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The Happy Grilled Cheese food truck was launched in 2013. While there’s now a brick-andmortar restaurant Downtown, the truck is still in use.
JEA document shows 500,000-square-foot facility, 200 workers.
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Imeson International Industrial Park is preparing to build an almost 500,000-square-foot warehouse in North Jacksonville that appears to involve 200 jobs, according to a JEA document. No tenant is identified for the roughly 480,000-square-foot building, which is planned on 31 acres at 250 Busch Drive E. JEA and city Planning Department documents show the property will have 102 loading bays, 337 parking spaces, and 133 spaces for trailer parking. The JEA’s description calls it a “478,000-square-foot warehouse with 200 employees and 102 loading bays.” The property is owned by Orlando-based Industrial Park Investments Inc. President Dan Webb could not be reached for comment. The site is at southeast Busch Drive East and North Main Street in Imeson International Industrial Park. Agent EnVision Design Plus Engineering LLC sought information from JEA about the availability of electric, potable water, sanitary sewer and reclaimed water service. The Planning Department is reviewing site plans. Industrial Park Investments also is working on a 182,910-square-foot addition to a previously permitted 140,833-square-foot building on 11.5 acres under development nearby at 10531 Busch Drive. That addition boosts the building to 323,743 square feet.
How four Jacksonville businesses made the transition from mobile to traditional.
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ood trucks are becoming a vehicle to open a traditional brickand-mortar restaurant. Once a novelty, food trucks evolved into a multibillion-dollar industry around the nation. Owners are parlaying their vagabond diners into conventional places to eat. The mobile kitchens provide a relatively inexpensive way to enter the restaurant business. Nationally, the startup costs are $50,000-$200,000 depending on truck size and concept, according to Forbes.com. Costs also increase depending on the number of permits a city demands, but those costs are about half the $498,888 or more that it can cost to build a small specialty restaurant, according to a survey of 700 restaurant owners by RestaurantOwner.com Local owners say they like the mobility, and the freedom of setting their hours and location is appealing. At the same time, they say the job presents challenges different from operating a traditional restaurant. Also, those who take the step into a storefront for the most part aren’t ready to park the truck, and keep both going. Here is what four Jacksonville foodtruck operators say about choosing a street address with a front door and four walls. SEE FOOD TRUCKS, PAGE 10
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Anthony Hashem, owner of The Happy Grilled Cheese, started with a food truck and now has a restaurant Downtown at 219 N. Hogan St.
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Stellers Gallery has opened at 1990 San Marco Blvd. between the movie theater and Taverna.
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Stellers Gallery returns to San Marco Square Stellers Gallery is back on San Marco Square. The art gallery, established in 1985, moved into 2,500 square feet at 1990 San Marco Blvd. The space previously housed The Snob designer consignment shop, which moved to another spot on the square, and is known for another previous well-known tenant, Karl’s Clothiers. The full-service fine art gallery had operated for 25 years at 1409 Atlantic Blvd. on the square until April 2017 when it moved next to Hugo’s Furniture on Philips Highway when the gallery building was sold. Industry West is in the former Stellers location in San Marco Square. That building now is the headquarters for the Jacksonville-based Industry West e-commerce furniture business.
MOVIE THEATERS Atlantic North shopping center to add theater Developer Toney Sleiman said he expects to know by the end of November which movie theater will open in the second phase of Atlantic North, a Sleiman Enterprises shopping center at northwest Atlantic and Kernan boulevards. He declined to identify the theaters in negotiations. Atlantic North Phase II is designed with the theater, 320,000 square feet of additional retail buildings and six outparcels along with another 9.19acre development parcel. Abess Boulevard is shown as being Sleiman extended from the first phase to connect at Atlantic Boulevard with a proposed traffic light at the intersection. Sleiman said he has retail tenants in negotiation but cannot disclose those. “We’ve got a lot of good stuff coming,” he said. The property is west of Marketplace Drive, which now is the western access to the first phase of Atlantic North.
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Project Empire — likely Wayfair — wins incentives City Council members approved $3.3 million in city-backed financial incentives tied to a 1 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility being proposed in West Jacksonville. “Project Empire” is planning to invest $72 million into space at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center to distribute household goods. Council adopted the legislation 17-0. Council members Joyce Morgan and Scott Wilson were not in attendance. The company proposes to create 250 full-time jobs by year-end 2021 at an average wage of $33,000 in exchange for a $3.3 million Recapture Enhanced Value grant, payable over 10 years. Boston-based online furnishings retailer Wayfair Inc. appears to match the description of Project Empire. The company is recruiting talent for a Jacksonville distribution center. The company has job openings for a launch lead, director of operations, senior operations manager, launch supervisor, launch specialists and more for what it describes as a Large Parcel Home Delivery Operation in Jacksonville.
REAL ESTATE Exchange South warehouse complex sold The five-building Exchange South warehouse complex at 9143 Philips Highway was sold Monday for $18.3 million to Hallendale-based Savlan Exchange South LLC, which is managed by real estate investment firm Savlan Capital. The buyer executed a mortgage from Bancorp Bank for $15.39 million. Seller Exchange South Owners LLC bought the 18.15-acre property in September 2015 for $15.49 million. Three of the buildings were constructed in 1990 and two in 1996, according to the Duval County Property Appraiser.
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Area unemployment is lowest since 2006 BY MARK BASCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jacksonville’s labor market produced its best unemployment and job growth rates in more than a decade last month. The unemployment rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area (Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties) fell from 3.5 percent in August to 2.8 percent in September, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said Friday. Payrolls of nonfarm businesses in the region Loh jumped by 30,200 from September 2017 through September 2018, a 4.4 percent growth rate. That was the area’s best growth since the 12-month period ended in September 2005, when jobs on employer payrolls rose by 30,800 and the growth rate was 5.3 percent, according to Department of Economic Opportunity data. University of North Florida economist Albert Loh said Jacksonville’s unemployment
SEPTEMBER AREA EMPLOYMENT County
Labor force
Employment
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
Baker 12,151 11,826
325
2.7%
Clay
108,080 105,181
2,899
2.7%
Duval
499,724 485,143
14,581
2.9%
Nassau 40,352 39,303
1,049
2.6%
St. Johns
2,995
2.4%
127,225
124,230
GREATEST JOB GROWTH Some categories within major industry titles showed greater growth Industry Sept. 2017-18 growth Administrative and support and waste services
13.9%
Leisure and hospitality
11.3%
Food and beverage stores
9.6%
Specialty trade contractors
8.1%
Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
rate has not been this low since April 2006. The Department of Economic Opportunity does not adjust the Jacksonville data for seasonal factors, but Loh said even when it is adjusted, it still shows a significant drop in unemployment in September. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Jacksonville area fell from 3.58 percent in August to 2.87 percent in September, Loh said. And there was more good news in September’s data. “The average hourly earnings
in the Jacksonville MSA rose by 1.7 percent from August to September. The growing workforce and job availability and the rising wages are strong indications of a healthy labor market and an expanding economy in Jacksonville,” he said. Duval County’s unadjusted jobless rate fell by 0.8 percentage points to 2.9 percent last month, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported. When seasonally adjusted, Duval County’s unemployment rate fell by 0.66 points to 3.06 percent, Loh said.
