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A new Publix is in development in North Jacksonville. The city is reviewing building permits for construction of Northpoint Village Shopping Center on almost 16.5 acres at 12541 Yellow Bluff Road, at northeast Yellow Bluff and New Berlin roads. Plans show an almost 50,000-square-foot Publix Super Markets Inc. store and 18,000 square feet of adjacent retail space. No construction cost is listed. Codes-ABC Inc. is representing the project in code compliance. There also will be five outparcels of 0.89 to 1.53 acres. International Management Co. LLC is the developer. It said previously it expects to complete it in summer 2022. IMC announced April 22 that it signed a lease with Publix to anchor the center. Northpoint Village’s first phase will comprise Publix and adjacent store space for units from 1,300 to 7,000 square feet. When completed, Northpoint Village could total about 142,000 square feet of space on 27 acres. Brett McKee, IMC vice president of property services, said in the release the location is near interstates 295 and 95 and U.S. 17. “Northpoint Village will offer convenience and selection in close proximity to a dense residential market,” said McKee, calling the location a long underserved area. The project has been in city review since at least December 2018, when the city issued a mobility fee calculation certificate and a conditional capacity availability statement for Northpoint Village.

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Above: From left, The CSI Companies leaders Chris Flakus, COO; Drew Cihlar, Tech president; Kate Mays, HCIT president; James Chiang, CFO; Brandy Kerby, Professional president; and Larry Mims, Financial president. Left: The future CSI headquarters at The Point at Gate Parkway at 7720 Baymeadows Road E.

Amid pandemic uncertainty, the Jacksonville-based staffing company signs a deal for a new headquarters. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR

hile office development slowed during the pandemic, The CSI Companies took the step of leasing a speculative three-story Gate Parkway area building for its new headquarters. “Jacksonville is CSI’s national headquar-

ters and we wanted to make a statement about our commitment to employees and to the city,” said Chief Operating Officer Chris Flakus. “This is a state-of-the-art building with amenities designed at giving our employees a great work experience.” The CSI Companies provides national

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MORE OUTLOOK ■ How the office, industrial and retail markets are faring. Page 4 ■ VanTrust looking for space to expand as Imeson Park fills up. Page 5 ■ New Amazon facility at Cecil could bring 260 jobs. Page 5 ■ JAXUSA Partnership chasing 43 prospects. Page 6

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Advanced Disposal deal nears finish

The Justice Department posted a list of divestitures for Waste Management to complete a buyout. Eighteen months after signing the merger agreement, Waste Management Inc. finally knows what it needs to do to complete its $4.6 billion acquisition of Ponte Vedra-based Advanced Disposal Services Inc. The U.S. Department of Justice last week issued a list of overlapping facilities that the company will need to divest for antitrust clearance, including some operations in the Northeast Florida market. The Justice Department outlined the divestitures as part of a federal lawsuit filed Oct. 23 against the two companies. While that sounds contentious, Waste Management seems to be on board. The Houston-based company did not publicly announce a response to the lawsuit but said in an emailed statement: “We are pleased the process has advanced to this point. We await the Court’s entry of the stipulated order that will allow the parties to close.” Waste Management is the largest U.S. waste services company with about 21% of the market, according to a recent report by Morgan Stanley analysts. Advanced Disposal ranks fourth with a 2% market share. The companies knew they would have to divest some operations to get antitrust approval for the merger. They announced a deal in June to sell $835 million in assets from the merged company to GFL Environmental and hoped that would satisfy Justice Department officials. However, last week’s lawsuit gave the companies an additional list of 15 landfills,

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Waste Management Inc. seeks to finalize its $4.6 million acquisition of Ponte Vedra-based Advanced Disposal Services.

37 transfer stations, 29 hauling locations and more than 200 waste collection routes that must be sold to GFL. The list includes an Advanced Disposal hauling facility at 7580 Philips Highway in Jacksonville. The companies also must sell 10 Advanced Disposal commercial waste collection routes in Jacksonville and 12 Waste Management routes in St. Johns and Clay counties. “Without divestitures, this merger would have harmed competition for essential waste collection and disposal services throughout the country,” Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim said in a news release. “By requiring WMI and ADS to divest numerous facilities and assets in ten states, we will ensure that businesses, municipalities, and towns continue to benefit from competition for these critical services,” he said. Besides the U.S. Justice Department, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and four other state attorneys general joined as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the companies. “Through this multi-agency action, we will preserve competition in our state in the waste collection and disposal market,” Moody said in a news release. The asset sales, which include operations in Marion and Citrus counties, bring GFL in as a new market competitor

in the state and “establishes a foothold for GFL to compete across multiple Florida markets,” Moody’s office said in the release.

