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Thousands of homes proposed for St. Johns
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Master-planned Parrish Farms would be on both sides of Interstate 95 south of Florida 207.
Record & Observer BY MIKE MENDENHALL • STAFF WRITER
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry promised on election night March 19 that people “would not recognize Downtown” by the end of his second term. Here’s a look at where some of his priority projects for the next four years stand now:
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Southern St. Johns County is the next development frontier and an area company proposes to pioneer it with Parrish Farms. Heritage Development Co. of NE Florida LLC proposes a 2,782acre mixed-use development on both sides of Interstate 95, south of Florida 207. “Parrish Farms is the perfect opportunity to be at the forefront of development in southern St. Johns County,” said developer C h r i s to p h e r Shee, who also Shee owns MasterCraft Builder Group LLC, which is a single-family homebuilder. “It’s my neighborhood, I live here in southern St. Johns, so I wanted to do this correctly. I want it to be a positive impact,” he said. Heritage Development is based in St. Johns County. MasterCraft builds in several St. Johns communities, including Madeira, Shearwater, TrailMark and Villages of Valencia. Heritage Development has the proposed development site under contract to purchase. Shee proposes Parrish Farm as a master-planned development to comprise: n Up to 1,700 single-family lots and 2,000 multifamily units n 4 million square feet of nonresidential uses consisting of 3 million square feet of commer-
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Record & Observer PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE The Jacksonville Landing: Planned for demolition before the end of the year. Old Courthouse and City Hall: The East Bay Street property is in the final stages of cleanup after demolition. Lot J: City, Jaguars are close to a deal to develop the site next to TIAA Bank Field. Hotels: Seven are planned totalling more than 800 rooms. Duval County jail: The mayor wants it out of Downtown. New JEA HQ: Curry expects project to move ahead. Berkman Plaza II: Property in limbo since 2007 has new ownership. Old Greyhound bus station: Property was turned into a parking lot, could get a building. River City Brewing Co.: Investors are showing interest in the Southbank site.
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Mathis Report: Fairfield Inn & Suites in review for Wildlight PAGE 4 Basch Report: City could have five Fortune 500 companies PAGE 8 Pavilions and parks: Millennials driving housing market PAGE 10
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Z Gallerie closing at Town Center Home decor retailer Z Gallerie is closing its store at St. Johns Town Center on July 31. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy projection in March and was acquired in May by DirectBuy
Home Improvement, a subsidiary of Merrillville, Indiana-based e-commerce business CSC Generation, according to the Dallas Morning News. Z Gallerie opened its store at 4663 River City Drive in May 2018.
Projects Quail, Pelican promise 320 jobs based financial services company, proposes to create at least 300 fulltime jobs paying an average $54,941 at a Southeast operations center in Jacksonville. It seeks $1.5 million from the city and state under the Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund program. Project Pelican, an international IT software company, proposes to create at least 20 full-time jobs that pay an average $58,978. It seeks a QTI refund of up to $100,000 from the city and state.
DEVELOPMENT Mixed-use center planned for Ponte Vedra Jacksonville-based Sleiman Enterprises proposes a retail, office and hotel development called the Villages of Ponte Vedra south of the Duval County line. The St. Johns County Growth Management Department is reviewing an application for the Villages of Ponte Vedra on 4.3 acres west of Florida A1A, between Marsh Landing Parkway and Professional Drive.
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Sleiman Enterprises, which owns more than 90 properties throughout the Southeast totaling more than 5 million square feet of space, seeks rezoning to allow for up to 51,600 square feet of commercial, office and hotel space. The hotel would be up to 120 rooms. The site is south of the Target-anchored South Beach Parkway Plaza in Jacksonville Beach.
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City seeking bids to repair Jacksonville Beach Pier
About half of the structure was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. An estimated $8 million repair of the Jacksonville Beach Pier damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 will begin by November, according to the mayor’s office. The work could take 18 months, pushing the opening to May 2021, almost five years after the damage that closed nearly half of the pier. There was additional damage in 2017 from Hurricane Irma. Nikki Kimbleton, director of public affairs for Mayor Lenny Curry, said the partial rebuild of the pier will be paid for by a combination of insurance payments, Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement and money from the city. An estimate of how much would come from the city was not available. The city published a request for proposals June 19 seeking contractors to rebuild several
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The Jacksonville Beach Pier at 503 N. First St. in Jacksonville Beach. The city is seeking proposals to rebuild the structure to “nearly the same length” it was before it was damaged by Hurricane Matthew.
sections of the fishing and pedestrian amenity, considered a draw for residents and tourists. The pier is at 503 N. First St. in Jacksonville Beach. Kimbleton said section 25 through the end of the pier at section 34 were demolished during the October 2016 storm. The RFP calls for contractors to remove sections 12 to 25 from the structure and rebuild it to 34 sections, or “nearly the same length as before,” Kimbleton said. The rebuilt sections will slope gradually upward toward the end by an additional 8 feet to better withstand storm surge. The 15-year-old pier closed when the storm damaged about 20% of it while roughly half remains open. The pier is owned
by the city of Jacksonville. The structure replaced the original pier that was leveled in September 1999 by Hurricane Floyd. At that time, the city, Jacksonville Beach and the Duval County Tourist Development Council built the $4.2 million replacement. The pier’s three-year closure has impacted Jacksonville Beach area residents and business owners. Rick Hale has owned Rick’s Bait and Tackle at Jacksonville Beach for more than 30 years and belonged to the Florida Pier Anglers Association. Beach access in the days and weeks after Matthew was difficult because of beach erosion and 10- to 15-foot embankment drop-offs.