Nearly every business sector in the Jacksonville metropolitan area reported job growth in the 12-month period through September, led by an 11.3 percent rise in leisure and hospitality, a 7.9 percent gain in professional and business services and a 7.2 percent increase in construction. The only significant loss of jobs came in the wholesale trade sector, which declined by 1,100, or 4.4 percent, in the last 12 months. Jacksonville’s unadjusted 2.8 percent jobless rate was one of the lowest in the state in September,
but the lowest rates among metropolitan areas were in the Panhandle region hit by Hurricane Michael two weeks ago. The Panama City metro area, which includes the devastated town of Mexico Beach, was tied for the second-lowest unemployment rate at an unadjusted 2.7 percent in September, before the storm. West of Panama City, the Crestview-Fort Walton BeachDestin area had the lowest jobless rate of any metro area at 2.4 percent. Those rates could rise in the next couple of months, but PNC Bank Chief Economist Gus Faucher said in a report after Michael that the storm’s impact on the economy will likely be short-term. “Any lost output and employment are likely to be made up in subsequent quarters,” he said. “If Michael does cause extensive damage, reconstruction in the wake of the hurricane, funded by insurance payouts and federal aid, will boost affected local economies and hiring in late 2018 and early 2019. Similar patterns have been seen with other natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma last year.” Florida’s statewide unemployment rate fell by 0.2 points to a seasonally adjusted 3.5 percent last month, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported. MBASCH@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM
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Publix is renovating three more stores KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Grocery chain making moves amid market that is seeing the entry of new competitors such as Aldi, Sprouts. Publix Super Markets Inc. will renovate more stores in South, North and Southwest Jacksonville. Elkins Construction LLC is the contractor. Publix wants to remodel its Kernan Square store at 12620 Beach Blvd. at a cost of $800,000. The 52,724-squarefoot store was built in 1998. The city issued permits Oct. 11 for Elkins Construction to renovate the Publix at 731 Duval Station Road at a cost of $975,000 and the store at 9518 Argyle Forest Blvd. at $900,000. Both the 48,830-squarefoot Duval Station store and the 49,600-square-foot OakLeaf Plantation Center supermarket were developed in 2003. Also, landlord Regency Centers Corp. proposes to renovate the facade of the Publix store at 11250 Old St. Augustine Road. Lakeland-based Publix has renovated, rebuilt or filed plans to do so for more than 20 area locations in recent years. It has a remodel program in which every store is assessed on a designated rotation of years based on a location’s needs. Publix, which opened its first Jacksonville stores in the 1970s, also is building in new markets and shopping centers. The landscape has changed with relative newcomers Aldi, Earth Fare, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods Market, Walmart Neighborhood Markets and, next year, Sprouts Farmers Market. Winn-Dixie, Harveys, SaveA-Lot and Fresh Market also have been upgrading or adding stores.
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Publix Super Markets Inc. is renovating its Kernan Square store at 12620 Beach Blvd.
GreenWise Market plans revealed in public emails While Publix Super Markets Inc. says it cannot comment about a tenant without a signed lease, there doesn’t seem to be much question that its GreenWise Market organic and natural foods store is in review for the St. Johns County Nocatee Town Center East. St. Johns County mail and email show that a “Greenwise Cafe” is part of the project. A June 11 letter to the St. Johns County Zoning Department from Miami-based law firm GreenspoonMarder said it represents Publix Super Markets Inc. and its client asked the firm to obtain information about a license for a liquor package store at northeast Crosswater Parkway and Nocatee Village Drive. An email from GreenspoonMarder LLP on June 19 to a county planner clarified the use verification for the property. Instead of a liquor store, the email said it was “a Greenwise Cafe for on-premise consumption of beer and wine.” On June 21, the county sent a letter “RE Zoning Confirmation Letter Request” for the “Greenwise Cafe Beer & Wine Sales.” It said the proposed use for a cafe with beer and wine sales
in conjunction with food sales is an allowed use within the Nocatee planned unit development. Nocatee Town Center East is planned on 8.26 acres along Crosswater Parkway that would be anchored by a 25,098-square-foot grocery store, which fits the size of a GreenWise Market by Publix. That is the chain’s organic and natural foods brand whose new stores are about 25,000 to 28,000 square feet, about half the size of the traditional Publix stores.
Save-A-Lot reviewing store at Soutel Drive Another grocery store appears to be headed to Northwest Jacksonville. Save-A-Lot Food Stores intends to open in The Shoppes of Norfolk at Soutel Drive and Norfolk Boulevard, according to pending building plans. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $575,000 build-out of 14,500 square feet of space at the 4750 Soutel Drive property. Plans show a renovation of vacant tenant space on one end of the center that is anchored by Family Dollar on the other. The 52,500-square-foot shopping center was developed in 1964 on 4.21 acres.
No contractor is listed. PB2 Architecture & Engineering of Rogers, Arkansas, is the architect. The property is owned by Jacksonville Plaza 1, which bought the property in 2015. Save-A-Lot operates 11 stores in Jacksonville, including three more in Northwest Jacksonville. It also has stores in Orange Park and St. Augustine. A Save-A-Lot spokesman did not return emails or phone calls. Earth City, Missouri-based Save-A-Lot said it is a hard discount grocery that offers savings up to 40 percent on its limited assortment. Earth City is in the St. Louis area. Save-A-Lot operates more than 1,300 locations, including corporate-owned and independent grocery stores. Progressive Grocer reported Oct. 8 that Save-A-Lot has begun a brand transformation expected to be completed in 2019, starting with a $100 million investment in cutting prices. It said Save-A-Lot began dropping prices by up to 40 percent on hundreds of everyday items across its store network, calling the initiative a “permanent reset” of its prices.
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RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. said it hopes to start construction by the middle of 2019 for completion by year-end on a 5,400-square-foot gas station and convenience store at 8715 Baymeadows Road, the site of a closed Wells Fargo bank branch. The city is reviewing a permit application for Venture Construction Co. to build the project on 1.42 acres at a cost of $1.2 million for the building, canopy and dumpster enclosure. RaceTrac applied for a certificate of use for the site. It’s at least the fourth new RaceTrac under construction or in planning in Jacksonville. RaceTrac operates at least 17 stores in Northeast Florida. A spokeswoman said it was one of the new RaceTrac prototypes that features a Swirl World frozen dessert station and a large coffee area. The stores also have more seating, free Wi-Fi and more lighting. RaceTrac said it expects to open two Jacksonville prototype locations at 5004 Gate Parkway and 2009 Mayport Road by year-end. KMATHIS@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
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1748 Bakehouse planned for Historic Springfield Allison and Kurt D’Aurizio are working to transform the former Carl’s Main Street Restaurant. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Springfield residents and experienced food professionals Allison and Kurt D’Aurizio are preparing to open the 1748 Bakehouse bakery and restaurant at 1748 N. Main St. in Historic Springfield. “We believe in Main Street,” said Kurt D’Aurizio, a former executive chef. “We wanted to be part of Springfield and Main Street.” Allison D’Aurizio The historic area is undergoing a renaissance of renovations and remodeling for restaurants and commercial uses. Born in the South Inc., at 1430 Silver St., registered the 1748 Bakehouse name Oct. 9 with the state Division of Corporations. The D’Aurizios own Born in the South. The D’Aurizios are working with landlord Futuristic Investments Inc., the city and others to convert the former Carl’s Main Street Restaurant into a 1,500-square-foot bakery and
restaurant that could open early next year, “fingers crossed,” he said. Chris Hionides and Elias Hionides lead Futuristic Investments, which bought the historic multitenant building in January. “Old buildings are complicated and expensive,” D’Aurizio said. “We’re going as fast as we can.” The 1748bakehouse.com site says the bakery was “born from the kitchens of (and most recently Flour and Fig) My Grandmother’s Pie and Provision Goods created by Allison and Kurt D’Aurizio.” Their goods can be found at arts markets, Pura Bean Coffee in Riverside and other locations. The website says the bakehouse will serve pies, slow ferment sourdough, breakfast and lunch. It says its offerings are based on what’s available from local farmers. “We ask what the farmers have growing that week and start from there.” Kurt D’Aurizio estimates startup costs of about $345,000 for leasehold improvements, fixtures, operating capital and inventory. He is working with the city for a Northwest Jacksonville Economic Development Fund loan and a facade grant and also will use a U.S. Small Business Administration loan. The 1748 Bakehouse will open at 8 a.m. daily and close at 4 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2
n Mack’s Tenders seeks build-out at Bay95 at 8738 Baymeadows Road E., No. 103. It’s a $140,000 project for about 1,200 square feet of space. n Starbucks will build-out at 11850 McCormick Road with a permit issued Oct. 12. Elfrink Custom Construction Inc. is the contractor for the $225,000 interior build-out of the 2,500-square-foot shell building constructed by the landlord at a job cost of $450,000. n Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen plans a 2,265-square-foot restaurant along Duval Station Road at Outback Drive in North Jacksonville. Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
Kurt D’Aurizo and his wife, Allison, plan to convert the former Carl’s Main Street Restaurant at 1748 N. Main St. in Springfield into 1748 Bakehouse.
p.m. Sunday. Bakery cases will show sweet and savory goods for dine-in or takeout, such as cookies, galettes, fruit pie, brown butter marshmallow dream bars, brownies, sourdough breads, pretzels and muffins. A sample menu includes galette with egg; toast and cheese; chia bowl; two panini choices; salads; a vegan burger; and a smoked salmon bowl. Menu items will be made with a focus on local ingredients. Granolas, pesto, cashew cheese, jams, pimento cheese and more will be housemade.
