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Hillwood seeks permits for Wayfair warehouse 1 million-square-foot building is on 80 acres at Cecil Commerce Center.
They will be replaced with 16 new twostory buildings, which also will be owned by the JHA. Each building will house eight apartments and have 32 parking spaces. There will be 128 units, but one will be used as a “common area” unit. The project was designed among eight plans because the buildings will be on eight city blocks. The eight plans were submitted separately to the St. Johns River Water Man-
The day after the city confirmed Wayfair Inc. will open a 250-job distribution center in West Jacksonville, developer Hillwood applied for permits to build the 1 million-square-foot shell building and complete a small portion for office space. The city announced Dec. 3 that Boston-based Wayfair, an online retailer of home furnishings, would lease the building and open the $72 million center on 80 acres in AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center in West Jacksonville. The site is at 13483 103rd St., next to an Amazon.com fulfillment center. Dallas-based Hillwood applied for permits Dec. 4 to build the 1,012,567-square-foot Wayfair center at a cost of $49 million and build-out 16,280 square feet of office space at a cost of $3.5 million. That totals $52.5 million. A city incentives agreement says Wayfair will invest $50 million into real estate and $22 million into machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures.
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An artist’s rendering of River City Rehabilitation at 15480 Max Leggett Parkway. The facility is planned to open in March 2020.
116-bed skilled nursing center planned near River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville. BY SCOTT SAILER EDITORIAL RESEARCH DIRECTOR
River City Rehabilitation Center is approved for construction in North Jacksonville near River City Marketplace and the UF Health North medical complex. Health Care Managers Inc. and First Coast Health Ventures LLC were approved
Affordable housing development for Jacksonville Beach The Waves, a 127-unit apartment community, would replace 26 aging buildings that will be torn down.
Thursday to build the 116-bed skilled nursing center at 15480 Max Leggett Parkway. Steven W. Sell, founder and principal of Amelia Island-based Health Care Managers Inc., said by email Friday that First Coast Ventures LLC will be the owner and operator. The 81,000-square-foot single-story structure will be built on almost 10 acres
BY JAY SCHLICHTER ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Jacksonville Housing Authority and TVC Development Inc. will tear down 1960s-era apartment buildings in Jacksonville Beach and build The Waves, a 127-unit affordable housing project, in their place. Plans call for the demolition of 26 apartment buildings owned by the public housing agency on eight separate residential blocks east of Jacksonville Beach’s golf club and elementary school.
by Danis Construction LLC for a listed job cost of $12 million. The facility is planned to open in March 2020 and will employ 120 full-time and 10 part-time workers. Sell said the facility will have 116 dually certified Medicaid and Medicare beds. Of SEE THE RIVER CITY, PAGE 3
Holiday open house at City Hall — with snacks City Council President Aaron Bowman and his 18 colleagues invite the public to the annual holiday open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in Suite 425 at City Hall. Refreshments and snacks will be served. RSVP to (904) 630-1451.
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