Hale said the pier’s partial closure discouraged people from fishing at Jacksonville Beach. “It’s a rough time for a lot of the bait and tackle stores. The pier is used by lower-income people to fish who can’t afford a boat and the elderly who can’t get on to a boat,” Hale said. “The pier situation has been a mystery to me. I’ve never seen anything like it. Why it took so long, I don’t know,” he said. District 13 Jacksonville City Council representative Rory Diamond said FEMA’s slow financial award process and mandated environmental studies and the permitting procedures of the Florida Department of Environmen-
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tal Protection resulted in the project’s delay. When pier construction is complete, Diamond said engineers have assured him that the sloped design will allow it to withstand weather-related events no matter the storm surge and it “will be around for 100 years.” Hale, who was a Jacksonville Beach City Council member in the 1980s, said when the pier was built in 2003, the structure was not made to account for storm surge. Noise and visitor safety during the reconstruction also are a concern, although Diamond said most of the work will take place on barges offshore. The pier will see periodic shutdowns during construction. When the pier reopens, Diamond said he’ll look to Jacksonville Beach to find ways make use of the attraction. The environmental permits do not allow restaurants or other entertainment programming on the pier, he said. “The city of Jacksonville Beach will take over management of the pier when construction is compete. I’m looking for them to come up with a creative way to maximize the potential of the pier,” Diamond said. Sealed bids for construction are due by 2 p.m. July 24, when the city will release the bids details.
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Marriott-branded hotel in review for Wildlight
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Construction of the Nassau County property is expected to begin late this year and be completed in 2020. Wildlight’s first hotel — which appears to be Fairfield Inn & Suites — is in review. Wildlight landowner Raydient Places + Properties announced in February that Tampa-based Impact Properties will develop a Marriott-branded hotel in Wildlight, which is a town under construction at northeast Interstate 95 and Florida A1A in Nassau County. Impact Properties, with offices in Jacksonville, filed plans with the St. Johns River Water Management District for a 106-room Fairfield Inn & Suites, which is a Marriott brand, on 1.76 acres at Homegrown Way, off Wildlight Avenue. The four-story hotel comprises almost 64,000 square feet of space. Impact Properties, through JKM Impact Wildlight LLC, is the developer. AVA Engineers Inc. is the civil engineer. Wildlight LLC sold the property to Impact Properties for $960,000 in December. The project will be the first hotel to
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Wildlight developer Raydient Places + Properties released this rendering in February for a proposed Marriott-branded hotel in the Nassau County town. Plans were filed for a Fairfield Inn & Suites.
open in Wildlight. Construction will start by late 2019 for completion in 2020. Raydient Places announced in February that the hotel will provide services for business and vacation travelers that include a 24-hour market, business center, fitness center and outdoor spaces such as a fire pit and pool area. Impact Properties will develop, own and manage the hotel. According to impact-properties.com, Impact Properties owns and manages the Residence Inn by Marriott and the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton in Bartram Park. Its website says it is developing the Courtyard by Marriott at Butler and Kernan boulevards and the AC Hotel by Marriott proposed at The District on
the Southbank. The February release said Impact Properties has been a leading operator of major national franchise brands in the hotel, restaurant and retail industries for 30 years and owns 57 locations across the Southeast with another 16 locations under development. The website shows a proposed Spring Hill Suites by Marriott in Wildlight, although the current plans specify a Fairfield Inn & Suites.
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Tru by Hilton plans in review for Mandarin The city and the St. Johns River Water Management District are reviewing plans for the proposed 106-room, four-story Tru by Hilton hotel at 2960 Hartley Road. The 49,072-square-foot project is planned on 2.08 acres. Stellar Futures LLC is the applicant and landowner. Matthews Design Group is the engineer.
Blue Bamboo restaurant in Mandarin moves ahead Blue Bamboo chef and owner Dennis Chan and EnVision Design + Engineering filed civil engineering site plans with the city for the restaurant Chan proposes at 10110 San Jose Blvd. Chan plans to convert an attorneys’ office building into an Asian eatery. Plans show the existing 4,342-squarefoot building will be expanded to 7,584
square feet on the 1.05-acre site. Chan said an architect, kitchen designer, and contractor walked the inside of the building “to see what structurally we have to work with,” he said. “Believe it or not, it’s the first time I’ve seen the inside of the building,” he said. Chan said he loves the neighborhood “and that was enough for us to consider a new restaurant there.” He opened Blue Bamboo, a “Hip Asian Kitchen,” 14 years ago at 3820 Southside Chan Blvd. “We still love Blue Bamboo for the name of our new location,” he said. He hasn’t decided on the number of seats and he said renderings aren’t available. He is meeting with the kitchen designer and architect and hopes to start construction about Oct. 1. Chan received a zoning exception and waiver to sell alcohol at the site. Through Blue Bamboo Land LLC, he has a contract to buy the property. Patricia Owings, a senior brokerassociate with Strategic Sites Clifford Commercial, said she spent a year working with Chan on a location. “I saw this site, Dennis said ‘let’s get creative.’ And here we are,” she said. “I can’t wait for the public to see the final transformation.” KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
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RETAIL NOTES Wawa to Bartram Market: The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing plans for a Wawa gas station and convenience store on 2.03 acres at Bartram Market. Bartram Market LLC of Ponte Vedra Beach is the developer. The 5,636-square-foot convenience store will have eight fueling stations at Race Track Road and Bartram Market Drive. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer.
center are proposed at northwest New Berlin and Dunn Creek roads in North Jacksonville. Property owner AL Century LLC seeks to rezone the property to a planned unit development. A 2,800-square-foot convenience store with eight gas pumps (four each on the east and west sides of the building) along with a 9,600-square-foot center of seven units are proposed. Riley Planning Services LLC is the planner.
Tire store on Merrill Road: Barron’s Wholesale Tire, through BWT Property Management Inc., bought 1.23 acres in the Buck Business Park in Arlington for $625,000. Previous owner AM PM Property LLC requests to rezone the site at northeast Merrill Road and Wompi Drive from commercial community/general-1 to planned unit development for a tire store. L. Charles Mann is the agent.
ACE Arena to Mandarin Emporium: Awkward Croc Entertainment Inc. applied to the city for a certificate of use for ACE Arena, a sports, education and events center at the Mandarin Emporium at 10503 San Jose Blvd., No. 18. It is a 22,500-square-foot project.
Retail on New Berlin Road: A convenience store and gas station along with a commercial-office shopping
Circle K car wash to Girvin: The city is reviewing a permit application for a Circle K car wash at 12743 Atlantic Blvd., where Circle K is removing a gas station and convenience store and developing a new one. The car wash project is shown at $400,000.