Beverages will include locally brewed beer, kombucha, wine, premium coffee, tea, craft sodas and cold-pressed juice. The D’Aurizios have more than 35 years of combined experience as professionals in the craft food, catering, design and restaurant markets. Among other titles, Kurt D’Aurizio is the former executive chef and kitchen chef for Sulzbacher Center. KMATHIS@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
n Arby’s Restaurant Group intends to demolish and rebuild the Arby’s at 5660 Beach Blvd. The 3,362-square-foot store was built in 1984. n Miller’s Ale House is closer to demolishing the closed Buca di Beppo restaurant at 10334 Southside Blvd. for construction of a 7,149-square-foot building on 1.55 acres. The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing an application for demolition and construction. Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. is the consulting engineer.
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THE BASCH REPORT
Hedge funds buy Titanic artifacts for $19.5M
MARK BASCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Bankrupt Premier Exhibitions valued items at $218 million, but no other bidders emerged and judge let sale go through. The two-year saga over the fate of 5,500 artifacts from the RMS Titanic ended in a Jacksonville courtroom last week when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul Glenn approved their sale. A group of hedge funds submitted a “stalking horse” bid of $19.5 million for the collection and the court scheduled an auction for Oct. 11 to seek higher bids. However, no other bids emerged and Glenn approved the sale to the group at a hearing last Thursday. Premier Exhibitions Inc., a publicly traded company that owned the collection, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Jacksonville in June 2016. Premier valued the collection at $218 million in its original court filings Glenn and hoped to resolve its debts by selling a portion of the artifacts from the famed ocean liner that sank in 1912. However, Glenn rejected the plan because of previous legal decisions that restricted the sale of the artifacts. A committee of equity holders objected to the $19.5 million sale, saying it undervalued the collection. But Glenn approved the sale despite those objections. “The process conducted by the Debtors pursuant to the Bidding Procedures obtained the highest and best value for the Transferred Assets for the Debtors and their estates, and any other transaction would not have yielded as favorable an economic result,” Glenn’s order said. According to a New York Times story last week, a group of British museums backed by the National Geographic Society and “Titanic” movie director James Cameron hoped to submit a higher bid for the collection. However, the group could raise only $19.2 million, the story said. The winning bidders were affiliates of funds managed by PacBridge Capital Partners, Apollo Global Management and Alta Fundamental Advisors. Its plans for the collection have not been announced. The group owns about 40 percent of Premier’s stock, the sale order said. Glenn’s order said the sale “will provide a greater recovery for the Debtors’ estates, creditors and stakeholders than would be provided by
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The famed Brittish passenger liner RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 people died.
any other practically available alternative.” Premier listed $12 million in unsecured debt in its original bankruptcy petition and recent filings said it expected unsecured creditors will receive 59 percent to 71 percent payment of their claims. Stockholders are unlikely to get anything. Premier’s stock continues to trade in the OTC market and was listed at about 15 cents this week. The company produced exhibitions related to the Titanic and other historical events, but it is unclear if it will have any ongoing operations after selling the artifacts. It attributed its bankruptcy filing to losses from an exhibition on television show “Saturday Night Live.” Premier is headquartered in Atlanta but it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in Jacksonville because the company and some of its subsidiaries are incorporated in Florida.
Hurricane impacts Ameris farm loans When a major storm like Hurricane Michael hits, much attention is focused on the cost of property damage as homes and other buildings are leveled. However, Ameris Bancorp borrowers have more exposure to losses from another source: agriculture. During the bank’s quarterly conference call last week, Chief Credit Officer Jon Edwards said Ameris has about $180 million in agriculture loans outstanding to farmers in areas affected by Michael, or about 75 percent of the bank’s total agriculture loan portfolio. “The primary crops affected were cotton and pecans, as most of the peanuts had been harvested by the time the storm hit,” Edwards said. “Depending on where your farm was located within those affected areas, the impact may have been as low as a 10 percent loss of yield up to a total loss.” The good news, he said, is most of those farmers have crop insurance or will be eligible for government assistance. “I believe most of our farmers and ag-related businesses have the capacity to restructure if needed and actual loan losses should not be material,” he said.
Edwards said Ameris has $127 million in secured real estate loans that may be affected by Michael. “Our customers and our lending staff are still in the process of inspecting properties and assessing damages, so the final impact is still a bit unclear,” he said. Ameris has three branches in the Panama City metropolitan area, the region which took the hardest hit from the storm. That represents about 5 percent of bank deposits in Panama City, ranking it eighth in the market, Edwards according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data. Ameris is officially headquartered in Moultrie, Georgia, but its executive offices are in Jacksonville. It has 125 branches in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. The bank’s total loan portfolio was $8.5 billion at the end of the third quarter, so losses from the hurricane will not have a major impact on its financial results. Ameris reported a big increase in third-quarter earnings, with adjusted earnings per share of 91 cents, up from 63 cents in the third quarter of 2017. The earnings were in line with analysts’ forecasts that ranged from 88 cents to 92 cents, according to Yahoo Finance. Ameris’ stock rose 36 cents to $43.44 Friday after the earn-
ings report but the stock has been slumping recently, falling from levels in the mid-$50s in June. The company has been looking at acquisition opportunities but CEO Dennis Zember said during the conference call he’s been getting questions about the stock drop affecting its ability to make a deal. “Our stock price falling obviously impacts how aggressively we can go after a deal but our story is good enough that it resonates with boards and management teams and I’m not concerned that we can’t find a good deal even with today’s stock price,” he said.
TapImmune merges with Marker TapImmune Inc. last week completed its merger with Marker Therapeutics Inc., with the merged company now operating under the Marker name. TapImmune was headquartered in Jacksonville and the new Marker’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings continued to list its address in Jacksonville. However, the company, which is developing cancer therapies, intends to move its headquarters to Houston as part of a collaboration with researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine. TapImmune moved its headquarters from Seattle to Jacksonville in 2015 when it began trials of a breast cancer treatment at the Mayo Clinic but has only had a handful of
AMERIS BANK HURRICANE EXPOSURE
$180 million In agriculture loans to farmers in areas affected, about 75 percent of the bank’s agricultural loan portfolio.
$127 million In secured real estate loans that may be affected by Hurricane Michael.
employees. Its annual report said the company had seven employees. Marker, which was privately held, was headquartered in Minnesota before the merger. The new Marker began trading last Thursday on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “MRKR.” Marker’s stock closed its first day of trading at $8.63, up 29 cents on the day. Although neither company had any products on the market or was producing any revenue, news of the merger sent TapImmune’s stock up from about $3 when the deal was announced in May to a high of $13.55. As part of the merger of equals, Marker has a new board of directors consisting of three members appointed by each company. TapImmune Chairman Glynn Wilson, who as CEO moved the company to Jacksonville, is not serving on the new board. Wilson’s successor as CEO, Peter Hoang, is continuing as CEO of Marker. While Marker has no products on the market now or likely in the immediate future, Hoang said in a news release the merger will give the combined company more capabilities. “With the transaction completed, we can now push our clinical trials forward more efficiently with the full resources available to the combined company,” he said. MBASCH@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM
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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Adam M. Levine was appointed chief executive officer and director of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. Levine, who will start in January, is deputy director and curator of ancient Levine art for the Toledo Museum of Art. “When I visited the Cummer Museum, I was overwhelmed by its potential,” Levine said. “The seasoned staff, the magnificent gardens, the strong collection and the supportive board all suggested the museum could become a truly special institution.” Levine has more than 10 years of management and curating experience with musems and art institutions. Levine earned his bachelor of arts at Dartmouth College in 2008, was named a Rhodes Scholar in 2012 and earned a master of studies and Ph.D in the history of art from Oxford University.
Rena Coughlin and Audrey Moran will serve another three-year term with the LeRoy Collins Institute. Established in 1988, the institute says it is a statewide nonpartisan policy organization that studies and supports creative solutions to public and private issues facing Florida and the U.S. The Dalton Agency added two new employees. Michelle ArokNobles joins as an advertising account execuArok-Nobles Glass tive. Arok-Nobles worked for Vizergy Digital Marketing as a senior account manager. Michael Glass returns to the agency as a social media content creator after a time as a freelance digital marketer and teaching English in South Korea for a year.
