Daily Record Financial News &
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Vol. 105, No. 103 • One Section
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Curahealth buys Specialty Hospital
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Curahealth Hospitals bought Specialty Hospital of Jacksonville in Southside at 4901 Richard St. from Memorial Healthcare Group Inc., which is part of HCA Healthcare Inc.
Texas company paid Memorial Healthcare Group $7.59 million for property.
Curahealth Hospitals of Garland, Texas, announced it bought Specialty Hospital of Jacksonville from HCA Healthcare Inc. Specialty Hospital at 4901 Richard St. is a licensed and accredited longterm acute care hospital focused on treating patients who undergo extended hospital stays and have complex medical conditions. Curahealth Property LLC bought the property for $7.59 million from Memorial Healthcare Group Inc. Memorial
is part of HCA and both are based in Nashville, Tennessee. The deed was recorded April 5. Wells Fargo Bank issued a mortgage of the same amount. The 97,038-square-foot hospital was built in 1971, property records show. Curahealth said the sale took place April 1. Curahealth operates 10 hospitals in six states as its nationwide network of transitional care hospitals that are certified as long-term acute care hospitals
Retiring UNF president to start June 1 with strategic alliance.
Home for big cats and other exotic animals is granted approval by Planning Commission.
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Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary is a nonprofit at 1860 Starratt Road in North Jacksonville that cares for exotic animals.
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Delaney to join Rogers Towers and Fiorentino Group
Catty Shack Wildlife Sanctuary passes hurdle for expansion
The Jacksonville Planning Commission approved the first step toward expansion of the Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary at 1860 Starratt Road. Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary is a nonprofit serving Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. Its mission is to provide a safe home to endangered big cats and similar exotic animals while educating the public about their plight in their natural habitat and
and licensed as acute care hospitals. Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Ilyssa Drumm said Memorial Hospital and Specialty Hospital partnered to care for critically ill patients in Jacksonville for 25 years. The patients require extended recovery time post-hospitalization. “We will continue to do so in the future as they work with the Curahealth team,” she said.
University of North Florida President John Delaney will join a strategic alliance formed by the Rogers Towers law firm and The Fiorentino Group government relations provider. Delaney will join the alliance June 1. He retires May 31 from UNF after 15 years as president. Before joining UNF, he served as Jacksonville mayor for two terms from 1995-2003. Rogers Towers Managing Director Fred Franklin said Delaney’s professional career “has been one of the most unique and diverse of almost anyone I know and he brings to our clients’ needs a special perspective that will be
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of great value as they deal with legal issues as well as the everchanging landscape of both the political world and government affairs arena.” Franklin said Delaney’s background and knowledge provides “a distinct perspective; his political and government savvy is matchless.” Franklin served as city general counsel from 199597 during Delaney’s first term as mayor and currently Delaney serves on the UNF board of trustees. Jacksonville-based Rogers Towers is one of Florida’s oldest law firms. It was established in 1905. The Fiorentino Group says it is Jacksonville’s largest full-service Delaney
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