Taco Bell in Mandarin: Taco Bell will remodel its Mandarin restaurant at 11646 San Jose Blvd. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $275,000 project to renovate the dining room and restrooms and to make exterior repairs. Edley’s Bar-B-Que in Ortega: The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing the proposed 150-seat Edley’s Bar-B-Que project at 5344 Ortega Blvd. A First Coast Energy gas station on the 0.54-acre site has been removed for development of the 5,800-square-foot Edley’s, which is planned along Roosevelt Boulevard. The owner and developer is Voto LLC, led by Virginia and Todd Ogletree. Almond Engineering is the civil engineer.
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WHAT THE CITY IS DOING DOWNTOWN BY MIKE MENDENHALL • STAFF WRITER
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acksonville Mayor Lenny Curry began his second term July 1 at the same time former City Council member Lori Boyer stepped into her role as CEO of the Downtown Investment Authority. Developing and marketing Downtown is high on Curry’s list of priorities. “As I said the night of the election, you wouldn’t recognize Downtown in four years,” Curry said. “The previous four years, things have been happening and I think it’s important to remind people as to where we are.” Curry and Boyer provided details about Downtown projects that are city-owned or will use city-backed incentives. OLD COURTHOUSE/CITY HALL: HEADED TO MARKET
With the demolition of the former Duval County Courthouse and City Hall complete, city and DIA officials are preparing to move forward with developing 8.3 acres at 220 and 330 E. Bay Street. Boyer said the DIA board wants to put the site on the market by October, publishing a request for proposals to developers that will include a cityowned parcel east of the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. The DIA wants the ground floor of any development on Bay Street to include restaurants, retail or entertainment uses that produce pedestrian traffic. Boyer said the site could help reach the JAX Chamber’s goal of 10,000 residents Downtown , a density she says will spur development in the core. “We are hopeful that at least part of that site can support high-rise (development),” Boyer said. “And if the area behind the Hyatt can support a high-rise and we can get that increased density, then we get to that 10,000 or 12,000 residents Downtown just that much more quickly.” CBRE Jacksonville, a commercial real estate services company, is conducting a highest and best use analysis of the properties and the city is gathering information on existing easements and utility services. Boyer said DIA board members should have the analysis and information by September.
THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING: SEEKING PROPOSALS
Curry said the city will solicit bids to develop The Jacksonville Landing site after its demolition near the end of the year. In the meantime, the DIA will determine what type of development works at the site. Boyer said the 2015 Landing plan coordinated by the DIA board and drafted by Wakefield Beasley & Associates and Urban Design Associates of Atlanta could be used to guide its planning. “This is totally hypothetical. We take that 2015 plan, and whether it is with the assistance of a broker or whether it is just at the board level, we are going to look at what do we believe are the critical parameters of development that we would put in an RFP,” Boyer said. “Some of these things are fixed and some we are going to let the market respond to.” Boyer said there could be a highest and best use study from an outside real estate firm, similar to what the board commissioned with the former courthouse and city hall properties. Curry continues to push for public green space to be part of the design as well as commercial or residential elements “that the market can bear.” When asked Monday if he would support incorporating elements from the 2015 plan, Curry didn’t dismiss the idea. “I would encourage the DIA to look at any available information that could be helpful in soliciting bids,” he said. “But it has to
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The former City Hall property along East Bay Street is covered by a lawn. The city wants to put the site, along with the former Duval County Courthouse, on the market by October,
be something that represents the jewel that the piece of property is and where it sits — the front door of our city.” LOT J: AGREEMENT EXPECTED THIS SUMMER
Curry said the city is “verbally close to an agreement” on an incentives deal for the proposed $500 million Lot J development at TIAA Bank Field. The mayor said he expects a “comprehensive” incentives agreement with Jaguars owner Shad Khan and his Iguana Investments Florida LLC will be presented to City Council by the end of the summer. “Clearly the big capital investment that can happen most quickly is Lot J. I’m ready to go on that,” Curry said. “And that will drive what happens in the Shipyards across the street.”
JEA TOWER: LIKELY STICKING WITH DOWNTOWN
JEA’s senior administration said layoffs and customer rate increases could be coming within 10 years if sales and revenue continue to decline, raising questions about the utility’s contract with Ryan Companies US Inc. for a $72 million headquarters Downtown. Curry anticipates the deal with Ryan will move forward. City Council approved the $2.6 million sale of 1.52 acres along West Adams Street to Ryan on June 25 with a provision that the city could buy it back if JEA abandons the deal and moves to south Jacksonville, as the utility indicated it might. The mayor acknowledged that JEA has an exit strategy built into its lease agreement with Ryan, but he expects the public utility to keep its plan to stay Downtown. “They’re facing some strategic hurdles that they’re talking about,” Curry said. “I expect that they’re going to figure this out and they will likely move forward with their deal with Ryan.”
DOWNTOWN HOTELS: SEVEN PLANNED
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Hyatt Place on Hogan Street is one of seven hotels in the works Downtown.
Draft marketing materials released by Boyer on Tuesday show seven hotels in planning or development Downtown. The document shows developers will add 815 hotel rooms over the next several years to the 2,361 available. An estimated 200 hotel rooms, previously announced for Khan’s Lot J development, are not included in the material.
Those listed are: n AC Hotel By Marriott: Downtown Southbank, The District — 147 rooms n Courtyard By Marriott: Laura Street Trio — 131 rooms n Hyatt Place: Hogan Street and Independent Drive — 128 rooms n La Quinta: Ambassador Hotel — 127 rooms n Residence Inn by Marriott: Brooklyn — 135 rooms n Unnamed hotel: Lot J — rooms to be determined n Unnamed hotel: The Shipyards — 147 rooms A draft version of the 201819 State of Downtown Report shows hotel occupancy rates are at 72%, up 13.8% since 2011. RIVER CITY BREWING CO.: “REAL” INVESTOR INTEREST
There is investor interest in the city-owned River City Brewing Co. property on the Downtown Southbank, according to Curry, but he declined to identify who is looking at the site, now the location of a restaurant. “I can tell you there’s money — there’s capital interest in it and it’s real,” Curry said. Boyer said when she was working on legislation in May to update the Downtown zoning overlay and design standards, architects from a firm she declined to identify asked her how the changes would affect development of the site.