CREW makes IMPACT Awards: CREW Jacksonville recognized three winners for its 2018 IMPACT Awards for their commercial real estate industry work from Aug. 31, 2016 to Aug. 31, 2018. Laura DiBella, executive director of the Nassau County Economic Development Board, won the individual award. Preferred Growth Properties and broker Cantrell & Morgan Inc. won the initiative award for The Strand and The Crossing at Town Center. Rayonier Inc. and Development Planning and Design Director Kent Findley along with DiBella and the Nassau County Economic Development Board won the project award for Rayonier’s headquarters at Wildlight in Nassau County.
DEVELOPMENT TODAY These are the largest commercial building permits by price issued Tuesday by the city of Jacksonville. GOVERNMENT City of Jacksonville, Fleet Management Division, 2581 Commonwealth Ave., contractor is RC Development Group Inc., installation and relocation of fuel tanks, $313,000. INDUSTRIAL Western Way Warehouse LLC, 8286 Western Way Circle, contractor is J.R. McNeal Co. Inc., alterations, $26,000. OFFICE, BANK, PROFESSIONAL Stantec, 4651 Salisbury Road, No. 300, contractor is Emerald C’s Development Inc., 3,911 square feet, tenant build-out, $169,264. New Directions, 5011 Gate Parkway, No. 100, contractor is Tenant Contractors Inc., 11,563 square feet, tenant build-out, $94,304.
ROOFING New Royal Estates Apartments, 8050 Arlington Expressway, contractor is Sky High Roofing LLC, roof replacement, $12,300. SERVICE STATION, REPAIR GARAGE Up-Side Management Co., 1839 N. Main St., contractor is Up-Side Management Construction Co., 5,050 square feet, building demolition, $54,000. SIGNS Cat Scales, 3515 Zoo Parkway, contractor is Clear View Signs Inc., ground sign, $30,000. Compiled by Scott Sailer
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YMCA elects Boynton: The YMCA of Florida’s First Coast announced that Michelle “Shelly” Boynton was elected chairwoman of the Metropolitan board of directors. Boyton is an attorney who has been a member of the board since 2011. Doug Baer, CEO of Brooks Rehabilitation will serve a third term as vice chair and treasurer. Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Black Knight Inc., has joined the board.
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OPINION / OUR VIEW
Election 2018: We’ll take liberty DAILY RECORD RECOMMENDATIONS The following are the Daily Record’s recommendations on the statewide races and ballot initiatives.
MATT WALSH PUBLISHER
D
Rick Scott
Governor
Ron DeSantis / Jeanette Nunez
Attorney General
Ashley Moody
Chief Financial Officer
Jimmy Patronis
Agriculture Commissioner
Matt Caldwell
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
A letter to no-party affiliated voters: You have the power.
ear NPAs, You are more powerful than you realize. You will determine the outcome of Florida’s elections. The numbers make it so: n Registered Democrats — 4,839,434, 37.19 percent. n Registered Republicans — 4,594,133, 35.30 percent. n No party affiliation — 3,493,494, 26.84 percent. We’ll assume that your choice to be an “NPA” more than likely indicates you are in the middle, a political moderate who rejects strident dogmas of the two parties and is more likely to weigh and assess the candidates’ vision, character, records and positions on the issues than simply vote a straight party ticket. You could go either way. As you weigh your choices on the candidates and the ballot questions, here is an appeal for your consideration: After you slap away and cut through all of the annoying negative campaign commercials, mailers and robocalls, every item on the ballot fundamentally comes down to this one choice: A vote to protect and expand your freedom or a vote to expand the State. A vote for more freedom and less government, or a vote for more government and less freedom. A vote for the Constitution as written or a vote to override it. Most of the time, it’s a clear choice between these philosophies. Traditionally, the Republican Party favors more freedom and less of the State. The Democratic Party is unequivocal: Its candidates want the State to expand and use the force of law to take property and redistribute it how they see fit. Typically, Republican candidates are more likely to embrace a less-regulated economy, while Democratic candidates embrace an activist government that intervenes in the market in ways that favor winners and losers. Both are wrong, but the Republicans less so. Our preference on the role of government would be one that serves as a referee in disputes among its citizens and to protect its citizens from others inflicting physical force. That’s it. In all likelihood, a large portion of the no-party affiliated voters fall in the middle, believing there is indeed a role for government in regulating and taxing the behavior of individuals and businesses, never to an extreme. Nevertheless, keep this in
U.S. Senate
Justice Alan Lawson
Yes
FLORIDA 1ST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Judge Harvey Jay
Yes
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Florida governor candidate Ron DeSantis is a former congressman, Harvard Law graduate and Bronze Star medalist.
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U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott, two-term governor of Florida, has followed a clear vision of creating jobs.
mind: There is indisputable data showing that in states with falling tax burdens, per-capita incomes rise demonstrably more quickly than in states with rising tax burdens. Nowhere is this more evident than when you compare the economies of Florida and Texas versus such states as New York and New Jersey. Florida and Texas each added more than 400,000 jobs in the past year, while New York and New Jersey added 95,000 and 58,000, respectively. That tells you a lot about the effects of the State on prosperity. So as you evaluate the candidates and the questions on the ballot, ask yourself: Which of the gubernatorial candidates is more likely to affect Florida’s economic growth positively or negatively? The answers should be obvious. Republican Gov. Rick Scott — whether you like or dislike him personally — consistently followed a clear vision: Create jobs. And do that by creating an economic framework that attracts people and job creators, e.g., keep taxes and regulations low. Of the two gubernatorial candidates, which is more likely to continue that path? Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum is not. Read what he wants to do. His entire platform consists of wanting to expand the size, scope and spending of state government — in everything, everywhere. If you watch him or hear
him, Gillum is the new Barack Obama. He is a gifted speaker whose campaign rhetoric sounds reasonable and compassionate on gun control; increasing corporate income taxes; giving all starting public school teachers $50,000 salaries; converting Florida’s power system to alternative fuels; and Medicare for All. But keep these truisms in mind as Gillum draws you in: When the government gives a benefit to one, it takes freedom and property from another. No state has ever taxed itself to prosperity. What function or business, other than the military, do you know that government operates better than the private sector? On Gillum’s embracing Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” proposals, Charles Blahous, a former Social Security and Medicare trustee, told The Wall Street Journal: “Doubling all currently projected federal individual and corporate income tax collections would be insufficient to finance the added federal costs of the plan.” Gillum wants single-payer, government-controlled health care. As economist Thomas Sowell once remarked: “There is not enough money in the world to pay for every American’s health care.” More truisms: When a good or service is free (e.g. health care), it is abused. When you raise the cost on consumers (e.g. higher taxes), they buy less. Or, put another way, higher taxes equal
Judge Kemmerly Thomas Yes Judge Allen Winsor
Yes
Judge Brad Thomas Yes CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS No. 1
Increase homestead exemption
No
No. 2
Limit property tax assessments
Yes
No. 3
Voter control of gambling
No
No. 4
Restoration of voting rights after completion of sentences
Yes
No. 5
Legislative supermajority to increase taxes, fees
Yes
No. 6
Crime victim rights, judges
No
No. 7
Survivor benefits for first responder military survivors; public college organization; supermajority to raise college fees
No
No. 9
Prohibits offshore oil and gas drilling and vaping
No
No. 10
Makes permanent state Department of Veterans Affairs and Office of Counterterrorism; limits county charters
No
No. 11
Removes discriminatory property-rights language; removes high-speed rail language from constitution; creates more equitable prison sentencing
Yes
No. 12
Creates six-year ban on lobbying by former elected officials and judges
No
No. 13
Bans dog racing
No
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less economic growth. Opposite Gillum is Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis. He has his flaws. He made his name on Fox News, not spending years in the trenches of Florida. At age 40, he is shorter on private-sector experience than past governors and gubernatorial candidates. And many of Florida’s NPAs may hold it against DeSantis that Donald Trump endorses him. But he also has his bona fides: Yale grad, Harvard Law graduate; legal adviser to the Navy SEAL commander in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2007; Bronze Star medalist; elected to Congress in 2012. What’s more, DeSantis won the GOP primary over Adam Putnam not only because of his TV name recognition, but also because of his willingness to say and show he is more conservative than Putnam. This may scare the more moderate NPAs. But ultimately, the choice between DeSantis and Gillum revolves around whether you believe Florida, under Rick Scott over the past eight years, has been on a more successful track than it was prior to Scott. And under which gubernatorial candidate is Florida more likely
to continue its economic growth of the past eight years? Those same tests apply to all of the other races as well. Which candidates are more likely to embrace liberty over the State? As you go down the ballot, you can be certain there is no in-between: The Republicans on the ballot will vote for a smaller State than will the Democrats. For us, this election can be crystallized at all levels as a question of whether you believe the current politico-economic direction — in spite of the unconventional behavior in the White House — is worth retaining. We’ll take individual liberty over the State any day. We hope you see it that way, too. In the end, you will determine Florida’s direction.