CSX stock hits record after earnings report

CSX Corp.’s stock jumped to a record high last week after CEO Jim Foote expressed optimism about freight trends during the Jacksonville-based railroad company’s earnings report. CSX reported revenue rose 17% from the second quarter to the third quarter as freight volumes increased after the COVID-19-related business shutdowns, and Foote said early fourth-quarter trends show the rebound is continuing. The company’s stock rose as much as $6.09 to $84.81 in early trading Oct. 22, after the late afternoon earnings report the previous day. The stock fell back to close at $81.73 that day. Credit Suisse analyst Allison Landry maintained an “outperform” rating on CSX but increased her price target for the stock from $89 to $91 after the report. “While the stock has traded at a discount to the group for some time, given the prevailing view that the PSR (precision scheduled railroading) costcutting efforts have largely begun to bottom out, we can see a scenario whereby investors start to re-consider the

As Ameris Bancorp reported strong third-quarter earnings, CEO Palmer Proctor said the bank’s Southeastern location is a plus during the pandemic. “As for COVID, all I can say is, is we are definitely fortunate to have such a strong presence in the Southeast. We opened about half our retail lobbies in the branches this third quarter with minimal disruption of operation,” Proctor said in the company’s Oct. 23 conference call with analysts. “And our customers, like many others, have learned to embrace the digital channels and mobile banking and we continue to have several initiatives there underway just to make that a better experience all the way around for our customers on a remote digital perspective,” he said. Ameris, which moved its executive offices from Jacksonville to Atlanta last year, has branches in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. Proctor said Ameris has 161 branches after closing nine this month. It did not say which offices were shut. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data showed Ameris with 176 branches as of June 30, including 21 in the Jacksonville market. Ameris reported adjusted earnings of $1.69 a share, up from 98 cents in the third quarter of 2019.

Analyst upgrades Rayonier AM Ahead of its third-quarter earnings report next week, RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Quinn upgraded his rating on struggling Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.

Dredging company opens Jacksonville regional office

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. said last week it opened a “strategic regional office” in Jacksonville, where it has “long run major projects and expects to take on additional work.” The company last month announced a second dredging contract worth up to $116.5 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its work on the project to deepen the St. Johns River in Jacksonville. This follows a $210 million contract it received in 2018. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock announced the new regional office in Jacksonville as it also said it is moving its corporate headquarters from Oak Brook, Illinois, to Houston. “The relocation stems in part from changing industry dynamics as the dredging market has shifted from Northern Illinois and the Great Lakes to work along the Gulf Coast and in the northeast and southeast coastal regions,” the company said in a news release. “The Jacksonville office will be serving a robust southeastern market, where the company has had key projects in every port and along the coastlines,” it said.

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The Jacksonville-based maker of specialty cellulose products has recorded six straight quarterly losses. But Quinn sees some reason for optimism as he upgraded his rating from “sector perform” to “outperform” and raised his Quinn price target for the stock from $3.50 to $5.50. “With lumber prices setting record levels during Q3, we expect that the business will generate improved free cash flow which can be used to reduce leverage. As the debt overhang clears up, we expect that more investors could become attracted to the Rayonier Advanced story,” Quinn said in his research note. He also said a shutdown of a Florida specialty cellulose plant by competitor Georgia-Pacific could benefit Rayonier AM.

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growth narrative; particularly as the broader rail volume environment continues to recover,” Landry said in a research note. Wells Fargo analyst Allison Poliniak-Cusic raised her price target on the stock from $81 to $82 but maintained an “equal weight” rating. “We remain on the sidelines near term given the ongoing macro uncertainty, but must give credit where credit is due given the solid operational performance in the quarter,” Poliniak-Cusic said in her note.

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The pandemic aftermath BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS • EDITOR

Jacksonville’s industrial, office and retail markets are adjusting to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that led to shutdowns, capacity restrictions and other effects. Here is what Avison Young, CBRE, Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL and NAI Hallmark are reporting about the market as of the 2020 third quarter, which ended Sept. 30.

6.2%-7.5%

Overall industrial vacancy rate, below the average Q2 rate Average asking lease rate range per square foot: $4.90 to $7.73

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Florida Blue’s campus in Deerwood Park (above). Colliers International reports the insurer is offering 750,000 square feet of office space for lease there and at its Downtown campus as 95% of its employees are working at home.

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New projects on hold amid market uncertainty Other than projects already started, developers of most proposed office buildings are sitting out the market. A few speculative office buildings are available for tenants and three headquarters are under development – Fidelity National Information Services Inc. in Brooklyn; JEA Downtown; and the build-out for The CSI Companies along Baymeadows Road near Gate Parkway. “Other new construction projects in the pipeline are on hold,” said JLL in its Office Insight Q3 2020 report. A lot of that is due to uncertainty. Many office tenants sent employees home to work remotely during the pandemic and found they don’t need all of their space, releasing some of it for sublease. For example, Colliers International reported that insurer Florida Blue put 750,000 square feet of office space available for lease at its Downtown and Deerwood Park campuses. Florida Blue Senior Media Relations Consultant Toni Woods said Oct. 12 that the onset of COVID-19 meant that ensuring the health and safety of its employees became a top priority “We quickly evolved into a remotely working company with 95% of our more than 6,000 Jacksonvillebased employees successfully working from home,” she said. “Given the uncertainty of what the future virtual vs. onsite experience might look like, we are exploring many different options. We will consider leasing inquiries on a case-by-case basis, with no particular size in mind,” she said. Colliers International said in its Market Snapshot Q3 2020 that office tenants are evaluating the next step. “Businesses who were looking to expand their footprint are putting that effort on hold for now or retracting the idea,” it said. Colliers International said that many tenants in the market are requesting lower rental rates, concessions or short-term abatement or are downsizing their

