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A rendering for the Shipyards development shows the project where Metropolitian Park now stands along the St. Johns River.
Project would cost $425 million to $450 million, is not likely to begin until 2021. BY DAVID CAWTON STAFF WRITER
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s Iguana Investments group provided its first conceptual plans Thursday for the first phase of a proposed $2.5 billion Northbank riverfront development next to TIAA Bank Field where Metropolitan Park now sits. Plans for the project, called the Shipyards, were submitted Thursday to the Downtown Investment Authority. They include a 490,000-square-foot public convention center and a 350room full-service hotel. The convention center would feature 200,000 square feet of exhibition space, a 40,000-square-foot ballroom
and 45 breakout rooms. The hotel would connect to the convention center and offer additional ballroom and meetLamping ing space, a rooftop pool and ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces. Other elements include two boat docks and a riverfront plaza and green space along the St. Johns River. Across Gator Bowl Boulevard, the plans show a parking garage on part of the existing surface lot. In a conference call with reporters Thursday from London, Jaguars and Iguana Investments President Mark
Lamping said the estimated cost is $425 million to $450 million. He said that will include city money. “We certainly will expect that this will be a partnership with the city for a project like this,” Lamping said. Lamping said the city’s contribution would be enough to make sure the project is “economically viable” both for taxpayers and the private development group. The renderings show Gator Bowl Boulevard after removal of part of the elevated road connecting the Hart Bridge to Downtown. Mayor Lenny Curry’s 2018-19 fiscal year budget includes $12.5 million in SEE SHIPYARDS, PAGE 2
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Genpact leasing at SouthPoint 1
Genpact, a digital professional services firm, is preparing to lease most of the three-story SouthPoint 1 building to accommodate 800 jobs. New York-based Genpact will lease almost 110,000 square feet on part of the first and all of the second and third floors at 6737 Southpoint Drive S. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $5 million renovation of 109,435 square feet of space for Genpact at a cost of $5 million. It issued a permit Tuesday to Auld & White Constructors LLC for interior space demolition at a project cost of $115,000. Genpact intends to continue leasing space for now at Capital Plaza at 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd. S. Genpact signed that lease for 37,000 square feet of space in spring 2017 and intended to expand after hiring 200 people the first year. Colliers International Northeast Florida, which represented the SouthPoint 1 landlord, did not identify the tenant but said about 800 employees will occupy most of the 139,825-squarefoot building by the end of 2018. Genpact spokeswoman Danielle D’Angelo said the SouthPoint lease is for growth but the company is not confirming a specific number of employees.
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Live Bakery is closed A little more than three months after opening, Maria Ferra’s Live Bakery in Downtown Jacksonville has closed. The door is locked and the sign has been removed. The bakery-restaurant, at 327 E. Bay St., offered Mediterranean-style made-fromscratch dishes. A Facebook post from Live Bakery & Bar on July 27 says “Bakery will be closed temporarily to reorganize.” More at JaxDailyRecord.com
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