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eptune Beach-based Beach Hospitality Services Inc. bought the Salt Air Motel at 425 Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach and hopes to renovate it for a Memorial Day weekend opening. Beach Hospitality Services Inc. bought the property, next to McDonald’s, for $1.37 million. The seller was Nancy McGuire. Atlantic Capital Bank issued a mortgage for $510,000. Charles “Curt” DeWitt, president of Beach Hospitality Services, said he plans to renovate and refurbish the facilities. He did not have a cost estimate. He said rental rates will range from $75 to $300 a night. The property consists of four structures – three single-story motel buildings totaling 5,302 square feet built in 1946 and a two-story, 1,652-square-foot building developed in 1975. He said there are eight 400to 450-square-foot units with kitchenettes and five 250- to 300-square-foot standard hotel rooms. There also is a two-story, three-bedroom house. “We are cleaning up all of the rooms to a more modern look and building an extra kitchenette suite with a full bathroom in the house,” he said, making it a four-
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BY DAVID CAWTON ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The buyer of the Salt Air Motel in Atlantic Beach hopes to renovate by Memorial Day. BY SCOTT SAILER
Judge schedules a two-day nonjury trial for July 29-30.
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From left, Salt Air Motel buyer Charles “Curt” DeWitt; Mandy Stucki, with Cooper and motel project partner Kyle Stucki; and Nancy McGuire, seller.
Fourth Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Dees set a two-day nonjury trial for July 29-30 to settle a 2015 dispute between the city of Jacksonville and the owners of the Jacksonville Landing. The trial date follows nearly four years of litigation over the city’s sale of a surface parking lot, known as the East Parcel, to the owners of the Downtown riverfront mall. Jacksonville Landing Investments LLC is a subsidiary of Sleiman Enterprises Inc. It bought the three Landing buildings that comprise the 36-year-old mall for $5.7 million in 2003 from Rouse-Jacksonville Inc., the original developer. The city owns the dirt underneath the mall and leases the property to JLI. The Landing is at 2 Independent Drive W. on the Downtown Northbank riverfront. The city sued JLI in October 2015, accusing the owners of not closing on the $4.7 million property sale for the parking lot, which the sides agreed to in 2007. Attorneys for the city contend that while JLI paid the city $4.35 million for the 1.6-acre site, the group did not complete all aspects of the sale agreement to close on the land, nor has it paid property taxes. JLI’s counterclaim is that the city did not deliver the deed to close the sale. Property records show the city still owns the parking lot, which is east of the mall. Previously scheduled trials in February 2017 and June 2018 were canceled as negotiations continued toward a resolution. Last summer the city filed a SEE LANDING, PAGE 2
Apollo Funds buying Cox TV stations Cox Enterprises Inc. announced an agreement with funds managed by Apollo Global Management LLC to buy a majority stake in its group of 14 television stations, including two in Jacksonville. Cox owns Fox network affiliate WFOX TV-30 and also operates CBS affiliate WJAX TV-47 under a shared services agreement. Terms of the deal were not announced.
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