6.7-16.4%

Overall office vacancy rate, similar to Q2 Average asking lease rate range per square foot: $20.76 to $21.53 Average Northbank Downtown vacancy rate: 8.8% to 19.7% Average Southbank Downtown vacancy rate: 3.9% to 7.1% Average suburban vacancy rate: 12.03% to 17.5%

footprint. It expects the trends to continue. The active tenants in the market are those whose leases are expiring this year and early next year, reports CBRE in its Marketview Q3 2020 report. “Several tenants with growth needs have decided to expand their space size and signed leases in other buildings,” it said. Landlords are holding rents steady and offering concessions, CBRE said. Cushman & Wakefield said in its Jacksonville Office Q3 2020 Marketbeat report that the Butler/Baymeadows market captured more than 60% of leasing activity because of its higher diversity of space options. Renewals and extensions picked up as the market softened for new deals. JLL predicts that vacancy will continue to rise until a vaccine is developed for COVID-19 or until businesses feel confident returning to the office. Yet employment levels among office users remained stable, indicating financial strength in the market “and the potential for recovery,” JLL said.

The market in a word: e-commerce More distribution centers are being built, and many are leased before construction. The key word is e-commerce. “Jacksonville continued to be a hot build-to-suit market,” said Cushman & Wakefield in its Jacksonville Industrial Q3 2020 Marketbeat. Wayfair Inc. moved into its 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center in West Jacksonville, and Amazon. com started development of its almost 1.1 millionsquare-foot fulfillment center in Imeson Park in North Jacksonville. Wayfair’s occupancy shifted momentum, which JLL described in its Industrial Insight Q3 2020 as “emblematic of the revitalization occurring in the market as COVID-19 implications on economic activity eases some.” JLL said that prospects are in the market for more than 5 million square feet of industrial space. “Occupancy fundamentals point toward a healthy industrial market.” Colliers International said in its Market Snapshot Q3 2020 that the pandemic hastened the growth. “E-commerce is performing exceptionally well due to the acceleration of online shopping during the pandemic,” it wrote. That demand means investors, retailers and wholesalers are buying, developing and leasing distribution and fulfillment centers. “Jacksonville, with its abundance of land available and desirable location, is on the mind of most e-commerce tenants looking to serve Florida,” said CBRE in its Q3 2020 Marketview.

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Vacancy rate remains below the national average Since March, the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, retail leases dropped significantly “and will likely continue with no major leases being signed,” reported NAI Hallmark in its Jacksonville Metro Q3 2020 Market Report. Still, the vacancy rate is below the national average and below the market’s long-term average. “While vacancies will likely rise, levels are expected to remain healthy,” NAI Hallmark said, because more than 60 percent of the retail space under construction is pre-leased.

NAI Hallmark noted that major specialty and discount grocers leased or developed space – Sprouts Farmers Market and Whole Foods Market have opened stores, and Aldi is building a store at Philips Highway and Emerson Street. “While virtually all of Jacksonville has seen some form of growth in the retail sector, the Southside, St. Johns County and Riverside submarkets have all seen the largest concentration of activity,” it wrote.

LARGEST 5.2% FOUR MARKETS Overall retail vacancy rate, higher than the Q2 rate

Average asking lease rate per square foot: $17.89

Average quoted Market Vacancy rental rate Southside

3.9% $19.28

Riverside

3.5% $16.95

St. Johns

4.3%

$19.99

Orange Park/Clay 4.8%

$17.92

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The company bought the North Jacksonville industrial site in 2018. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR

VanTrust Real Estate LLC is completing its 156-acre Imeson Park industrial center and is looking for land in North and West Jacksonville for more development. It bought the Imeson site, at northeast North Main Street and Zoo Parkway in North Jacksonville, in 2018. “It’s been about two years. I think we did absorb the land more quickly than we thought,” said VanTrust Real Estate Executive Vice President John Carey on Oct. 22. “The demand was excellent.” Imeson Park comprises an almost 1.1 million-square-foot Amazon.com fulfillment center in development; a 552,720-squarefoot building leased to Margo State Line; a 300,000-squarefoot building leased to Cra-ZArt; and the 552,720-square-foot Building B in permitting review. VanTrust Real Estate submitted plans to the city Oct. 14 for the proposed Building B, which

is planned on 27.14 acres at 10501 Cold Storage Road, No. 200. The site plan shows 204 parking spaces. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer. The new proposed Building B can accommodate a single or multiple tenants, Carey said. “We do have prospects but we don’t have a ny si g n e d leases,” Carey said. “ We are starting the Carey building spec based on what we felt is the state of the market right now,” Carey said. He said it could be divisible by 50,000 square feet and would be ideal for two 250,000-squarefoot tenants, he said. “We are definitely talking to a couple of tenants in the 100,000-square-foot range.” Carey expects to break ground in January with shell completion for occupancy in the summer. VanTrust, through JI Imeson Industrial LLC, owns Imeson Park. JI Imeson Industrial LLC paid $18.44 million for the property in September 2018, buying it from

IMESON PARK GROWTH

The 156-acre Imeson Park industrial center is in North Jacksonville east of North Main Street between Busch Drive and Imeson Park Boulevard.