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n Early voting has begun in Duval County and continues through Nov. 3 n Election Day is Nov. 6 n For more information, visit duvalelections.com
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REAL ESTATE
Top 10 sales of the week BY SCOTT SAILER • EDITORIAL RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Here are the top 10 real estate sales in Northeast Florida, comprising Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. The sales were recorded Oct. 15-19.
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Arium Seaglass at Ponte Vedra Beach sold for $45 million, 61 percent more than in 2015.
$45,050,000
$8,962,262
$7,900,000
$3,430,000
$3,100,000
100 Lake Vista Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, St, Johns County
Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, Duval County
2700 N. Ponce De Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, St. Johns County
993 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County
2461 S. Ponte Vedra Beach Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County
Type: Arium Seaglass at Ponte Vedra Beach Size: 19.4 acres Buyer: PRII Ponte Vedra Seaglass Owner LLC Seller: Stonegate III LLC Previous sale: $28,000,000 in 2015
Type: Commercial and public facilities Size: 15.45 acres Buyer: Palms at Gate Parkway LLC Seller: Arthur Chester Skinner III Revocable Living Trust
Type: Jaybird’s Inn Size: 1.3 acres Buyer: Flagler of St. Augustine LLC Seller: Martens properties LLC Previous sale: $1,250,000 in 2012
Type: Single-family Size: 1.85 acres Buyer: Matthew G. and Patricia L. Millen Seller: Anthony and Stephanie Velasquez Previous sale: $3,300,000 in 2016
Type: Single-family Size: 0.44 acres Buyer: 707 Associates LLC Seller: Fred M. and Janice A. Demarest Previous sale: $720,000 in 2013
$2,297,700
$2,290,000
$2,100,000
$2,002,500
$1,800,000
5700 Commonwealth Ave., Jacksonville, Duval County
1215 Selva Marina Circle, Atlantic Beach, Duval County
6466 Greenland Road, Jacksonville, Duval County
221 San Juan Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County
Philips Highway, Jacksonville, Duval County
Type: TCi Tire Centers Size: 7.42 acres Buyer: SHEP Jacksonville LLC Seller: Tire Centers West LLC Previous sale: $1,300,000 in 1999
Type: Single-family Size: 0.45 acres Buyer: Kelly D. and Samuel P. Saunders Seller: Andrew J. and Kristin A. Ferguson Previous sale: $525,000 in 2004
Type: Industrial Size: 9.66 acres Buyer: 6466 Greenland Road LLC Seller: Greenland Road Investments LLC Previous sale: $935,000 in 2010
Type: Single-family lot Size: 0.47 acres Buyer: James E. and Kimberley B. Graham Seller: 221 San Juan Drive LLC Previous sale: $1,025,000 in 2013
Type: Commercial Size: 1.93 acres Buyer: Memorial Healthcare Group Inc. Seller: Gate Petroleum Co.
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Food trucks CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
THE HAPPY GRILLED CHEESE
Serendipity played a large part in Anthony Hashem’s decision to open The Happy Grilled Cheese restaurant at 219 N. Hogan St. Downtown. With his food truck, Hashem had expanded on the theme of the standard grilled cheese sandwich to create concoctions that included ingredients like avocado, pulled pork, apples, ham and cheese options. He started the truck in 2013 and branched into the storefront in 2017. It’s rare that there isn’t a line of customers at the counter at lunchtime. The 30-seat restaurant can fill up, and Hashem says 60 percent of the orders are to go. Folk Food previously leased the space and closed. The real estate agent had just placed a for-lease sign in the window when Hashem drove by. As quickly as he could park the food truck, he caught the agent and by the end of the day had a lease. Converting the existing restaurant for Happy Grilled Cheese was relatively inexpensive, costing less than $10,000, he said. It needed cleaning, new paint and a few specialty cooking items and it was ready for business. Permitting was quicker too because the space had been used for a restaurant. Hashem said owning a brickand-mortar location allows him to expand his menu to include salads, which are proving popular, but he doesn’t want to expand far beyond grilled cheese. He is continuing the food truck, too.
THE STUFFED BEAVER
Paryse Watson, owner of the Full of Crepe food truck, opened The Stuffed Beaver restaurant at 2548 Oak St. in Riverside because she found a niche. Watson, a former model, had traveled the world tasting variations of crepes. The Canada native saw the thin pancakes as a Jacksonville market niche to fill. She found a mail truck and for under $30,000 was able to convert it into a food truck specializing in serving sweet and savory crepes. She started it in 2015. The truck is small but provided the height to keep the 6-foot-2 chef from stooping all day. Watson opened the Stuffed Beaver brick-and-mortar in February of this year to expand her menu and bring the cuisine of Montreal and Quebec City to Northeast Florida.
Corner Taco at 818 Post St. in Five Points opened in 2014. The business started as a food truck in 2012 and still is in use, but only for private parties and special events.
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Paryse Watson, owner of the Full of Crepe food truck, opened The Stuffed Beaver restaurant at 2548 Oak St. in Riverside. She still has the food truck.
When she saw poutine – french fries with gravy and cheese curds — catching on as an appetizer, she wanted to create the dish as it is prepared in Canada and give it entree status. Remodeling the former Riverside sandwich shop was a long and expensive endeavor, she said. Watson hoped to open last summer, but construction delays meant the restaurant couldn’t launch until the beginning of this year. At nearly $60,000, the price was nearly twice what it cost to start her food truck. Jacksonville has a large Canadian population that has discovered the cuisines customers are bringing friends for crepes and properly prepared poutine, she said. “You can tell when a custom-
er is from Canada because they pronounce it ‘pout-zin,’” Watson said. She still has the food truck. MONROE’S BBQ
Keith Waller, owner of Monroe’s BBQ, started a food truck business to promote his first restaurant at 4838 Highway Ave. on Jacksonville’s Westside, off Cassat Avenue. He already had a mobile catering truck that he used to provide food for local movie and TV productions as well as serve food at Adventure Landing. “Being off Cassat Avenue, my restaurant was a destination location. You had to know about (it) to find my place,” Waller said. “Customers take you seriously when you also have a restaurant.”
Keith Waller, owner of Monroe’s BBQ, started a food truck to promote his Westside restaurant. He now has a second location on Beach Boulevard.
The truck took his barbecue throughout the city, but with a limited menu. A stand-alone restaurant allows him to prepare and smoke food there and then pack it into the truck to be reheated at the day’s location. When the truck was being repaired for a few days, regular food truck customers sought out his barbecue and traveled for the first time to the Highway Avenue store. In 2012, he opened a second location at 10771 Beach Blvd. in a former Woody’s Bar-B-Q restaurant. It already had the footprint and much of the equipment. Even so, he estimated it cost $75,000-$100,000 to prepare the second restaurant to open. He continues to operate the food truck because is a profitable venture and it serves as an advertising vehicle for his restaurants, he said. CORNER TACO
Corner Taco started as a food truck in 2012 but owner Chris Dickerson now uses only the truck for private parties and special events. He opened a restaurant at 818 Post St. in Five Points in 2014 and that is his primary business. He also took over an established restaurant space, the former Gina’s Deli, so his startup costs were minimal. Dickerson declined to discuss his investment. The 42-seat restaurant is open seven days a week and on a busy day the tables can turn up to 10 times. It’s no coincidence that most food trucks are operated by young people, Dickerson said. The work is tough from loading heavy boxes of product into the truck daily to driving a large rig, setting it up and tearing it down and daily cleaning. “The food truck currency is creativity,” Dickerson said. “I wanted to do my own thing without investors. It was a great overall experience, but it is tough and demanding. I admire anyone running a food truck.”
