MONDAY June 17, 2019
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THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING
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Once the centerpiece of “beauty shots” for the city, marketing experts say the loss of the landmark will create new opportunities.
Old postcards show off The Jacksonville Landing. The shopping center, built in 1987, could soon be torn down.
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
City Facilities adding 90 office jobs
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BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
While the demolition of The Jacksonville Landing will alter the Downtown skyline, the loss of it may not change the way the city is marketed to outsiders. Instead, it can create opportunities to focus on other parts of the city. Michelle Guglielmo Gilliam, president of Jacksonville-based Point Taken Communications, said it’s been at least a decade since the Landing was a key point of Downtown that was used to market the area. “It was a great concept and it’s worked in other cities, but Gilliam for whatever reason it didn’t work in Jacksonville,” she said. It wasn’t unusual for the “beauty shots” of Downtown Jacksonville for marketing or broadcast purposes to feature the riverfront horseshoe-shaped retail center with its distinctive orange roof. The Landing was built in 1987 as a festival marketplace with stores, restaurants and entertainment venues. It lost tenants and luster over the decades and on May 1, the city took over the structure and plans to demolish it. “I think it’s time we look toward something that’s going to make our city more desirable for young people and businesses to move here and people who want to visit,” Gilliam said. Katherine Hardwick is vice president
LANDING DEMOLITION BIDS ARE IN Seven contractors submitted bids to demolish The Jacksonville Landing with estimated costs ranging from $2.77 million to $978,200. The sealed bids were opened and read aloud Friday at 214 N. Hogan Street in the Ed Ball Building after a 2 p.m. deadline for contractors to submit their proposals. Here are the bids from highest to lowest: n J.B. Coxwell Contracting Inc. of Jacksonville — $2.776 million n National Salvage and Service Corp. of Bloomington, Indiana — $1.984 million n Environmental Holdings Group LLC of Tampa — $1.57 million n Cross Construction Services Inc. of Lutz — $1.248 million
n Howard Jimmie LLC of Clearwater — $1.17 million n D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. of Plant City — $1.074 million n Piece of Mind Environmental Inc. of Orlando — $978,200
By Mike Mendenhall
SEE LANDING, PAGE 2
City Facilities Management, a Scotland-based company that established its U.S. headquarters in Jacksonville in 2016, is adding at least 90 office positions in Southside and 220 field jobs in the Northeast U.S. The company opened in Jacksonville to provide refrigeration and other facilities maintenance for Southeastern Grocers stores in the Southeast. A year ago, it announced it would be servicing 427 Walmart stores in the South. Effective Sept. 3, it will add 470 Northeastern Walmart locations, sparking the hiring plans. The company provides maintenance services for refrigeration, heating and cooling systems, electrical, plumbing, food equipment, lighting, shopping carts, roof repairs and landscaping. City Facilities now has about 240 employees in Jacksonville and 530 in the field. In September, it expects to employ more than 1,100. The company operates in Cypress Point Business Park. The jobs are posted at work4city.com. In addition to technician jobs, positions are available at the help desk and call center and in accounting, compliance, purchasing, vendor contracts, training, payroll, IT and finance.
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Derby House Diner opens today Derby House Diner, the former Derby on Park restaurant at 1068 Park St. in Five Points, will open today. Michael Schmidt, who co-owns the restaurant with Chad Munsey, said in an email that Derby House will be open for dinner the first week, then lunch and dinner the second week. Brunch will be added later. Munsey and Schmidt also own The Bearded Pig restaurant in San Marco and the Rec Room bar and arcade, also in Five Points. Schmidt said previously that Derby House Diner will offer affordable diner food with “healthy, thoughtful options.”
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