Cra-Z-Art

Building A: 552,720 square feet, completed and fully leased to Margo State Line Inc.

Cold Storage Road

VanTrust looking for more land, wraps up Imeson

Building B: 552,720 square feet, in for permitting. Building C: 300,000 square feet, completed, built-to-suit for Cra-Z-Art. Building E: Almost 1.1 million square feet, under construction for completion in August, buildingto-suit for Amazon.com.

Margo State Line

There is no Building D because other buildings required additional parking or truck aprons that resulted in one fewer building in the project.

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Imeson International Industrial Park Inc. Imeson Park will have about 2.5 million square feet of distribution and fulfillment center space. It has development rights for up to 3 million square feet of space, but other buildings needed more land for parking or truck aprons, Carey said. Carey said the industrial market is strong, but “it is the strongest for these occasional big deals that come along,” he said. “I would like to see more demand for the smaller spaces in addition to the occasional big deal.” Carey would like to see more tenants in the 100,000- to 300,000-square-foot range. Imeson Park is leasing up its

buildings in a Northside market where third-quarter warehouse vacancy ranges from 13%-16%, higher than the area average. North Jacksonville is one of the city’s largest warehouse markets. VanTrust is based in Kansas City, Missouri. It opened a Jacksonville office in January 2016, which Carey and his group leads. Imeson Park is one of its office and industrial developments, and Carey wants to start another. “We are currently looking for additional industrial land,” he said. “We don’t have anything firmed up, but we would like to continue an active industrial program in Northeast Florida,” he said. He said VanTrust would like to find a site similar to Imeson

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New Amazon facility at AllianceFlorida could create 260 jobs

BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR

Amazon.com Inc.’s new facility planned at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center could create about 260 jobs, according to a JEA document. The 278,237-square-foot facility is designed on Parcel F at southwest Waterworks Street and POW-MIA Memorial Parkway in the West

Jacksonville business park. It is the 10th identified Amazon facility in Northeast Florida. Plans don’t specify what the online retailer’s facility will do, but the project will have 84 loading bays, which shows it will do what Amazon does – take in and ship out products. The job and loading bay numbers are in an Aug. 31 JEA letter to civil engineer Prosser Inc. responding to a request to determine the availability of utility service. As reported, the city is reviewing a permit application and plans for the project called JAX9, a code name used by the Seattle-based

online retailer. It is identified as Amazon. The construction cost is $40.4 million. Dallas-based Hillwood, the city’s master developer at Cecil Commerce Center, intends to develop the project on 37.5 acres at 13450 Waterworks St. Hillwood Senior Vice President Dan Tatsch had no comment. The Conlan Co. is the contractor for the single-story warehouse building with an office area and break room. HPA Inc. of Irvine, California, is the architect. Plans show 261,321 square feet of warehouse space and 16,916 square feet of office space, comprising

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JAXUSA chasing 43 prospects, including logistics The facilities include e-commerce centers fueled by the pandemic. BY MARK BASCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

While the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting some industries, it’s creating a surge in demand for e-commerce businesses as consumers shop more online. That’s a positive for Jacksonville’s economy as it attracts new e-commerce companies, participants said in an Oct. 19 webinar presented by JAXUSA Partnership and the Jacksonville Port Authority. Even during the pandemic, companies are Wallace looking for facilities in Jacksonville to respond to new demand, said Aundra Wallace, JAXUSA president, and Jacob Horsley, senior director of industrial brokerage services at Cushman & Wakefield. “We’re chasing or working with about 43 different prospects,” Wallace said. He said 21 of those are in the category of advanced manufacturing and 12 or 13 fall into the category of advanced transportation or logistics centers for companies. “While I cannot tell you the

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projects specifically, I like the projects I’m seeing,” Wallace said. Horsley said he has 14 active projects within the Jacksonville market. “The pipeline and the deal velocity in the market is incredibly strong,” he said. Without giving details, Horsley said his projects include an 85,000-square-foot warehouse project off Powers Avenue on the Southside. Jacksonville has attracted some big e-commerce businesses in just the past couple of years, including Amazon.com, which has opened, announced or submitted plans for 10 facilities. Other recent projects include distribution centers for furniture retailer Article.com and home furnishings retailer Wayfair LLC. Wallace said Wayfair, which

opened its Westside distribution center in June, has been impressed by the labor pool it found in Jacksonville. “Other branches of their company said they need talent and they want to poach ta l ent from the Jacksonville region,” Wallace said. Jacksonville’s labor Horsley pool is benefiting from new and younger residents moving to the area in search of opportunities during the pandemic, Wallace said. He said the area had a net population gain of 10.7% between April and August and 71% of new residents are under age 40.

