Daily Record Financial News &
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Vol. 105, No. 019 • One Section
35¢
www.jaxdailyrecord.com
Online furniture store planning warehouse Canadian-based Article posts job openings for Imeson Industrial Park.
A Canadian company that sells furniture online wants to set up a North Jacksonville distribution center at Imeson Industrial Park that could start in January with 10 employees and grow to more than 100 in five years. TradeMango Solutions Inc., better known as Article, intends to lease a 319,000-square-foot warehouse at 10543 Canada Drive. Article, based in Vancouver,
distributes modern, midcentury and Scandinavian furniture. Its three warehouses are in Seattle, Los Angeles and New Jersey. Communications Manager Janelle Gomes said Monday the Jacksonville warehouse, with 38 dock doors, will allow Article to nearly double its warehouse capacity. The company anticipates 30 to 35 percent of its Article
continued on
Page 2
Special to the Daily Record
Article, an online furniture company based in Canada, intends to start distributing early next year from 10543 Canada Drive.
Ronco building sold for $950,000
Photo by Monty Zickuhr
The new owners of The Ronco Group building at 630 W. Adams St. will renovate the interior and exterior to attract legal professionals who do business at the Duval County Courthouse.
New owners plan executive suites for legal professionals; Ronco Group is leaving building.
By Max Marbut Associate Editor The Ronco Group building at 630 W. Adams St. Downtown was purchased last week by two attorneys and the son of a PGA Tour golfer. They intend to renovate the interior and exterior and lease the
office space — one block from the Duval County Courthouse — as executive suites for lawyers and other legal professionals. QLJ Holdings LLC, comprising Lewis Fusco, managing partner of The Fusco Law Group, Joshua Woolsey of Woolsey Morcom and Qass Singh, son of pro golfer Vijay Singh, paid $950,000 for the one-
story, 11,643-square-foot structure that was built in 1909. The warranty deed and a mortgage for $807,500 from Whitney Bank were recorded Friday by the Duval County Clerk of Courts. The building has a current taxable value of $1.07 million, Building
continued on
Fusco
Page 2
High-end outdoor furniture seller to open retail showroom in LaVilla Summer Classics buys building at 1104 W. Adams St. for $1.2 million; company targets neighborhoods seen as on the edge of gentrification. Public
By Andrew Warfield Associate Editor A national manufacturer and retailer of high-end outdoor furniture is helping set the tone for redevelopment in LaVilla. Summer Classics last week purchased the 12,000-squarefoot building at 1104 W. Adams St. for $1.2 million. It will be used
legal notices begin on page
8
as a retail showroom, assemblage and warehouse. Plans are to be open by spring 2018. While the location is strategic for the business, it also appeals to Summer Classics owner and CEO Bew White, who seeks to be on the leading edge of gentriLaVilla
continued on
Page 3
Photo by Andrew Warfield
Summer Classics purchased this 12,000-square-foot building at 1104 W. Adams St., where it will open a retail store and warehouse.
Published
for
27,339
consecutive business days