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Skinners in talks to sell 1,000acre site
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A rendering of the elevation of the Publix GreenWise planned at Nocatee Town Center. The other signage for salon, books, shoes and a coffee house are not actual tenants but are placeholders to show the types of tenants that might lease and how signage might be placed.
GreenWise Market coming to expanded Nocatee Town Center
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It’s the first Northeast Florida location for the specialty organic grocery store owned by Publix Super Markets.
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bulk items,” he said. Jacksonville-based Skinner Bros. Realty and The PARC Group announced Wednesday that Nocatee Town Center will feature both the first GreenWise Market in Northeast Florida as well as a Publix, which operates in the Nocatee Town Center. An almost 61,400-square-foot Publix was built in 2010 at 120 Marketside Ave. at Nocatee Town Center. The store is about 55,000 square feet of interior conditioned space. Publix is remodeling that location at a cost of $875,000, according to a permit issued by St. Johns County. Construction of the new shopping center is scheduled to begin in the next few months and is expected to open in SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
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GreenWise Market is in the top right of this rendering of Nocatee Town Center. The 25,150-square-foot organic supermarket, expected to open in 2020, is part of an expansion of the shopping center.
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BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS
Jacksonville’s Skinner family is negotiating to sell about 1,000 acres in Southside to two buyers that members chose after careful review. That’s because the property, at southeast Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295, is the last large piece of land that the family owns. The family declined to identify the prospective buyers. Most of the land is targeted for residential development and much of the rest is for commercial uses, indicating that it will be sold to groups with those focuses. “We really spent a lot of time getting what we think are the best builders and developers involved, so at the end of the day you will see that we have taken great pains to ensure the quality of the project,” said family representative A. Chester “Chip” Skinner III. He said the family looked at three main factors in choosing buyers: Their history in the marketplace; the quality of the product that they build; and their willingness “to embrace the vision that we have for the community, which is a walkable, communityfriendly development,” Skinner said. A news release Friday announcing the pending deal said the buyers were chosen after a careful selection process “to ensure that any development there will be unique and serve as an enduring legacy.”
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Northeast Florida’s competition among natural foods grocers will heat up next year as Publix Super Markets Inc. opens its first Northeast Florida GreenWise Market in Nocatee. Lakeland-based Publix spokesman Dwaine Stevens confirmed the St. Johns County location Thursday as developers announced plans to develop an extension of Nocatee Town Center to include the market. “GreenWise Market is a specialty, natural and organic store,” said Stevens, Publix media and community relations manager of Publix Super Markets Inc. He described the store’s offerings. “In addition to a beverage bar featuring kombucha, locally roasted coffee, wine, local beer and smoothies, the store offers local and unique products, indulgent gourmet treats, body care and
The family sees “a walkable, mixed-use community” at Butler, Interstate 295.
TIAA Bank restructuring, cutting 132 positions TIAA Bank is getting out of the retail branch home loan business, focusing instead on making mortgage loans through the internet and other channels. As part of the realignment of that business, the bank will eliminate 132 positions in Jacksonville, spokesman Michael Cosgrove said. TIAA Bank employed 1,117 people in Jacksonville. He said U.S. Bank plans to take over about 40 percent of TIAA Bank’s 65 mortgage lending offices across the country, and the rest of those offices will be closed. More at JaxDailyRecord.com
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