“As people are leaving highcost, high-density cities, our region stands to benefit greatly,” he said. Besides available labor, e-commerce companies are attracted to Jacksonville because of its logistics infrastructure, including the port, railroads and interstate highways. Access to industrial properties “is of utmost importance,” Wallace said. He said a searchable database of available properties and sites is helping JAXUSA recruit new businesses. “The launch of this tool is essential during the pandemic in lieu of making an actual visit to Jacksonville,” he said. Horsley said e-commerce businesses have leased 6 million square feet of space in the Jack-

sonville market in the past three years and he expects another 1 million square feet to be leased by the end of this year. Jacksonville’s total industrial market of about 102 million square feet had a direct vacancy rate of 6.6% at the end of the third quarter, Horsley said. “Vacancy has ticked up the last couple of years,” he said. “A large percentage of that is due to new construction activity.” Horsley expects the vacancy rate to fall back closer to 5% by the end of this year. He said the industrial market in Jacksonville has been strong during the pandemic with 3.77 million square feet leased so far this year, continuing a trend of leasing activity over the past five years. MBASCH@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM

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St. Johns Plantation Apartments at 595 Baymeadows Circle W. sold for $64 million, a 94% percent increase over its $33 million sales price in 2012.

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$47,000,000

$11,900,000

$1,985,500

$1,880,000

7595 Baymeadows Circle W., Jacksonville

6371 Collins Road, Jacksonville

2479 Florida 207, St. Augustine

Garden Street, Jacksonville

118th Street, Jacksonville

Type: St. Johns Plantation Apartments Parcel size: 23.73 acres No. of units: 400 Buyer: St. Johns Apartments LLC Seller: G&I VII St. Johns Plantation LLC Previous sale: $33,000,000 in 2012

Type: The Kensley Apartment Homes Parcel size: 18.8 acres No. of units: 300 Buyer: Kensley Partners LLC Seller: G&I VII Kensley LLC Previous sale: $27,000,000 in 2012

Type: Undeveloped medical Parcel size: 23 acres Buyer: Baptist Health Properties Inc. Seller: A.H.K. LLLP

Type: Undeveloped Parcel size: Not available Buyer: Esplanade Communities of Florida LLC Seller: Coastland Group LLC

Type: Undeveloped residential Parcel size: 59.45 acres Buyer: Lennar Homes LLC Seller: CLDG Land II LLC

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ST. JOHNS

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$1,825,000

$1,250,000

$1,200,000

$1,050,000

342 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

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17 13th St., St. Augustine

5848 and 5888 Norwood Ave., Jacksonville

Type: Trulieve Parcel size: 0.71 acres Building size: 3,477 square feet Buyer: Albert J. Freitag Jr. Seller: Blanding Outparcel LLC Previous sale: $815,000 in 2019

Type: Apartments Parcel size: 0.57 acres No. of units: 10 Building size: 6,390 square feet Buyer: JWB Real Estate Capital LLC Seller: Michael H.T. and Kenneth R. Kirton, the Terry L. Peterson Revocable Trust and Judy Harmer Previous sale: $136,000 in 1977

4120 Haines and 1403 E. 31st streets, Jacksonville

Type: Single-family rental Parcel size: 0.31 acres Building size: 3,054 square feet Buyer: Ginn & Patrou Holdings LLC Seller: Ancient City Ventures LLC Previous sale: $681,000 in 2016

Type: Retail strip center Parcel size: 1.3 acres Building size: Two buildings totaling 15,151 square feet Buyer: Norwood Commercial LLC Seller: Kennard Development Co. Inc. and Timuquana Road LLC

Type: Industrial Parcel size: 3.07 acres Building size: Five buildings totaling 49,350 square feet Buyer: Haines St LLC Seller: East Coast Repair & Fabrication LLC

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$1,795,000 8030 Pebble Creek Lane W., Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 1.36 acres House size: 5,397 square feet Buyer: Syril Dorairaj and Jamima Devasena Seller: Lis and Thomas H. Petersen and the Thomas H. Petersen Revocable Trust Previous sale: $1,250,000 in 2002

$1,225,000 9040 Marsh View Court, Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.82 acres House size: 4,070 square feet Buyer: Brian J. Caffrey and Naoko Fukushima Seller: James E. and Dale Barnes Previous sale: $1,030,000 in 2020 ST. JOHNS

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6680 Broward St., St. Augustine

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133 Yellow Bill Lane, Ponte Vedra Beach

1215 Selva Marina Circle, Atlantic Beach Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.45 acres House size: 6,979 square feet Buyer: Christopher M. and Rachel F. Lazzara Seller: Samuel P. and Kelly D. Saunders Previous sale: $2,290,000 in 2018

About the property: Six-bedroom, 5½bath home features walnut flooring, office, flex room, indoor basketball court, six-car garage, heated pool and spa, putting green, lanai and summer kitchen.