BERKMAN PLAZA II: WORKING ON ‘VIABLE OPTION’
Jaguars owner Shad Khan has not discussed purchasing the Berkman Plaza II with the mayor’s office, Curry said. The Berkman Plaza II borders the Shipyards property, of which Khan is the master developer. “I haven’t talked to Shad (Khan) about that property as it relates to him purchasing it. All our discussions are Lot J, then Shipyards and up toward Berkman,” he said. Property owner 500 East Bay LLC failed to pay $58,600 in 2018 property taxes on time, according to records from the Duval County Tax Collector. Work on the unfinished highrise, called an “eyesore” by Curry, stopped in 2007 after a construction accident. 500 East Bay bought the property in July 2018 for $4.75 million from Choate Construction Co. Curry said his team is working with 500 East Bay and developer Barrington Group on a viable option for the Berkman II. Bar-
rington dropped plans in April for a 340-room hotel and resort, amusement park and parking garage at the riverfront site. “Before ownership changed hands, I was very patient but was in a position where my posture was about to become very aggressive,” Curry said. “There’s new ownership there now, and I want to give them the opportunity to perform, for now. But it’s not an option to let it sit there and rot for four years.” DUVAL COUNTY JAIL: A PRIORITY TO MOVE IT
Within the next four years, Curry wants to have a plan to move the Duval County jail out of Downtown. He said the move remains a priority even though a draft five-year capital improvement plan for Jacksonville through 2024 released this week does not include money for a new jail. “The jail is a priority of mine in the next four years and it’s going to remain a priority,” Curry said. “Just because it’s not in the CIP doesn’t mean it’s not a visionary thing that I’m committed to.” Curry said a jail move will not be included in the city budget until “there is a real plan.” The mayor said he is working with Sheriff Mike Williams and a site for a future jail has not been located.
GREYHOUND PARKING LOT: A PROSPECTIVE BUILDING
An unpermitted surface parking lot appeared in May at the former Downtown Greyhound terminal site on 1.46 acres at 10 N. Pearl St. But more could be happening with the property. Curry confirmed property owner AK Pearl LLC, led by investor Ramon Llorens, and an unidentified developer from South Florida are in conversations with the DIA about building on the site. The mayor said he could not add more details. Nikki Kimbleton, the city’s director of public affairs, said the parking lot owner has been fined for the unauthorized paving and is in negotiations with city code enforcement officials about what’s next for that use. “Right now we’re in the process of communicating with them,” Kimbleton said. “You can’t take it back. The damage is done.”
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THE BASCH REPORT
City could have 5 Fortune 500 companies If they were public According to Florida Trend, these privately held Jacksonville companies would be among the nation’s largest if they were public and ranked by Fortune: Fortune 500
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Southeastern Grocers
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Accordng to Florida Trend, Winn-Dixie parent Southeastern Grocers, Florida Blue would be on the list if they weren’t private. Cities like to brag about their Fortune 500 headquarters. The more you have, the more dynamic your city’s business climate, or at least that’s the image you want to project. Jacksonville lays claim to three: CSX Corp., Fidelity National Information Services Inc. and Fidelity National Financial Inc. But if the city’s private companies filed public financial reports, Jacksonville might be able to brag about five Fortune 500 companies. Everybody knows Southeastern Grocers, parent of Winn-Dixie and three other supermarket chains, produces enough sales to qualify for the Fortune 500. But one other Jacksonville-based company is not so obvious: Florida Blue. According to Florida Trend’s annual list of the state’s largest private companies in the magazine’s July issue, Florida Blue’s $9.3 billion revenue last year was up 4.7%. Southeastern Grocers’ revenue was $8.5 billion, unchanged from 2017, according to Florida Trend. If those figures are correct, Florida Blue and Southeastern Grocers were bigger than the two Fidelity companies last year. A representative for Southeastern Grocers said the company does not comment on its sales figures. Florida Blue did not respond to email and phone messages seeking confirmation of its revenue. Florida Blue is part of Jacksonville-based GuideWell, a not-for-profit mutual holding company. Fortune’s annual list of the largest U.S. companies included two other Jackson-
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ville-based companies in the Fortune 1000, Landstar System Inc. and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. According to Florida Trend’s ranking of private companies, three other Jacksonville-based businesses would make the Fortune 1000: Crowley Maritime Corp. and Acosta, each with $2.3 billion in revenue, and Fanatics, with $2.1 billion. The 1000th largest company on Fortune’s list had just under $2 billion in revenue last year.
FIS-Worldpay gets European approval Fidelity National Information Services, or FIS, got approval Monday from the European Commission for its $34 billion acquisition of Worldpay Inc., according to Reuters News Service. The deal announced in March received antitrust clearance from the U.S. Justice Department in April. The companies hope to complete the merger in the third quarter. FIS, which provides banking technology, and Cincinnati-based Worldpay, which provides payment processing, both serve clients in more than 100 countries, so the deal needed clearance from European authorities.
Analyst lowers Rayonier AM estimates
Rayonier AM was the worstperforming stock among Jacksonville-based companies in the first half of this year, dropping 39% after reporting an unexpected first-quarter loss. Despite the loss, D.A. Davidson analyst Steven Chercover
maintains a “buy” rating on the stock and expects a rebound from its recent record low price below $6. However, he lowered his price target for the rebound from $18 to $12 Monday as part of an overall decrease in earnings estimates for the paper and forest products industry. “In addition to the decline in our estimates, our lowered target contemplates additional risk from the company’s elevated debt load on challenged 2019 adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), the potential for hardwood fiber prices to remain elevated, rapid deterioration in global pulp prices, and lower commodity lumber realizations,” Chercover said in his report. While Chercover lowered his estimates and price targets for six stocks, he still rates each of them as a “buy.” “We recognize that cutting estimates and price targets while maintaining a generally positive stance on the equities raises eyebrows, but the stocks have been in ‘bear territory’ for nearly a year now, and our revised targets simply reflect the new earnings reality,” he said.