FOOD TRUCK
COMPETITION AND EXPANSION
When food trucks first came to the market, traditional restaurant owners complained about unfair competition. Local laws were created to regulate where trucks could set up to avoid competition with nearby established restaurants. Now that they own brick and mortar restaurants, Dickerson and Watson still see the value food trucks bring to customers. “Those claiming that food trucks aren’t fair aren’t grasping the economy,” Dickerson said. “Did Blockbuster claim it was unfair when Netflix changed the movie model? People vote with their dollar.” Watson said restaurants “need to step up their game,” noting that many serve the same menu year after year. “Food trucks serve eclectic foods or put their own twist on foods,” she said. She said food-truck entrepreneurs also rely on social media, which can benefit any business. Food-truck customer bases are built on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites that operators use to inform patrons of where they will be. Dickerson counters the argument that food-truck operators have lower overhead and don’t pay rent. “I saw my fuel costs as my rent. Fuel was 10 percent of my budget compared to rent being 6 percent of my sales.” Food-truck owners usually must rent a properly zoned space to park the truck when not in use. The food truck operators say they intend to open more restaurants rather than buy more trucks. Hashem at The Happy Grilled Cheese wants to expand but sees rents Downtown as too high. He is looking in the suburbs and other counties. If rents fall, he said he will look for another location closer to the city core. Dickerson’s staff run Corner Taco on most days. He spends much of his time these days searching out new locations to expand his brand.
RESTAURANT
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
Inexpensive to start: A truck operation can be started for less than $50,000
Setup: Operators must buy food at a wholesale store or other location. Few purveyors deliver to a food truck
Stability: Customers always know where to find the restaurant
n Higher operating costs
Mobility: Trucks go to where the customers are. No set hours: When crowds dwindle, truckers pack up and leave Fewer employees: Space limits crews to two or three people Specialization: Menus are small and food trucks usually stick within a strict cuisine
Driving skills: Food trucks can be large and must fit in small spaces. They are cramped and hot: In the summer, the temperature in the truck can top 110 degrees Weather: Rain can wash out a day’s business Rules: City regulations are strict about where a food truck can operate.
Comfort: Restaurants are a getaway from work or home dining Amenities: Wi-Fi is becoming a perk that food trucks don’t provide More extensive menus: More offerings allow diners to have more choice.
n More employees n Set hours n More equipment to purchase and repair
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Curry, Mousa won’t be deposed in Landing lawsuit
Judge denies two motions from Jacksonville Landing Investments as part of 2017 lawsuit.
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No trial date has been set in the legal battle between the city and the owners of the Jacksonville Landing.
Mayor Lenny Curry and Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa will not be deposed in a 2015 lawsuit between the city and the owners of the Jacksonville Landing. Circuit Court Judge Kevin Blazs denied two July motions from Jacksonville Landing Investments LLC seeking to depose Curry and his top administrative official as part of a 2017 lawsuit initiated by Sleiman Enterprises. The city owns the land and the area surrounding the Landing, while JLI, managed by members of the Sleiman family, owns the three buildings comprising the Downtown riverfront mall. The complaint accuses the city of violating the terms and conditions of a lease agreement, which the city also
claims of JLI. According to an order issued Oct. 22 in the 4th Judicial Circuit Court, attorneys for the city successfully argued during an Oct. 16 hearing that Mousa and Curry could not be subpoenaed, citing the Apex Doctrine. Under the Apex Doctrine, the head of government should only be required to testify if the party seeking the testimony has “exhausted all discovery tools in an attempt to obtain the information sought.� Attorneys with the Office of General Counsel argued that because lower-level officials can provide the needed information, there is no reason for Curry or Mousa to be deposed. General Counsel Jason Gabriel said there is a high bar for deposing high-ranking
government officials and rarely are they compelled to do so by a judge. No trial date has been set in the case and both sides continue to work toward a resolution. The city notified JLI in May that it was terminating the 1985 lease agreement JLI assumed when it purchased the buildings from Rouse-Jacksonville Inc. in 2003. JLI paid $5.3 million for the buildings and extended the land lease through 2056. The sides also continue to negotiate a settlement in a 2015 case over a neighboring parking lot.
City searching for task force members City Council President
JaxPort sets cruise passenger record The Jacksonville Port Authority said a record of almost 200,000 passengers
boarded a cruise ship out of Jacksonville during the past year. The Carnival Elation is based in Jacksonville, the latest ship to dock here since the city established a cruise terminal 15 years ago. Since then, the JPA states 2.4 million passengers have taken a cruise out of Jacksonville. The authority and Carnival Corp. recently signed a long-term agreement to extend cruise service from Jacksonville through 2021 and potentially 2027. The agreement requires the port authority to make improvements to the terminal, which is west of the Dames Point Bridge.
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Aaron Bowman invited those interested to apply to join his new task force to address public safety and crime. At least four applications to serve as chair were received and more are expected through Bowman’s deadline of Nov. 2. Bowman seeks 17 people to serve on the committee including a chair and vice chair. Representatives from Mayor Lenny Curry’s office, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, State Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, Kids Hope Alliance and Duval County Public Schools will serve on the task force. Bowman also is searching for members representing religious organizations, those engaged in crime prevention, community and business leaders, activists, civic groups, local universities and a representative for the youth community. A subcommittee led by council member Bill Gulliford agreed Tuesday on some basic criteria for applicants. They need to be Duval County residents and have a demonstrated ability to raise money; volunteer experience on city boards, commissions or elected office; and experience working with diverse groups; and demonstrated leadership skills.
St. Johns County lands investments St. Johns County is the top area in Florida for business growth and investment, according to a report by Smart Assets. The county, which is south of Duval County, experienced business growth of 13.1 percent in 2018, with $755 million in GDP growth. The area ranks ninth nationally among counties for incoming investment and 11th for business growth. Duval did not make the top 10 in either category. DCAWTON@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @DAVIDCAWTON (904) 356-2466
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State Attorney wins $2.3M in federal grants Demolition progressing along Bay Street
MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Money extends sexual assault investigation and prosecution. The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the Office of the State Attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit two grants for a total $2.3 million to continue and expand its work on behalf of victims of past sexual assaults. The State Attorney’s Office will use a $1.5 million grant awarded by the DOJ to continue its investigative and prosecutorial efforts. The award will help maintain a team of assistant state attorneys, investigators, victim advocates and community partners for the next three years. An $880,933 grant will allow expansion of DNA databases through the collection of lawfully owed DNA from convicted offenders and people who have been arrested. That will allow the State Attorney’s Office and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to add DNA profiles that could lead to more arrests and prosecutions of violent offenders. The grants are from the federal Office of Justice Programs for the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, also known as SAKI. Awards under the program are used to coordinate community responses and ensure just resolutions from previous crimes when tested kits provide new evidence. The State Attorney’s Office and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office have partnered for the past three years on the initiative. More than 1,700 kits have been submitted for testing, with the final batch submitted in spring 2017. The results have yielded more than 370 DNA “hits” to date and led to additional investigations. In the past year, tested kits have resulted in two successful prosecutions.
Michael survivors need lawyers The Florida Bar is asking attorneys practicing in the 4th Judicial Circuit to join a statewide effort to help people who are affected by Hurricane Michael. Volunteer attorneys who speak English and/or Spanish are needed to staff a legal aid hotline established for residents of 11 counties along the Gulf Coast who can’t afford to pay for an attorney but need help in securing aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or need assistance with landlord-tenant or foreclosure issues, filing insurance claims, dealing with home repair contractors or replacing wills and other legal documents that were lost in the storm.
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The interior building materials are being removed from the former Duval County Courthouse on East Bay Street in preparation for the structure’s demolition. The work is part of the $8 million project to prepare the property along Bay Street.
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Dust produced by removing building materials from the former City Hall and courthouse annex is vacuumed from the building and collected for disposal. The structure, between Bay Street and the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, is scheduled to be imploded in January.
The hotline is a partnership between The Florida Bar and American Bar Association young lawyers divisions and FEMA. The service is active 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Attorneys wishing to volunteer may visit floridabar.org/ public/consumer/hurricane info/ to register.
JBA invites K9s for Warriors CEO Rory Diamond, CEO of K9s For Warriors, will be the keynote speaker Nov. 14 at the Jacksonville Bar Association member luncheon. Under his leadership, the Jacksonville-based organization has grown into the nation’s largest provider of service dogs for disabled American veterans and has saved hundreds of rescue dogs. Before joining K9s For Warriors, Diamond was a litigator at two international law firms. He also served as an assistant U.S. attorney specializing in public corruption and financial
fraud prosecutions. He was the briefing director for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and deputy associate director at the White House for President George W. Bush. Diamond was working in the White House on Diamond 9/11 and was part of the startup staff for the U.S. Office of Homeland Security. As a member of the Neptune Beach City Council, Diamond helped enact a law that made “fake” service dogs illegal in Neptune Beach. The event begins at 11:45 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. Visit jaxbar.org to register for lunch and for 0.5 hour CLE credit pending approval by The Florida Bar. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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The historic facade representing the arrival of French explorer Jean Ribault remains on the Bay Street side of the former City Hall.