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.29 acres House size: 3,698 square feet Buyer: Ross P. and Christine Rodgers Seller: John and Judy M. Oakley

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$1,900,000

$1,889,000

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Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.18 acres House size: 3,240 square feet Buyer: Ann M. Harrison Seller: Anastasia Marine Services LLC

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.46 acres House size: 6,813 square feet Buyer: Alexander Pisieczko and Una Sibirceva Seller: Sheryl D. Michels and the Sheryl D. Michels Florida Living Trust Previous sale: $1,775,000 in 2003

Type: Condominium Condo size: 2,750 square feet Buyer: The Robert E. Claypoole Living Trust Seller: Richard K. Ketler, the Richard K. Ketler Family Trust and Shella F. Ketler Previous sale: $510,000 in 1996

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.93 acres House size: 4,680 square feet Buyer: Jonathan D. and Adrienne J. Sooriash Seller: Gary E. Adler Previous sale: $1,200,000 in 2005

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staffing in the technology, financial, accounting, health care and other professional industries. The city is reviewing permit applications for The CSI Companies to build-out the headquarters at The Point at Gate Parkway at 7720 Baymeadows Road E. at an estimated cost of about $570,000. That is not the total investment because it doesn’t reflect the development or all of the interior and exterior work and amenities. Marand Builders Inc. is the contractor for the project. Connie Turner Interiors Inc. is the interior designer. Flakus said Oct. 15 the goal is to move in during March and be up and running April 1. Jacksonville-based Ash Properties developed the 54,354-square-foot Point at Gate Parkway. Flakus said the deal came about because of a relationship CSI developed with the landlord and the work of its broker, Brad Chrischilles, principal and Jacksonville director at Foundry Commercial. Chrischilles represented CSI in the site search. The CSI Companies announced July 23 it will relocate and expand its headquarters to the structure. CSI is a national staffing firm with about 120 Jacksonville employees and it is adding staff. In 2004, CSI moved to 9995 Gate Parkway N., where it leases about 40,000 square feet. That is about 4 miles north of the new site. “We are growing at a very fast rate and we do continue to hire,” Flakus said. The CSI Companies was founded in 1995 and marks its 25th anniversary this year. “We have outgrown our current building and because this is our national headquarters, we were looking for someplace we can be for the next 10+ years,” Flakus

Type: Single-family Lot size: 0.9 acres House size: Two buildings totaling 2,892 square feet Buyer: Daniel J. and Mary B. Pietrzak Seller: Lauren J. and Jefferson Clark and the Holub Living Trust Previous sale: $180,000 in 1986 ST. JOHNS

$1,095,000 693 Ponte Vedra Blvd., No. 103, Ponte Vedra Beach Type: Ocean Manor II Condominium Condo size: 1,550 square feet Buyer: Jonathan D. and Kathryn K. Taylor Seller: Intra Vires Property and Investments Co. LLC Previous sale: $810,000 in 2016

said previously in an email. He said the lease is for 10½ years. Flakus said CSI was looking for headquarters space for several months before it saw the Point at Gate Parkway property. He said the company liked eTown and also looked Downtown. “When we first saw it, we loved it but we weren’t sure we were ready for this type of commitment,” Flakus said. “Thankfully, we continued to grow and we were able to construct a deal that fit both sides.” Chrischilles said the building was available for about a year, targeted for multitenant use and build-out. Instead, CSI will occupy all of it. “For CSI, it just fit well,” Chrischilles said. “They really wanted to control an entire building.” Flakus said the project “is both representative of hard work and a belief in the direction we are headed.” “We will have to work hard to grow into this building, which we will do. It is a commitment to our employees and a statement to our clients that we are a strong partner.” CSI said the building features a horseshoe-shaped layout, a private center courtyard, and an interconnected stairwell with marble and stone finishes. The space will feature a fitness center on the first floor and a café-style lounge as well as collaborative spaces around the building. The building will be the home for CSI specialty divisions: CSI Financial, CSI Healthcare IT, CSI Professional, CSI Tech and its nonprofit organization, CSI Gives Back. In 2010, The CSI Companies became a part of Recruit Global Staffing, which is active in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466

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JBA holds first in-person meeting since January

In its first in-person membership meeting since January, the Jacksonville Bar Association held lunch and a program Oct. 22 at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel. About 100 members and guests gathered in the hotel’s main ballroom that was set up for social distancing, with tables set farther apart and with fewer seats. The keynote speaker, Florida State College of Law Dean Erin O’Connor O’Hara, spoke via Zoom from Tallahassee. She said the pandemic shutdown first impacted the law school when FSU postponed the start of summer classes for two weeks because so many students traveled off campus for spring break and university officials wanted to determine if any had contracted the coronavirus. The university, like the rest of society, dealt with adapting overnight to social distancing, wearing masks in congregate spaces and doing business in new ways, including many law school classes shifting to online learning. O’Hara said students entered law school believing that being smart and working hard could propel them to any goal. The pandemic demonstrated that events could change that and COVID-19 was out of anyone’s control. “It’s been a tough year. Students had to grapple with fundamental uncertainty,” O’Hara said. The lessons learned from the pandemic, such as depending more on themselves than their professors, will change the way lawyers of the future work and represent clients, she said.