Analyst upgrades Landstar stock Landstar’s stock registered a net gain in the first half of this year, but the stock did drop about a month ago when the trucking company lowered its earnings forecast for the second quarter. The recent decline prompted Raymond James analyst Patrick Tyler Brown to upgrade the stock last week.
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Stein Mart gets Nasdaq letter As expected, Stein Mart Inc. said Monday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing it received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating it could be delisted if its stock price doesn’t increase. Stein Mart received the letter because its stock price has closed below $1 for 30 consecutive business days. The company has 180 days to regain compliance with Nasdaq requirements for minimum stock price. If the stock closes at $1 or above for 10 consecutive days, it will be back in compliance. Even if the price doesn’t improve by the time the 180day period is up Jan. 6, Stein Mart could get a 180-day extension. The possibility of delisting was brought up at Stein Mart’s annual shareholders meeting two weeks ago. Company officials said they expect several sales initiatives will improve financial results in the second half of this year, and that should lift the stock price back into compliance. Monday’s SEC filing said “no determination regarding the Company’s response has been made at this time.”
Analyst touts Marker Therapeutics Although Marker Therapeutics Inc. remains several years away from having its cancer
therapies available in the market, the company continues to attract analyst attention. “We believe Marker’s take on adoptive T cell therapy deserves a spot on investors’ radar,” Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Matthew Biegler said in a report last week as he initiated coverage of the company with an “outperform” rating. “We believe Marker’s novel MultiTAA cell therapy technology could represent a commercially viable option for treating various hematological malignancies and solid tumors,” he said. MultiTAA stands for a multi tumor-associated antigen approach the company is developing to treat a form of leukemia. Biegler said Marker could have the therapy ready for a commercial launch in 2023. Biegler set a $15 price target for the stock in 12 to 18 months, which would be about double its $7.87 trading price at the time of his report last week. Marker, formerly known as TapImmune, moved its headquarters from Jacksonville to Houston in early 2019.
International Speedway earnings down
Before the Coke Zero Sugar 400 race last weekend at the Daytona International Speedway, the racetrack’s parent company reported slightly lower earnings for the second quarter. Daytona Beach-based International Speedway Corp. said revenue for the quarter ended May 31 fell 2.1% to $168.1 million, and adjusted earnings fell by a penny to 36 cents a share. The company, which operates 13 car racing venues, agreed in May to a $2 billion buyout by NASCAR Holdings Inc., the governing body for stock car racing. Both privately owned NASCAR and publicly traded International Speedway are controlled by the family of NASCAR founder Bill France. The merger calls for NASCAR to buy the remaining International Speedway shares not owned by the France Family. The companies hope to complete the merger by the end of this year.
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BY SCOTT SAILER • STAFF WRITER
Here are the top 10 commercial real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Baker, Clay, Duval and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded July 1-5.
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The Wendy’s at 7663 Merrill Road sold for $2.31 million, 364% more than its $500,000 previous sale in 2018.
$2,314,815
$1,305,000
$1,142,055
$1,128,000
$930,000
7663 Merrill Road, Jacksonville, Duval County
Southside Boulevard, Duval County
1409 Kingsley Ave., Suites 6A and 6B, Orange Park, Clay County
421 Kingsley Ave., No. 400, Orange Park, Clay County
421 Kingsley Ave., No. 300, Orange Park, Clay County
Type: Office condominium Size: 0.68 acres Buyer: Coastal Regions Portfolio I LLC Seller: Formwell Properties LLC Previous sale: $790,000 in 2010
Type: Office condominium Size: 0.52 acres Buyer: Coastal Regions Portfolio I LLC Seller: Coastal Regions Kingsley 300 LLC Previous sale: $550,000 in 2019
Type: Wendy’s Size: 0.65 acres Buyer: 7663 Merrill Road Jacksonville FL LLC Seller: WEN South LLC Previous sale: $500,000 in 2018
Type: Undeveloped commercial Size: 1 acre Buyer: Dow Properties LLC Seller: Fifth Third Bank
Type: Office condominium Size: 0.43 acres Buyer: Coastal Regions Portfolio I LLC Seller: ADA Enterprises LLC Previous sale: 6A: $350,000 in 2004 and 6B: $300,000 in 2008
$725,000
$696,000
$685,000
$660,000
$500,000
Glenneyre Circle, St. Augustine, St.Johns County
eTown Parkway, Jacksonville, Duval County
421 Kingsley Ave., No. 100, Orange Park, Clay County
1351 13th Ave. S., No. 120, Jacksonville Beach, Duval County
790 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, St. Johns County
Type: Five single-family lots in Shearwater Size: Not available Buyer: Drees Homes of Florida Inc. Seller: WFC Ashford Mills Owner VII LLC
Type: Seven singlefamily lots in the Marconi community of eTown Size: Not available Buyer: Weekley Homes LLC Seller: DRP CND-ICI LLC
Type: Office condominium Size: 0.40 acres Buyer: Coastal Regions Portfolio I LLC Seller: Coastal Ventures Properties LLC Previous sale: $375,000 in 2014
Type: Office condominium Size: Not available Buyer: Advanced Multispecialty Care LLC Seller: Becten LLC Previous sale: $524,700 in 2015
Type: Commercial Size: Not available Buyer: North Ponce Properties LLC Seller: Ameris Bank
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THE SAILER REPORT
Millennials driving changes in housing market Millennials in lead Millennials are the leading demographic in new and resale home sales, according to this chart from Neustar and Metrostudy,
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Amenities are changes because of the demands of millennials. Home sizes and prices are shrinking. Amenities are changing. The reason: millennials. “We are seeing the size of new homes trend down,” said David Cobb, regional director with Metrostudy. Metrostudy, a Hanley Wood company, provides research, expertise and analysis to support strategic business decisions at the local, regional and national market level of the residential construction real estate and housing market. Cobb presented national and local data about resiCobb dential real estate June 26 to the Northeast Florida Builders Association. To emphasize his research, he said that in 2030, most of the homebuyers will be millennials and younger. The millennial generation was born between 1981 and 1996, according to the Pew Research Center. The cohort also is know at Generation Y. Millennials, now 23-38 years old, will be 34-49 by 2030, in the prime group for family formation and job achievement. The largest age group in 2030 will be 39 years old. The youngest baby boomer will be 66 years old. “That’s your buyer, that is why homes are getting cheaper and smaller,” he said of millennials. That’s because home size and price are co-dependent. Bigger homes can cost more money, and younger buyers aren’t looking for that. Cobb said the average home
