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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
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HOTELS & HOSPITALITY
FOUR SEASONS CAN OPEN ‘A WHOLE NEW MARKET’
BUISNESS
Chicago firm agrees to buy U.S. Assure in over $1B deal PAGE 5
RESTAURANTS
Billy Jack’s BBQ opens near Mayport ferry landing PAGE 3
Special to the Daily Record
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jacksonville is planned to open in 2026 south of EverBank Stadium and Daily’s Place along the St. Johns River.
Katie Mitura of Visit Jacksonville says the luxury hotel rising along the St. Johns River Downtown will open the area to new categories of business travelers. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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he Four Seasons Hotel Downtown along the St. Johns River won’t open until two years from now, but those who market Jacksonville as a destination for business and leisure travel already are preparing for a new chapter in the city’s hospitality story. “Four Seasons is a strong luxury brand. This is the opportunity to open Jacksonville to a whole new market that never would have looked at us before because there isn’t that level of luxury here,” Visit Jacksonville Chief Marketing Officer Katie Mitura said.
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“I would say those who travel to Four Seasons look for new destinations based on that alone.” Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jacksonville will offer 170 guest rooms and suites and 26 condominiums for sale along the Northbank Riverwalk. Amenities Mitura will include four dining and lounge outlets, a rooftop restaurant and bar, a pool bar and grill and a lobby bar – all of which will be open to hotel guests and the public. SEE LUXURY, PAGE 6
CITY GOVERNMENT
How the city is paying for ‘Stadium of the Future’ The city’s payment plan revolves around restoring the timing of a 30year tax increase adopted in 2000 to mostly fund infrastructure projects. PAGE 11
THE MATHIS REPORT
Gateway Town Center changes Developer buys more than 10 acres at the Northside shopping center, plans to convert an old JCPenney to self-storage, add apartments and retail. PAGE 4 THE BASCH REPORT
Dream Finders buys all of Jet The homebuilding company fully acquires Jet HomeLoans in $9.3 million deal. PAGE 8 REAL ESTATE
Top 10 home sales of week, Q2 What’s selling for how much in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. PAGE 10
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