Jacquot joins Gunster Joe Jacquot joined Gunster as a business litigation shareholder in the law firm’s Jacksonville and Tallahassee offices. Jacquot was the general counsel to Gov. Ron DeSantis. His practice at Gunster will be representing clients in state matters involving litigation and appellate work, as well as counseling companies in regulatory issues. As the governor’s general counsel, Jacquot was responsible for all litigation and legal matters of the governor and state executive agencies. Jacquot received his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia and his law degree at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

These are the largest commercial building permits by job cost issued Oct. 27 by the city of Jacksonville.

INDUSTRIAL W.W. Gay Fire Protection Inc., 2230 Rosselle St., contractor is Charles Construction Group LLC, 4,800 square feet, tenant build-out and paint booth installation, $45,000. OFFICE, BANK, PROFESSIONAL Federal Bureau of Investigation, 6060 Gate Parkway, contractor is Combined Industries LLC, 1,000 square feet, canopy installation, $85,000. SCHOOL, LIBRARY, OTHER EDUCATIONAL North Florida Educational Institute Corp., 6803 Arques Road, contractor is NSL Construction Ltd. Co., 6,500 square feet, install concession building, $150,000.

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A business decision, or one of philosophy?

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If we were voting on hiring a CEO, the choice is clear. But actually, it’s a vote of you or the group.

he way American voters choose for whom they’ll vote for president is probably as varied as the license tag numbers on Florida automobiles. Everyone makes different judgments — on personality, character, age, policies, political party, spouses, record, personal interaction with the candidates, financial matters, hair and on and on. But this being a business publication, let’s pretend this decision is really what it should be: A business decision. Imagine you are a member of a corporation’s board of directors, and you and your fellow directors have narrowed down your long search for a new CEO to two candidates: Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Whom would you select? Of course, it all depends: What does the company need at this particular moment? What’s the condition of the company? Is it expanding rapidly and needs a leader experienced in managing fast growth? Is it in financial trouble — runaway expenses, losses and in need of a fastacting turnaround leader to clean house and restart? Does it need a leader who can serve as a bridge to the next generation and just keep the business steady as it goes, tweaking pieces here and there?

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Former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and President Donald Trump. a Republican, offer a contrast in CEO skills and philosophies.

And which of the two candidates is best suited to address the company’s present needs? If only Americans had the inclination to evaluate USA Inc. and the presidential election that way. WHO CAN RUN USA INC. BEST?

To a great extent, that’s what the election is really about: Who can run this gargantuan business most effectively? Who has what it takes — Donald Trump or Joe Biden? OK, OK. Many of you are likely saying you wouldn’t select either of them. You’d keep looking. We all know the line: In a country of 330 million people, and these are the two best we can come up with? Yeah, well, that’s democracy. You never get the best of the best. So we’re stuck with these two. Which of them would make the better CEO? And let’s keep in mind the condition of

the business. It’s a mess. Spending is totally out of control. The payroll is bloated far beyond any rational business sense. Corruption is rampant in numerous departments. And the company has totally strayed from its founders’ core principles creating a framework for its customers (U.S. citizens) to pursue life, liberty and happiness at their fullest with limited interventions from the back office operations. To be sure, you can make a persuasive argument that USA Inc. needs an indefatigable, energetic, thick-skinned, tough, laser-focused, fastacting, decisive, fearless leader. Someone who will not accept the status quo. Someone who, while being tough to the point of almost being ruthless, has the charisma and people skills to win over doubters and bring aboard fellow leaders who can

get the job done. And do it with integrity — without compromising financial or moral scandals. If you’re really honest about the situation, you would have to conclude Trump clearly has more of the above CEO qualifications than does Biden. He knows what it takes to start and run businesses — and do so successfully. And like any good entrepreneur, he has had successes and failures, the latter serving as unforgettable lessons. Trump has signed paychecks all of his adult life. He knows the weight and burdens of risk — of employees and their families relying and trusting his decision making. Biden basically has never held a private-sector job and as a Washington politician for 47 years has no experience as a CEO. It’s a clear choice. But now pretend that you’re

in the boardroom, and one of your fellow directors says: “I know this Mr. Trump has far more business leadership and management experience than Mr. Biden, but frankly, I can’t stand the guy’s narcissism and bombastic behavior. Everything is all about ‘I.’ Is that what we want at the head of our company? What about all that womanizing that occurred years ago? Can we trust this guy? To me, it’s all about integrity and trust.” Indeed, as you look over Trump’s 3 1/2-year record in office, the way he has handled the firing of some of his cabinet members and top aides — ugh. But at the same time, you would have to give Trump credit for getting things done — articulating what needed to be done and doing what he said he would do. You have to like that in a CEO (and especially in a politician). What’s more,