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size is 2,600 square feet, almost double the 1973 average of 1,500 square feet. He expects that size will shrink. Younger buyers are looking for a different type of home. The millennials buying homes now seek smaller homes but with more features, he said. Energy efficiency, smart technology, laundry rooms and patios are amenities that attract millennials. Cobb said in places like Salt Lake City, where millennials account for 70% of home sales, community features show a trend. Younger buyers there do not want “that big 25,000-squarefoot clubhouse you see in the big master-planned things,” he said. Millennials want pocket parks to play games and amphitheaters for plays, events and concerts. “They are setting aside 3 to 5 acres and the way it works is they hire a farmer to come in and farm it and then they sell the produce at the farmers market in the community,” Cobb said. The new “clubhouse” is a covered picnic pavilion for cookouts and parties, along with food truck events. He said communities are designed so “you are never more than five minutes walking distance away from one of these
amenities in the neighborhood.” Metrostudy finds the most important home design features are interior style, curb appeal and more function versus size. In Jacksonville, millennials account for 52% of new home sales, and builders are reacting. Leading homebuilders see the demand for smaller homes. D.R. Horton is offering “Express Homes,” an entrylevel home that is affordable and caters to a lifestyle. Lennar with its “New Home” is following the trend with simple home designs with more upgrades that are reproduced easily. New homebuyers in North Florida rank “location and home design, followed by price” as the top criteria for homebuyers. It’s “not about size,” Cobb said. It’s also not about being community-managed. The common theme that benefits the developer and homeowner is that “it’s cheap, it’s inexpensive.” For example, a simple amphitheater costs less to build and maintain than does a clubhouse, and parks are cheaper than a golf course. It all leads to a reduction in homeowner association fees, he said. Yet millennials aren’t the only generation seeking new housing. So are their parents. Baby boomers age 53 to 72 are downsizing from larger homes. SSAILER@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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Amenities for a new generation What kind of amenities do millennials want? Here’s what Metrostudy found: Covered pavilions: Space for picnics, cookouts, parties, wine tastings and food trucks. Pocket parks: Space to play games, like a cornhole tournament. Amphitheaters: For concerts, plays and seasonal events. The “agri-hood” and farmers market: A space to grow produce and sell it. Don’t want to get your hands dirty? Hire a farmer to do it for you.
Style trumps space in home design What kind of home features do millennials want? Here’s what Metrostudy found: Interior style
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BY SCOTT SAILER • STAFF WRITER
Here are the top 10 single-family residential real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Baker, Clay, Duval and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded July 1-5.
$1,215,000
7230 Oakmont Court, Ponte Vedra Beach St. Johns County
40 N. Roscoe Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County
Type: Single-family Lot size: 1.02 acres House size: 8,848 square feet Buyer: Matthew F. and Chairiah E. Myntti Seller: Yonghuan Li Previous sale: $1,530,000 in 2013
Type: Single-family Lot size: 1.67 acres House size: 3,285 square feet Buyer: Alexis B. and John W. Schuchart Seller: Ossi Contracting LLC
$1,325,000
1320 Ocean Front, Neptune Beach, Duval County
2969 S. Ponte Vedra Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County
$3,405,000 3110 St. Johns Ave., Duval County Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.83 acres House size: 6,147 square feet Buyer: Charles A. Bentley Revocable Trust Seller: Kevin M. Clair and Tracye A. Polson Previous sale: $1,350,000 in 2014
About the property: Three-story, fivebedroom, 6½-bath home along the St. Johns River in Avondale. Built in 1920 and renovated in 1995, the home features oak floors, a detached garage, a guest house, dock and pool.
Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.34 acres House size: 2,614 square feet Buyer: Robert J. and Natalie S. Beckert Seller: John and Sharon Allen Previous sale: $700,000 in 2010
$1,250,000 $2,990,000
$1,960,000
$1,700,000
12394 Royal Troon Lane, Jacksonville, Duval County
309 Pablo Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County
1535 Selva Marina Drive, Atlantic Beach, Duval County
Type: Single-family Lot size: 1.49 acres House size: 8,247 square feet Buyer: Timothy R. Tebow Seller: Benjamin and Roxanne Epstein
Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.51 acres House size: 3,897 square feet Buyer: Melvin G. and Virginia S. Fannin Seller: Nancy and George L. Murphy Previous sale: $539,000 in 2001
Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.46 acres House size: 3,628 square feet Buyer: Christopher B. and Marnie S. Patterson Seller: 1535 Selva Marina Drive LLC
1853 Atlantic Beach Drive, Atlantic Beach, Duval County Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.2 acres House size: 3,282 square feet Buyer: Brooke and William D. Slater Seller: Christopher B. and Marnie S. Patterson Previous sale: $950,900 in 2016
$1,196,500
Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.08 acres House size: 1,828 square feet Buyer: David and Jennifer Stifter Seller: Sequel Land Holdings LLC Previous sale: $900,000 in 2015
$1,100,000 3253 Old Barn Road W., Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.57 acres House size: 4,094 square feet Buyer: The John H. Brown Revocable Trust and The Margaret A. Brown Revocable Trust Seller: Margaret M. and Joseph F. Sceizo and The Margaret M. Sceizo Revocable Trust Previous sale: $400,000 in 2013
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City poised to become ‘proton capital’ of US
KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
The facility at Mayo Clinic will join two others in Jacksonville. When Mayo Clinic’s $233 million integrated cancer treatment facility is complete, Jacksonville will be home to three proton therapy centers, the most of any city in the country. That will make Jacksonville “the proton capital of the U.S.,” says Stuart Klein, the executive director of UF Health’s Proton Therapy Institute. Proton therapy delivers radiation more precisely than traditional methods, minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. It’s ideal for tumors that are difficult to reach, prone to shifting positions, are near sensitive organs or in pediatric cases. There will be more than enough demand for three facilities, say those already offering the treatment in Jacksonville. “The city is growing, the population is aging, the incidence of cancer is increasing,”
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Stuart Klein is the executive director of UF Health’s Proton Therapy Institute in Springfield.
