WEDNESDAY April 24, 2019
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Rooker begins work on spec warehouse
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Business leaders talk about the challenges of changing technology at FSCJ panel discussion. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
To thrive, a business must keep pace with the changing needs and desires of its customers while adapting to the accelerating rate of change in consumers’ expectations and requirements. How three local businesses representing health care, news media and supply chain logistics are responding to the evolving environment was the subject of a panel discussion April 16 at the Florida State College at Jacksonville Business
Speaker Series presented by Florida First Credit Union. Moderated by Melissa Ross, host and producer of WJCT FM-89.9’s First Coast Connect public affairs radio program, the panel comprised Lloyd Carter, director of operations at Beaver Street Fisheries; Bob Longo, general manager of Cox Media Group’s Action News on WFOX TV-30, WJAX TV-47; and Dr. Ryan Uitti, medical director of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of
BUSINESS SPEAKER SERIES PANEL
The Florida State College at Jacksonville Business Speaker Series was held April 16 at the Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts. From left, WJCT First Coast Connect host and moderator Melissa Ross, Beaver Street Fisheries Director of Operations Lloyd Carter III, Cox Media Group Jacksonville General Manager Bob Longo and Dr. Ryan Uitti, medical director of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.
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Atlanta-based Rooker announced that it started construction of a 155,820-squarefoot speculative industrial facility in Perimeter West Industrial Park in Northwest Jacksonville for completion by Dec. 1. The 4345 Perimeter Industrial Parkway N. structure at northeast Interstate 295 and Pritchard Road is available for lease or purchase, Rooker said. It is designed for warehousing, distribution and light manufacturing and can accommodate tenants as small as 45,150 square feet. CEO John Rooker said the company has wanted to invest in the Jacksonville market for some time. “Jacksonville is experiencing strong population growth and job growth. We expect that our investments in Perimeter West will result in the creation of new jobs and an expanded tax base, which will benefit the local Jacksonville community,” he said in a news release. He said Perimeter West is a central location in the market’s largest submarket. Rooker bought the remaining 39 acres of undeveloped land within Perimeter West Industrial Park in October. The acquisition included three industrial-zoned parcels and one retail-zoned land parcel. The company is grading the remaining industrial-zoned
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Cox Media Group Jacksonville General Manager Bob Longo, Dr. Ryan Uitti of the Mayo Clinic and Lloyd Carter of Beaver Street Fisheries.
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Three businesses coming to Nocatee Town Center Skinner Bros. Realty, in partnership with The PARC Group, announced that First Watch, Clean Juice and Sherwin-Williams will open in the Nocatee Town Center in summer 2020. They will join a Publix Super Markets Inc. GreenWise Market in a new shopping center at southeast Nocatee and Crosswater parkways. First Watch offers breakfast, brunch and lunch. Clean Juice is an organic juice bar franchise that offers organic açaí bowls, cold-pressed juices, smoothies, bites and other healthy food. Sherwin-Williams sells paints, stains, colors and supplies.
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