BEWARE OF THE SEEN AND UNSEEN “There are no solutions, only choices and tradeoffs.” Thomas Sowell When Thomas Sowell expands on that simple sentence, he explains that every choice has a consequence. Whenever you make a choice in business or your personal life, it means you are not choosing another. You’re making a trade-off. So likewise in government. When, say, a politician says he or she is going to do “this” or “that,” he or she is always choosing one course of action that will achieve a benefit that people immediately will see. But that choice always comes at the expense of someone or something else. Frederic Bastiat, the 1800s French economist, called this “that which is seen and that which is not seen.” Wrote Bastiat: “It almost always

happens that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, and the converse.” Two examples of the former: Consider the idea of “transitioning” the nation out of the use of fossil fuels and to the exclusive use of renewable energy sources. The “seen,” of course, would be the growth of renewable energy use; the attendant jobs to produce that; and presumably cleaner air. But the “unseen” would be the reduction in choices and supplies of energy — the elimination of the least costly supplies of energy — and the reduction in competing energy industries. The effects of these choices? For one, demand for energy in the U.S. is not going to shrink. It will

continue to grow as population grows. To meet that demand with the most costly sources of energy (wind and solar) certainly would increase the cost to consumers. Result: Rising demand, shrinking supplies, higher prices to consumers. Who loses? The poor and shrinking middle class. They will pay more than they are paying now to heat their homes; fuel their cars; and buy other consumables heretofore reliant on less expensive fossil fuels for production. The choice and trade-off: Cleaner air, poorer poor. Raise the taxes on corporations to make businesses pay “their fair share.” The “seen” in this case is government tax collections from corporations initially will rise, helping the

public purse and reducing pressure to raise taxes on others. But the “unseen” is the trade-off. For one, in truth businesses never pay taxes. They may send millions and billions each year to federal, state and local governments. But every business owner knows those dollars are merely “pass-throughs.” Taxes are always baked into the price of goods and services. Business operators will pass on the cost of these higher taxes to their customers; or they will constrain how much they give their employees in raises; they will avoid hiring more people; or do combinations of all three. The ultimate “fatal consequence,” as Bastiat called it, will be a slowergrowing economy. Beware of the “seen” and “unseen.” MATT WALSH

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it also would be accurate to say Trump hasn’t been involved in any personal scandals — e.g. affairs or financial conflicts benefiting his family. One other factor in his favor: His work ethic and commitment to the job have been unparalleled; the guy doesn’t rest.

WHAT ARE BIDEN’S CEO SKILLS?

Now compare all of that to Biden and his record. What business has he started and run successfully? What in his career has he done to demonstrate he has CEO qualities, characteristics and abilities? Be honest. We know there are millions of Biden supporters simply because they cannot stand Trump. But at the same time, if you’re sitting as a director of USA Inc. and your primary duty is to protect the fiduciary interests of shareholders and the company; and if you are brutally honest about the professional records of these two candidates — their personal flaws aside, the scorecard should be obvious. If this were a business decision, the choice would be clear. Of course we know millions of Americans don’t see this choice as strictly business.

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sake and to pursue your own happiness; or that the collective group is superior to you and you are subservient to the group, a slave of the state that holds all power over your life. Freedom or dictatorship. Capitalism or statism. The peaceful and voluntary exchange of goods and services or government mandates and coercion at the tip of a gun. Acceptance of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Or their rejection. When you vote, you are choosing the philosophies and ambitions of the political parties. You may think you are voting for the person,

A CHOICE OF PHILOSOPHIES

There is another way to look at the election. Forget their personalities, forget the two candidates’ skills. Instead, the truth is your vote, ultimately, comes down to choosing one of two philosophies: Either the belief that you have an inalienable right to your own life, to your own liberty, to exist for your own

the candidate. But when that candidate chooses a political party — even in local and state races, he or she is declaring an acceptance of that party’s beliefs and tenets. Historically, conventional acceptance is that those with the “R” behind their names believe the individual is above the group — although, over time, particularly in Washington, that distinction has shrunk. Too often in Washington, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the Republicans and Democrats, so beholden they are to the entrenched D.C. establishments. In contrast, those with the “D” behind their names historically put the group ahead

of the individual. And in this cycle, many of those in leadership and most outspoken in the Democrat Party have shifted so far left they are boldly claiming allegiance to socialism, enslavement of the individual to a ruling elite. This is the philosophical and real choice in this election — manifested in the personas of Trump and Biden, flawed characters to be sure. Trump, who stands on the side of individual liberty, capitalism and the Constitution. Biden, who stands on the side of the ever-expanding government Leviathan, enslaving Americans to how the elites want and demand you to live. This brings to mind Austrian

economist Friedrich Hayek’s summation of individual liberty and democracy in his book, “The Constitution of Liberty:” “If democracy is a means of preserving liberty, then individual liberty is no less an essential condition for the working of democracy. Though democracy is probably the best form of limited government, it becomes an absurdity if it turns into unlimited government. Those who profess that democracy is all-competent and support all that the majority wants at any given moment are working for its fall.” MWALSH@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM

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