Klein said. “We’re treating a relatively low percentage of patients right now with proton therapy and I think we could be treating a lot more.” The addition of a third facility can be beneficial for cancer patients in Jacksonville, as well as those in South Georgia, Central Florida and the Panhandle, said Scot Ackerman, medical director of the Ackerman Cancer Center in Mandarin, one of the city’s proton therapy providers. “It enhances access to this lifesaving treatment for patients here in our city, and regionally as well,” Ackerman said. “This is just giving patients more access to quality care.”
Klein said proton therapy as a treatment option is relatively uncommon – only 1% to 2% percent of radiation treatment is done with the technology. When UF completed its $91 million proton therapy lab in Springfield in 2006, it was only the fifth one in the country. There are 32 in the country today. But with highly respected institutions – like Mayo, MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering – adding it to their cancer treatment technologies, the percentage of cases treated with proton therapy will increase. “It’s a testament to the technology, to the effect of this treatment and the acceptance
within the medical community,” Klein said. “that this is something that’s worth investing in.” Each of the three facilities in Jacksonville will provide the service in slightly differing ways. Mayo Clinic’s proton therapy facility in San Pablo will be part of a larger integrated oncology facility, which gives the hospital the ability to “offer our patients the full spectrum of cancer treatment options.” In addition to proton therapy, it will include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, CART cell therapy, gamma knife radiosurgery and traditional radiotherapy. Mayo’s proton therapy facility will use pencil beam scanning , the most precise form of proton therapy. UF Health has that capability as well, and touts the facility as having the most diverse proton therapy offerings under one roof. The facility is undergoing a $39 million expansion to add another proton system, and once complete at the end of the year, it will have five proton therapy systems. Three will be PBS-equipped, one machine is used for eye cancers and one is a double scattering system, which is used for large fields or maximum penetration. Ackerman Cancer Center began offered proton therapy in a private practice setting in 2015. Ackerman’s $30 million facility is a single-room proton
therapy center and will expand with a second system with PBS, most likely in 2021. “My practice is such that the patients we have aren’t really ones that would necessarily go to an academic institution,” Ackerman said. “I think that quality care for patients isn’t always in research institutions. They’re about evaluating cases and doing research. We’re about providing quality care for patients in our community,” he said. Although the three are able to differentiate, they expect more collaboration than competition. Klein said UF’s facility works with Mayo Clinic’s ophthalmologic oncologist in treating eye cancers with proton therapy, and has done research with Ackerman. And Ackerman said his facility has jointly treated patients with Mayo Clinic. “We certainly anticipated that Mayo Clinic here in Jacksonville would be adding proton therapy to their offerings of cancer care because Mayo Clinic has been so successful with it at their other two campuses,” Ackerman said. “And we’re happy that they’re going to be able to provide care to patients in this community as well. Because there’s certainly many patients here who don’t have access to this care.” KGARWOOD@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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for the Florida Department of Transportation, said he was unaware of Shee’s intentions, and the FDOT website does not list any interchange projects on I-95 in St. Johns County. Jeff Sheffield, executive director of the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization, said Wednesday he was not familiar with the proposal. Shee said after construction of an interchange, “we could develop the balance of the property. We are looking way into the future with this project,” he said. BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSTATE
Each side of I-95 would include residential communities and supporting nonresidential uses. Commercial development would be concentrated near the interchange. Plans surrounding the interchange allow for a potential medical center and commercial and business uses. The overall plan includes 60 acres for active recreation; 1,058 acres for preserved wetlands; 27 acres adjacent to Otis A. Mason Elementary School for donation for a new school; and 24 acres for a county park. East of the interstate, 1,152 acres are proposed for development. That does not depend on the interchange. West of the interstate, pending the interchange, two parcels are planned totaling 1,630 acres. One parcel, 1,161 acres, is on hold for development until an interchange can open up the property. The other parcel is 469 acres. Shee wants to designate it for nonprofit organizations. He intends to develop part of the property for “Parrish Ranch,” a faith-based ranch-style campus to focus on enriching broken families and underprivileged children by providing a stable home life. Parrish Ranch will be modeled after Seamark Ranch in Jacksonville, a rural agricultural setting where children learn to work on a farm, care for animals and cultivate fruits and vegetables to promote the health and well-being of mind and spirit. Shee wants to memorialize the Parrish family, owners of the property for 80 years. L.E. Parrish passed the property to his daughter, Marjorie O’Loughlin, whose husband was a former St. Johns County sheriff, Shee said. Because they were equestrian enthusiasts and grew pine trees, Shee designed the community logo with a horse head and a pine tree.
