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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
City issues permits to demolish the Doro block
Developer Rise: A Real Estate Company intends to build an apartment and retail project at the Downtown site.
tion, the new plan focuses on building the port’s cargo business and creating more jobs. The 2020-25 plan focuses on four strategies: ■ Expanding container business at Florida’s largest container port by growing trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific business. ■ Expanding vehicle capacity and volume to maintain JaxPort’s position as one of the leading vehicle-handling ports in the U.S. ■ Expanding breakbulk business lines to maintain a diversified revenue stream. ■ Acquiring additional land near the port for expansion of tenant facilities. Other goals outlined in the plan include completing the harbor deepening to 47 feet by 2022; creating revenue from all property owned; rebuilding the cruise business line post-pandemic; investing in technology to improve efficiency of port operations; and prioritizing invest-
The city issued three permits Feb. 22 for Realco Recycling Co. Inc. to demolish the George Doro Fixture Co. block to prepare for a proposed Downtown mixeduse apartment and retail project called The Doro. The permits show a job cost of $225,015 for demolition of structures at 128 A. Philip Randolph Blvd.; 102 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., the main George Doro building; and 951 Forsyth St. The George Doro Fixture Co. fabricated architectural woodwork, casework and millwork on the 1.77-acre block, which is bounded by A. Philip Randolph Boulevard and Adams, Lafayette and Forsyth streets. Permit documents show Realco Recycling intends to use an excavator and attachments for the demolition. Debris will be disposed at the Old Kings Road Landfill. The city issued a permit Dec. 8 for Rise: A Real Estate Company to build The Doro apartments at
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Increasing container shipment volume and dredging the harbor to a depth of 47 feet by 2022 are two of JaxPort’s priorities in its 2020-25 Strategic Master Plan.
With $100 million of infrastructure improvements nearing completion, the focus for the next five years is building business. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jacksonville Port Authority Chairman Jamie Shelton and CEO Eric Green unveiled the port’s 2020-25 Strategic Master Plan during a Feb. 23 virtual State of the Port address. They also talked about current conditions, saying that COVID-19 presented challenges for the port to sustain cargo volume and revenue. “JaxPort continues to hold the line. It’s been a good year, considering everything we’ve gone through,” Shelton said. “It’s a testament to the strength and dedication of our entire port community,
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especially the men and women who have worked hard to ensure the goods we use every day continue to move through JaxPort on their way to store shelves.” JaxPort’s senior leadership team and international maritime consultant Martin Associates developed the strategic plan. The 2014-19 strategic plan focused on more than $100 million of infrastructure improvements, including deepening the harbor from the Atlantic Ocean to the Blount Island Marine Terminal and improving berthing and cargo handling facilities. With the projects comprising the previous plan complete or nearing comple-
City permits $5M Southbound Distribution Center Indianapolis-based Scannell Properties will build its 85,000-square-foot speculative Southbound Distribution Center at 2700 Powers Ave. at a cost of $5.1 million. Jim Cooper Construction Co. Inc. is the contractor. The city issued a permit Feb. 19 for the project, which is east of St. Augustine Road and west of Philips Highway in South Jacksonville. A Cushman & Wakefield brochure says Southbound will be delivered in the third quarter. Scannell Development Manager Ian MacDonald said the speculative building targets tenants needing from 10,000 to 40,000 square feet of space.
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