LEGAL BRIEFS n Ashlea Edwards of GrayRobinson in Jacksonville was selected for Leadership Florida’s Connect IX Class. It’s a statewide leadership development program for selectees 39 years and younger who represent diverse industries and professions.
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n Helen Albee joined Tritt & Associates, focusing on construction and business litigation and general business representation. n Jimerson & Cobb hired attorney Sean Lynch II. He’s Albee a graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and the new associate in the firm’s Business Litigation Department.
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n Taylor Ward joined Taylor English Duma in Jacksonville as a partner in the real estate practice group.
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When care has legal implications, doctor-nurse team can react quickly Dr. Andrew Sauer and Traci King have worked together for 10 years at Smith Hulsey & Busey. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
It’s common for a law firm to call on medical experts for advice and counsel when the firm is representing a client that’s a health care provider. What’s not common is for a law firm to have a shareholder attorney who’s also an M.D. who works with a staff health care risk manager who’s also a registered nurse and certified legal nurse consultant. But that’s what’s been in place at Smith Hulsey & Busey for 10 years. Dr. Andrew Sauer and Traci King bring to their second professional careers a combined 55 years of hospital experience to the firm’s medical malpractice defense practice. “I get to work in areas of medicine I wouldn’t come in contact with in my specialty,” said Sauer, a graduate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Florida Coastal School of Law. He’s a board-certified pediatric emergency physician at Wolfson Children’s Hospital
when he’s not working with a client. King, a graduate of the University of North Florida Brooks School of Nursing, specialized in adult critical care nursing before she joined the law firm. “What I did then lends itself well to what I do here. It requires critical thinking and every case is different. That’s what I enjoyed about nursing,” she said. Sauer said he and King are the firm’s “legal rapid response team” and often begin consulting with a client before there’s litigation. “Ten years ago, law firms responded to a suit when it was filed,” he said. “Now the trend is to get involved proactively. When a risk manager or clinical personnel at a health care client has a concern about a patient’s case that may have legal implications, they call us,” he said. Another factor that has changed in medicine and the law in the past decade is how medical records are created and maintained. The handwritten patient chart has been replaced by technology. That has changed how cases are investigated and litigated. “Ten years ago, the medical record was a narrative. It told a story. Now it’s more data-driven. That raises the benefit of early
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Andrew Sauer, M.D., J.D., and Traci King, R.N. and a certified nurse consultant, are on the Smith Hulsey & Busey law firm’s medical malpractice defense team.
involvement,” said Sauer. The scope of medical malpractice lawsuits also has changed, King said. When she began her career, evaluation of patient care was focused almost exclusively on physicians and surgeons, but nurses now are more involved in patient care. “It used to be rare for a nurse to be subpoenaed in a case – much less named. That’s gone out the window,” King said. Sauer and King predict that as the intersection of medicine and the law continues to evolve, they will become more proactive, influencing the process as early
as before a patient is admitted or treated. “I believe we can help hospitals draft documents that will better inform patients and protect the hospital,” said King. Sauer said he’s confident one element of the connection between his practice at the hospital and his practice at the law firm won’t change. “There’s never a dull day there and there’s never a dull day here,” he said.
“It used to be rare for a nurse to be subpoenaed in a case – much less named. That’s gone out the window.” TRACI KING
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Jacksonville tax preparer gets 15 months in prison for fraud Adrian George helped clients get undeserved refunds by providing incorrect information to the IRS. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
A Jacksonville tax preparer was sentenced to federal prison for helping clients receive unde-
served refunds from the IRS by providing incorrect tax information to the government. Adrian George, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to aid in the preparation and presentation of fraudulent tax returns. He also was found guilty of five counts of aiding in the preparation and presentation of fraudulent tax returns.
A federal jury rendered its verdict April 11. According to court documents, George was the owner and operator of Professional Tax Service South LLC, a tax preparation firm at 1825 N. Myrtle Ave. He taught his employees ways to include false information in tax returns to ensure that his clients received large tax refunds. Acting at George’s direction, the employees offered to prepare fraudulent or “boosted” returns for clients in exchange for cash
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payments from the proceeds of the resulting illegitimate tax refunds. After being in business for less than two years, George and his employees had prepared and filed 748 tax returns for clients, 100 percent of which requested refunds. The tax returns prepared and filed by George and his employees requested refunds totaling more than $3.2 million. Based on national statistics, only 62 percent of filed tax returns request refunds, according to tes-
timony at the trial. The state Division of Corporations listed Professional Tax Service South inactive by administrative dissolution in September 2012 when the corporation failed to file the required annual report. This case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Coolican. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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More than 60 Girl Scouts toured the Duval County Courthouse last week and learned about careers in the law. They were the guests of, back row from left, Jennifer Shoaf Richardson, president of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers; Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts Rose Devoe; Duval County Judge Gary Flower; attorney Heather Quick; Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief Lakisha Burton; Duval County Judge Kelly Eckley and Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association President Jamie Karpman.
Girl Scouts visit Duval County Courthouse Lessons in justice, law enforcement and leadership — followed by pizza and a merit badge. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Sixty-three Girl Scouts learned about the justice system Oct. 15 when they participated in the second “Girl Scout Day: Up Close at the Duval County Courthouse.” A merit badge and pizza were included. The program was developed by Duval County Judge Gary Flower and began in June when another group of Girl Scouts was the guest of the court. “We want organizations to have an up-close look at the court-
house and the different aspects of the law,” Flower said. For the visitors, it was an opportunity to learn about the law and their personal potential. “Part of being a Girl Scout is civic engagement and understanding that girls can have an active role in making the world a better place, but it also lets the girls know that there are female judges and lawyers and clerks,” said Triciarae Stancato, chief development officer for Girl Scouts of Gateway Council. The day at the courthouse began when the scouts watched Flower qualify a pool of jurors. That was followed by presentations about trials, mediation, the origin and functions of the law and the rights and responsibilities that are part of being a citizen. The roles of the branches of
government were presented, along with how people who can’t afford to hire an attorney can secure legal counsel. The role of law enforcement was explained by Lt. Lakesha Burton from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, executive director of the Police Athletic League and Duval County Judge Lester Bass explained trials. The program continued with a discussion of the careers in the law. The panelists were Duval County Judge Kelly Eckley, Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts Rose Devoe, family law attorney Heather Quick, Florida Association for Women Lawyers President Jennifer Shoaf Richardson and Jamie Karpman, president of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association.
“It gave the girls an opportunity to see women in leadership roles in the legal profession,” said Karpman, who was a presenter at the program in June. Stancato said one of the highlights of the day was the mock trial. Advised by assistant state attorneys, Girl Scouts played the roles of judge, jury, prosecution, defense and witnesses. They also had lunch at the courthouse. The day helped the scouts qualify for two badges: “Inside Government” and “Finding Common Ground.” “Those are related to becoming an active citizen and advocacy to reach others,” Stancato said. With more than 10,000 girls enrolled in the 16-county Gateway Council, Stancato expects there will be more days at the
courthouse for Girl Scouts. “We thought it would be small, but Judge Flower took it to the next level. This partnership has been helpful,” she said. Flower said the plan is to use the programs created for the Girl Scouts as a model for programs that can be adapted to the specific needs of other groups. “We can design an up-close look at the court and legal system from the inside. It’s educational and it’s fun to have a civics day,” he said. Organizations interested in scheduling a day at the courthouse may contact Flower at (904) 255-1354. There might be pizza. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYREDORD.COM (904) 356-2466
City finds $12,000 misappropriated from JEA fitness center Employee placed in Pretrial Intervention Program after Investigation by the Office of Inspector General and the JSO. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Investigations by the city Office of Inspector General and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office determined that a JEA employee misappropriated for personal use nearly $12,000 from the Downtown JEA employee gym’s bank account. Michelle Petty, who has been employed by the utility since October 2006 and was one of the volunteer managers of the gym since 2012, is on unpaid leave while her continued employment is being reviewed, said JEA
spokeswoman Gerri Boyce. According to the State Attorney’s Office, Petty has entered the Pretrial Intervention Program. The program is sometimes available for first-time adult offenders. Participants sign a deferred prosecution agreement with specified requirements, such as restitution, community service and reimbursing the city for investigation cost. Upon successful completion of the program, charges are dismissed. Failure to complete the conditions required in the program contract results in prosecutorial review and appropriate legal action. An administrative investigation of Petty began when the inspector general received an anonymous complaint alleging that she might be operating a business, selling clothing to co-workers during business hours, and also not working all of her scheduled hours.