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Jackson Lewis attorney is ready to refocus on her practice. After a year in 2017-18 as president of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association, followed by the 2018-19 year as president of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Jennifer Shoaf Richardson is ready to trade her gavel for her briefcase. “I’m looking forward to focusing on my practice and working on my board certification in employment law,” said Richardson, an associate attorney in the Jackson Lewis law firm’s Jacksonville office. The state association convened during The Florida Bar annual convention two weeks ago in Boca Raton to review the year, recognize its outstanding leaders and install Richardson’s successor, Tampa attorney Kyleen Hinkle. Under Richardson’s leadership, membership in the state association increased by nearly 10% to surpass 3,500 members. That’s a record, Richardson said. The JWLA was recognized for outstanding membership recruitment in the large chapter category. “For a long time, we wanted to break the 200-member mark in Jacksonville. Now, we have nearly 400,” Richardson said. The state association plans to call on the experience and expertise of its former leaders with the formation of what Richardson calls the Past Presidents Council. “We’ll be able to weigh in on issues the board is considering,” she said. Richardson said while she enjoyed meeting women lawyers in all parts of the state, she doesn’t anticipate missing the substantial travel obligation assumed each year by the
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Memorial Saturday for Judge Glenn U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul Glenn died Sunday. He was 74. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Southside United Methodist Church at 3120 Hendricks Ave. Glenn was a memGlenn ber of the bankruptcy bench in the Middle District of Florida since his appointment in 1993. He initially served in the Tampa division of the court until June 2008, when Glenn transferred to the Jacksonville division. From March 2003 to September 2011, Glenn served as the chief bankruptcy judge for the Middle District of Florida. During his career on the bench, Glenn presided over several notable cases, including Celotex Corp., Amelia Island
Plantation and Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa. He also served on the Committee on the Budget of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2013-17. Donations may be made to the Judge Paul Glenn Memorial Scholarship established at the Chester Bedell American Inn of Court, 101 E. Adams St., Jacksonville, 32202.
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New JBA president: ‘This isn’t about me’ Elizabeth Ferguson says she will oversee growth and evolution. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
If you ask attorney Elizabeth Ferguson how she came to be elected president of the Jacksonville Bar Association for 2019-20, she’ll rewind the story about 17 years.
Born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington, Ferguson went to law school at Indiana University. In 2002, her third year in law school, she visited her brother in Jacksonville for spring break. Already on the path to a career in construction law, she knew there weren’t many opportunities in that field if she went home to Walla Walla, so “I set up some job interviews just to see what would happen,” Ferguson said.
What happened was a job offer from a Jacksonville firm. “Four or five days after I graduated from law school, I filled up my Honda and moved here,” Ferguson said. She doesn’t recall exactly how she became a member of the JBA, but the credit likely goes to her first colleagues. “I think they just signed me up,” Ferguson said. Becoming involved with the
association’s Young Lawyers Section gave her a way to meet people in the legal community that she worked with, but didn’t really know. “The opportunities I had through YLS to meet other attorneys, the judges and judicial staff were invaluable. I’ve met some of my best friends through the JBA,” Ferguson said. She is a partner at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin. As she advanced through the YLS board and then, in 2012, was elected to the JBA’s board of governors, the benefits of membership in the association became more evident. “It makes law practice more enjoyable. The law is a profession. We should want the best for our profession and for it to be seen in a positive way,” Ferguson said. As her year as president begins, Ferguson plans to maintain the priorities that have been established by her predecessors. “I don’t think there should be a big agenda from a new president. It’s more important for our goals to be consistent year to year, like increased membership and better membership benefits,” she said. Based on member feedback, Ferguson and the board will be evaluating the programs and services the association offers. “We’ll improve what we want to keep, we’ll get rid of what’s not working and we’ll be trying a couple of new things,” she said. “This isn’t about me. It’s about moving the JBA forward. Growing and evolving.” MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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ttorney Sally Kent Peebles was appointed to the Florida Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee. The 18-member panel will make recommendations to the Florida Legislature and the Department of Health Office of Medical Marijuana Use to improve Florida’s medical marijuana policies and programs. Peebles is a partner at Vicente Sederberg, a Colorado-based firm that specializes in cannabis law and policy.
Who or what inspired you to become a lawyer? My father, John Kent. He taught me the importance of honesty and being able to observe him practice law over the years with such integrity is an inspiration. He is very kind and the ultimate Southern gentleman, and these qualities shine through in his dealings with clients and colleagues. I hope to make him proud. Someone who inspires me: My mother, Monett Kent. They simply don’t make them like her anymore. She is a brilliant scholar, genuinely kind and handles everything with steady grace. How do you relate your undergraduate degree to your practice of law? My undergraduate degree was in journalism, which helped hone my writing skills, an essential talent in any practice of law. However, I think where I received my degree probably was more influential on my choice of law. Boulder, Colorado, is an epicenter of free thought and filled with people who question current laws and discuss ways to make the world a better, more tolerable place to live. If your child chooses to attend the University of Colorado Boulder, watch out. How did you decide your practice area? And why have you chosen that? My husband inspired me to choose cannabis
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law. He is a cancer survivor and staunch advocate, as well as a successful cannabis business owner and cultivator. The more I learned about cannabis and the negative effects of prohibition, the more passionate I have become. Plus, I am able to practice in a field of law that is changing every day, which is unique. Most areas of law see only minor changes each year based on case law. We are witnessing a sea change in cannabis policy and laws and I get to be a part of that. What has been the biggest change in your practice area since you were admitted to the Bar? When I passed the Bar in 2010, my area of law did not exist. I am a business cannabis attorney and there were no legal cannabis businesses nine years ago. While cannabis legalization advocacy has been around since prohibition began in the 1930s, the practice of cannabis business law and policy being something a law student can choose to focus on in law school has just popped up in the past few years. What do you think will be the next biggest change in your area of law?
Family: My parents, John and Monett Kent; sisters, Monett Brewer and Susan Brice; husband, Ashley Peebles; and 2-year-old daughter, Monett. Favorite book: “Still Life with Woodpecker” by Tom Robbins. It is by my bed always in case I need inspirational quotes.
We are going to see more states allow for adult use of marijuana, and hopefully, the federal government will soon de-schedule marijuana entirely, removing it from the controlled substances list. That would allow for research of the plant, as well as open up banking and other ancillary services to the industry. If I could change anything in the legal system, I would ... Decriminalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol, as well as expunge records for people who have been victims of marijuana prohibition. I would tax the sale of it and put that money toward revitalization of communities that have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs, and create business opportunities for those interested in this new industry. What’s your advice for new lawyers? Practice in an area of law that you are passionate about. It will make going to work each day an adventure instead of a chore. I love what I do and while it can be intense and stressful at times, I love the underlying mission.
Book I’m reading now: “The Last Anniversary” by Liane Moriarty (beach read) Websites or apps I can’t live without: mpp.org (Marijuana Policy Project) Favorite nonwork activities: Hiking, climbing and traveling. Walks around Avondale with my husband and little girl.
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