’T HEARD.
RESTAURANTS
Five Points Mossfire Grill building sold for $1.4 million PAGE 7
LAW AND THE COURTS
Canan Law St. Patrick’s Day event raises $8,000 PAGE 14
Photo by Monty Zickuhr
KB Home is building Seaton Hollow in the Pecan Park area. In January, Jacksonville City Council approved spending $6.96 million for improvements to Pecan Park Road and Dunn Avenue.
BY JOE LISTER STAFF WRITER
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wo-hundred and twenty town homes on Starratt Road. Ninety single-family homes off Scarwin Lane. Forty-eight single-family homes on Yellow Bluff Road. Forty-seven homes on Cedar Bay Road. That adds up to 405 single-family residences built in North Jacksonville since January 2025, a period of contentious growth. Little by little, residential development is taking up space in the historically rural
area, the boundaries of which are generally considered the St. Johns and Trout rivers to the south, the county border to the north, Thomas Creek to the west and the Intracoastal Waterway to the east. Many residents who were there first are not happy and spent hours saying so at meetings of the Jacksonville City Council and the Council Land Use and Zoning Committee. In the past several years, Council has approved dozens of rezonings and land use amendments allowing for denser development in residential areas that have been characterized by single-family homes on large lots. While the votes to allow development
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have reached near-unanimous approval from Council, community advocates have repeatedly told representatives the area cannot handle the growth it’s experiencing. “I understand property rights, and you have a right to build. But there again, we don’t want to build something that’s determined to (be a) detriment to the community,” Council member Mike Gay said in an interview. “We’re not saying not in my backyard, but we’re saying build something that’s compatible.” SEE NORTHSIDE, PAGE 10
CITY GOVERNMENT
Riverside Regions Bank restaurant conversion The Planning Commission approved a partial change to the building at 1604 Margaret St., including a drive-thru exception. PAGE 16
THE MATHIS REPORT
THE BASCH REPORT
Suddath completes land buy for Airport Commerce Center
Nexstar completes
The Jacksonville-based global logistics company paid more than $20 million for the property. Airport Commerce Center is the launch for The Suddath Cos. to expand in Jacksonville with a significant industrial park of Class A industrial space. PAGE 4
purchase of local TV-12 and TV-25
Nexstar Media Group Inc. closed on its acquisition of Tegna Inc. on March 19 after regulatory approval for the merger. PAGE 8
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