THURSDAY
Kathy Para named Lawyer of the Year
May 2, 2019
PAGE 14
jaxdailyrecord.com • 35 cents
Public
Daily Record
legal notices begin on page 1B
JACKSONVILLE
THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING’S FUTURE
Ulta’s new warehouse is Flamingo
Daily Record JACKSONVILLE
Mayor set on demolition, but some say not so fast
Beauty company getting city incentives to come to Northwest Jacksonville.
Daily Record Daily Record JACKSONVILLE
BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
JACKSONVILLE
JACKSONVILLE LANDING PLANS FROM THE PAST
City takes possession of shopping center as debate over what comes next heats up. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
T
he city took possession of The Jacksonville Landing on Wednesday, which means time is brief for its remaining tenants and possibly for the Downtown riverfront shopping center itself. The city’s acquisition of the shopping center comes after the City Council on March 26 approved a $15 million settlement with Toney Sleiman’s Jacksonville Landing Investments LLC. That legislation also includes
Previously unreleased renderings of a 2015 redevelopment plan of the Jacksonville Landing from the Downtown Investment Authority show the property without the existing structure, opening the property and Laura Street to the river. It’s replaced by outdoor concert and green spaces, a museum and mixeduse business, retail and restaurant development. City officials say that because the plans, developed from public meetings, show the Landing structure demolished, no further debate is needed.
$1.5 million to demolish the Landing. In an April 23 interview, Mayor Lenny Curry and Chief of Staff Brian Hughes made it clear they intend to demolish the building. “Demolition has been contemplated for years and was approved by the City Council. Demolition is what comes next,” said Hughes, who also is the interim Downtown Investment Authority CEO. They made their points as incoming council member Matt Carlucci proposes that the community discuss what could be SEE LANDING, PAGE 9
Renderings provided by Urban Design Associates
Less than two months after Ulta Beauty Inc. said it will open a Jacksonville distribution center, the city confirmed the company is Project Flamingo. The city released the economic agreement Wednesday with Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc., dated April 26. Also, tenant build-out for Ulta Beauty is in construction review at the Park 295 Industrial Park in Northwest Jacksonville. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $3 million buildout of 202,471 square feet of space that the beauty supplies retailer will lease at 2619 Ignition Drive. Ulta will lease part of a new 552,634-square-foot building, the first structure at the business park at Interstate 295 and Duval Road. In March, Ulta Beauty confirmed it will open a fulfillment center in Jacksonville in 2020. Ulta’s fulfillment center fit the description of the Project Flamingo economic development project that City Council approved Jan. 8 for a city grant of $1.425 million. The project description said Flamingo intends to invest $37.5 million to lease and equip 200,000 square feet of space in Northwest Jacksonville to distribute privatelabel skin and hair care products. City legislation calls for the project to create 30 full-time jobs by year-end 2021 at an average annual salary of $46,346. The positions include managerial, logistical, warehouse and support staff. More workers could be hired at lower salaries.
KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Tiffany Ash helps guide her family’s business Harvard grad a VP at Ashco Inc. PAGE 3 VOLUME 1, NO. 48 • ONE SECTION