Daily Record Financial News &
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Vol. 105, No. 132 • One Section
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Town & Country Shopping Center gaining church, losing building
Legacy Ministries Worship Center coming to Arlington shopping center.
Town & Country Shopping Center in Arlington will take on a new look after part of it is demolished at University Boulevard and the Arlington Expressway and another part is leased to a church. The almost 21,700-square-foot
standalone building on the southern end along the expressway ramp is slated for demolition. “It’s just for visibility,” said TSG Realty property manager Pam Howard. The landlord is Town & Country Shopping Center Inc. Long-time Arlington residents and visitors might recall the building was anchored on the eastern edge by the Waldz deli and bakery. Town & Country Shopping Center Inc. applied to demolish the building, leaving the slab. Burkhalter Wrecking
Inc. is the contractor for the $45,650 project. Howard said there are no immediate plans for the site. Town & Country sits at northwest University Boulevard and the expressway. It was built between 1953 and 1979, with McDonald’s added in 1984, property records show. The building to be demolished was put up in 1954. The address for the demolition is 903 University Blvd, Mathis
Judge denies request to halt judicial nomination process Commission will proceed as instructed. By Max Marbut Associate Editor The 4th Judicial Circuit Court denied a petition from a Jacksonville attorney seeking to halt the process to select candidates for appointment to replace a judge who is retiring before the end of his term in office. Attorney David Trotti filed on May 10 a petition for injunctive relief on his motion to prevent the 4th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission from accepting applications, interviewing applicants and then submitting to Gov. Rick Scott candidates to replace Circuit Judge Robert Foster. Foster notified Scott and 4th Circuit Chief Judge Mark Mahon on April 2 that he is resigning because he has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 and his last day in office would be Dec. 31, even though his term doesn’t expire until
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Jan. 14. On April 23, attorney Patrick Kilbane, chair of the 4th Circuit Judicial Nominating Wallace Co m m i ss i o n , was informed by Scott’s general counsel, Daniel Nordby, that the governor wanted the commission to convene to fill the vacancy created by Foster’s resignation and that the commission submit the names of six nominees by June 22. Kilbane published on May 1 a public notice stating that the commission was seeking applicants for the vacancy, with a deadline of 5 p.m. Wednesday. On May 3, Trotti filed as a candidate for Foster’s Group 6 seat and paid to the state Division of Elections the $5,843.20 qualifying fee. Trotti on May 7 sent an email to Kilbane with a letter attached requesting the commission cease and desist “until such time that this matter is resolved by the Court.”
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COMING DOWN A side center at Town & Country Shopping Center in Arlington is slated for demolition. Next to it, Legacy Ministries Worship Center Inc. will lease space at 847 University Blvd. N. Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
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Hair products company Blaze would create 150 jobs
Kilbane responded that he had forwarded Trotti’s communication to Nordby, and further that “unless I hear from him otherwise, I plan to proceed with the instructions I’ve received from the Governor.” Trotti advised Kilbane that he has filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in Leon County. As of Monday that complaint, which names Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner, is pending. Thursday afternoon, 4th Judicial Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace signed an order denying Trotti’s petition, finding that Trotti could not demonstrate that he is likely to prevail on the merits of the case in Leon County. “Because Petitioner cannot demonstrate that he is likely to succeed on the merits of his claim, Petitioner is not entitled to the requested injunctive relief,” it states. Kilbane said Friday that based on Wallace’s order, the commission will continue to conduct its business as directed by the governor and that several applications already have been submitted.
Project seeking tax incentives to invest $11 million. By Karen Brune Mathis Editor Legislation for Project Blaze, the code-named eco-friendly Midwest-based hair-care product maker, will be introduced to City Council on Tuesday. According to a city legislative fact sheet, the unidentified company, in business since in the mid-1980s, wants to invest $11 million to buy and equip a 170,000-square-foot building off Beach Boulevard in Southside to make and distribute its products. City Office of Economic Development Executive Director Kirk Wendland told the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee the location is in the EastPark business center. Blaze currently makes its products in the Midwest and is looking for an expansion loca-
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tion in the Southeast. Blaze proposes to create 150 jobs over five years at an average annual wage of $50,000. It seeks a $450,000 Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund from the city and state based on $3,000 per job. The city would pay 20 percent, or $600, per job for a total up to $90,000. The state would pay 80 percent, or $2,400 per job, for a total of up to $360,000. The economic development agreement states that 75 jobs would be created by the end of 2018, followed by 25 jobs each by yearend 2019 and 2020 and 15 in 2021. The final 10 jobs would be created by year-end 2022. The QTI refund would be paid after the jobs are created and the average wage is verified by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The proposed four-year payout would start in 2019. Blaze receives a manufacBlaze
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