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DOWNTOWN Daily Record VISIONS Four business leaders with a financial stake JACKSONVILLE in the urban core share what they believe Downtown needs.
Aerotek adding office in Deerwood
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Jacksonville will be the staffing company’s third corporate site. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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THE NORTH END
Developer Elias Hionides and Petra Management Inc. are working to redevelop the Jones Brothers Furniture Building near City Hall into housing, retail and office space. This is a rendering of the Western Union Building next door. He wants to brand the area as “The North End.”
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owntown revitalization needs investment, focus and a community look at a new convention center, according to four business leaders who focus on the city’s urban core among their investments. The Society for Marketing Professional Services North Florida group hosted a discussion about “Jax Downtown Revitalization: Hospitality, Hope and Hard Work” on Nov. 7 at Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club. Jake Gordon, CEO of Downtown Vision Inc., moderated the event. It comprised Aundra Wallace, president of JAXUSA Partnership, and panelists Michael Corrigan of Visit Jacksonville, developer Elias Hionides and investor Eugene Profit. Wallace and Corrigan are in positions to assist Hionides and Profit. “It hit home how the revitalization of Downtown Jacksonville will be a result of
leadership and investment, with talent recruitment, visitor recruitment and marketing also crucial,” Gordon said. “When the investors succeed in their developments, Downtown gets that much stronger with a brand new amenity — be it a new place to live or a new hotel to visit.” Gordon said that success also is tied to city, agency and community support, such as through incentives from the Downtown Investment Authority or through recruiting visitors by Visit Jacksonville. “Or even helping make Downtown a cleaner and safer, more welcoming environment like we do at Downtown Vision,” Gordon said. He said the audience of marketing professionals in the architecture, engineering and construction fields was important “because their support and success can have an positive impact on Downtown as well.” KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
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Read an edited summary of what keynote speaker Aundra Wallace, president of JAXUSA Partnership, and panelists Michael Corrigan of Visit Jacksonville, developer Elias Hionides and investor Eugene Profit told The Society for Marketing Professional Services North Florida group. Page 10.
Aerotek, a recruitment and staffing company, announced Wednesday it chose Jacksonville for its third corporate office. The company is based in Hanover, Maryland, and has a corporate location in Phoenix. The company did not disclose how many employees it will hire but has posted jobs for finance, customer service Kelly and human resources at Aerotek.com. It hopes to be fully operational by February at Capital Plaza at Deerwood Park Building 1 at 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd. “With Jacksonville’s rapidly growing economy and rising job market, we are confident that this is the right city to help us continue to evolve our business and meet the growing needs of our customers,” said Aerotek Chief Financial Officer Thomas B. Kelly in a news release. “Our goal is to deliver a worldclass experience to clients and contractors – which we accomplish through our dedicated field offices as well as robust corporate support functions,” he said. It said it has “a number of positions with immediate openings at our corporate Jacksonville location.” SEE AEROTEK, PAGE 8
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