Based on records reviewed and statements obtained from supervisors at JEA, the allegation that Petty wasn’t working her required hours was not substantiated, but it was determined through her own admissions that she was selling clothing and cosmetics to colleagues during business hours in violation of JEA’s Secondary Employment Policy. Then the investigation shifted to Petty’s activities with JEA’s employee-owned fitness facility. She and her husband, Eric Petty, who also is a JEA employee, managed the gym at 421 N. Laura St. on a volunteer basis. The center is on the ground floor in JEA’s parking garage across Church Street from the Downtown customer service center. Employees who wish to use the exercise equipment or class space pay monthly dues through payroll deduction. That revenue is used to purchase new equipment and cover the cost of
supplies, but there is not a paid manager or staff. Michelle Petty was the sole authorized signer on the gym’s bank account. As part of the investigation, the inspector general reviewed 12 months of bank account records. It was determined that $3,088.74 in electronic payments had been sent from the gym’s bank account to her personal Discover card. The information regarding personal use of gym funds was referred to JSO, which expanded the scope of the bank records review. That investigation determined that a total of $11,985.73 was withdrawn from the account by Petty for personal use. In August, after an arrest warrant charging theft was issued, Petty surrendered to police. This isn’t the first case investigated by the inspector general and JSO involving theft from an employee fitness facility related to JEA.
A report published in May stated that an employee of St. Johns River Power Park, the decommissioned electric generating plant co-owned by JEA and Florida Power and Light, admitted to embezzling for personal use $8,500 from the on-site gym owned and operated by employees. The employee was arrested and then entered a Florida Felony Pretrial Intervention Program Deferred Prosecution Agreement. He agreed to perform 100 hours community service by February 2019, to restore the $8,500 to the gym members and to reimburse the city and state for the investigation and court costs – a total payment of more than $15,000 was remitted to the state Department of Corrections. MMARBUT@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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Thursday, October 25, 2018 • Page 15
Partner, Jacksonville litigation chair, and construction practice vice chair at Foley & Lardner LLP
BY MAX MARBUT • ASSOCIATE EDITOR
C. Ryan Maloney is a board-certified construction lawyer and chair of the Jacksonville Bar Association Construction Law Committee.
Age: 41
Who or what inspired you to become a lawyer? Growing up, people often said I was good at arguing, and that I should be a lawyer. Whether those were really compliments or not, being a lawyer was always in the back of my mind. I also have two uncles who are successful lawyers and good role models. After I graduated from Florida State University, and after working for a year or so in college admissions at FSU, I decided to take the plunge and go to law school at the University of Florida. It has worked out very well, and I really couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
related legal issues to effectively represent their clients.
One person (other than my spouse or partner) who inspires me: My children inspire me to continue to work as hard as I can to try to provide for them and ensure they have every opportunity to grow up happy and successful.
What community service have you pursued and why that? I was a mentor to a student through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida. I met with my mentee on a weekly basis starting when he was in sixth grade, and was very proud of the young man he had become when I watched him graduate in May from William M. Raines High School. I am a member of the Rotary Club of South Jacksonville. I was previously on the board of the Winston Family YMCA, including board chair in 2015, and I was the pro bono general counsel for the Clay County Chamber of Commerce from 2013 to 2018.
If I could change anything in the legal system, I would: Abolish per curiam affirmed opinions in the Florida District Courts of Appeal. While I recognize the appellate courts are busy, parties who spend the time, effort and money to appeal a decision should be entitled to receive an explanation of the basis for the decision to deny their appeal. Even if the explanation is brief, and perhaps made unpublished or otherwise non-precedential, they should receive an explanation.
How do you relate your undergraduate degree to your practice of law? My undergraduate degree was in English literature, which required lots of reading and then analyzing and synthesizing meanings and themes from the text. That’s exactly what I do as a litigator, analyzing and synthesizing arguments from case law and statutes in order to make arguments for my clients, so my degree has served me well.
lawyers like Allan Clark, John Tucker and John Caven, who all had very strong construction practices. Over time, working on construction matters, I learned that I enjoyed the area of law, as well as the idea of working on matters involving tangible buildings and structures and working with the people in the industry that build them.
How did you decide your practice area? And why have you chosen that? When I graduated from law school, I thought I wanted to be an employment lawyer. Luckily for me, when I started at Foley & Lardner, the commercial litigation group was very busy so I was drafted into that practice. I was fortunate enough to work with outstanding
What do you think will be the next big change in your area of law? As technology becomes a bigger aspect of the construction industry, with things such as building information modeling, laser scanning, drones and 3D printers becoming more prevalent, construction lawyers will have to stay abreast of these emerging technologies and the
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What’s your advice for new lawyers? Try to find an experienced lawyer who can be a mentor, whether it’s in your firm or workplace, in your network or in a Bar association. There is a lot they don’t teach you in law school about the practice of law, and you’re going to need someone with experience that can be a sounding board, provide insight and hopefully act as a champion for you if you’re lucky.
Education: Florida State University, bachelor’s in English literature and sociology; University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D. Hometown: Vero Beach Family: Wife, Amy; two children, Christopher,12, and Sarah, 10; and one cat, Maggie Favorite book: “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy Book I’m reading now: “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann Websites and apps I can’t live without: The Wall Street Journal app, Twitter and Dark Skies, a great weather app. Favorite nonwork activities: Playing tennis, cheering on the Jags and the Seminoles and spending time with my wife and kids
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LEGAL AFFAIRS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland Currently living: Jacksonville Daily Record employee: 13 years Alma mater: Proud product of Duval County Public Schools What you do when you are not working? In my off time, I enjoy nature photography. Understanding the work of the legal community is important because the law is the foundation of not only civilization, but business and community as well. It’s equally important for the public to understand the contributions made outside the courtrooms and conference rooms by the women and
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Thanks to All Involved in Pro Bono Legal Services In observance of the American Bar Association’s “Celebrate Pro Bono” week and on behalf of thousands of clients, the Fourth Circuit Pro Bono Committee; Guardian Ad Litem; Jacksonville Area Legal Aid; The Jacksonville Bar Association’s Attorney Ad Litem Project; Missing Link, Inc.; The Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership; the Office of Public Defender; and Three Rivers Legal Services would like to say a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to these and all pro bono attorneys and non-attorneys for their dedication and volunteer services to the vulnerable and under-served in our community. Mark Adams Maria Aguila Fraz Ahmed Stephen Albee Rose Alberre Debra Alexander Richard Alexander Zachary Alfant Mollie Alteri Leonard Alterman Michael Altes Joseph Alvarez Daren Anderson Donald Anderson Sidney Ansbacher Alessandro Apolito Tess Arington Andres Arrubla Michelle Atack Ellen Avery-Smith Karla Ayer Virgil Bachtold Erin Baggett Gregory Baity Jessica Baker John Baker IV Oliver(David) Barksdale Esq. Becky Barlow Enrique Barquinero Dion Bass Sr. Dagmara Bastiks Mohammed Bataineh Daniel Bean Brandon Beardsley Lucreita Becude Rebeccah Beller Iana Benjamin John Bennett Andrew Berger Matthew Berry Natalia Bevilacqua Lindsay Bierman Michael Bittner Markecia Bivins Rebecca Black Daniel Blanks Homer Bliss William Blume Peter Blumeyer Barry Bobek Brian Bochenek Laura Boeckman Donald Boggs Sarah Bohentin Sarah Bohr Christopher Bondani Andrew Bonderud Kim Bongiovanni Harris Bonnette Raymond Booth III Katie Borello Kim BouchardChaimowiz Erin Bowden Vicki Bowers Lauren Box Imani Boykin Kenneth Bracewell Eric Bradstreet Timothy Bramwell Kristine Briley Richard Britton Mariette Brodeur Michael Brooks Richard BrooksII Crystal Broughan Austin Brown Ian Brown Sally Brown Jacob Brown William Brown, Jr. Michelle Broyles James Brunet Steve Brust Linda Bryan Cydney Bulger Melina Buncome Jason Burgess Susan Burk Douglas Burnett Christopher Burns Steven Bush Tammy Butler
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