WEDNESDAY February 6, 2019
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JEA hears pitches for 3 HQ sites
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Board president says he’s frustrated by speculation that plan by Jaguars owner has already been chosen. BY DAVID CAWTON ASSOCIATE EDITOR
THE MATHIS REPORT
The three development groups vying to build JEA’s corporate headquarters have until March 11 to negotiate their best offers with the utility’s board of directors
before it settles on a decision in early April. For three hours Tuesday, the firms offered insights into their proposals, pitching their capabilities, assets and expertise in person during a special board meeting. Two proposals would relocate
the city’s public electric, water and wastewater utility company outside of Jacksonville’s urban core. Another positions JEA in the center of it. Through Jacksonville 1-C Parcel One Holdings Co., Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan and The Cordish Companies seek to move JEA to their proposed mixed-use development near TIAA Bank Field.
JEA would anchor the first phase of that development in Lot J, west of the stadium, which also could include a hotel, entertainment venue and retail uses. Jaguars President Mark Lamping said JEA would be the first partner for that project. He said moving JEA and its employees to the area would be a catalyst to the
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University of North Florida President David Szymanski, left, holds the ribbon at UNF’s new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at The Barnett building in Downtown Jacksonville. He was joined Monday night by his wife, Maria Szymanski; philanthropists Luther and Blanche Coggin; and the center’s director, Karen Bowling. The center will serve graduate students and entrepreneurs interested in incubating business ideas.
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Tru by Hilton looking at Mandarin
Site at 2960 and 2970 Hartley Road is among five the chain is planning for area. Tru by Hilton is targeting a site at San Jose Boulevard and Interstate 295 for its Mandarin hotel, one of five that the brand intends to open in the area. Tru by Hilton says it was developed using consumer and owner feedback and focuses on a cross-generational appeal focusing on a “new, affordable hotel experience.” JEA issued a letter of utility service availability to the project agent, Matthews Design Group of St. Augustine. The Tru Hotel Mandarin site is identified as 2960 and 2970 Hartley Road, property owned by affiliates of Stellar, a Jacksonville-based global design, engineering, construction and mechanical services company. The JEA letter says two buildings will be removed for construction of a 100room Tru by Hilton hotel. Property records show the two two-story buildings to be removed are a SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
Southside Connector delays The Southside Connector over the Arlington Expressway will undergo construction for the next several months. The $1.3 million project includes coating the steel beams, minor concrete repairs and replacement of rivets and expansion joints that protect the bridge from movement. Drivers on the Southside Connector and Arlington Expressway can expect single lane closures from 7:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily. Visit nflroads.com for updates about construction projects and lane closures.
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