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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017
Vol. 104, No. 051 • oNe SectioN
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Hulsey steps down from bench
By Marilyn Young Editor Six months after being accused of making racist and sexist remarks, 4th Judicial Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey resigned Monday. It came a day before the Florida House of Representatives was scheduled to begin discussing rare impeachment proceedings against him. Chief Judge Mark Mahon said Hulsey was “very quiet, very reserved” when he delivered his resignation letter Monday morning. “I know this has been very stressful on him,” he said. “But I
know there is some relief the matter is over.” Mahon said he recently learned the House Public Integrity and Ethics Committee was considering the impeachment process, but was asked to keep it confidential. House Speaker Richard Corcoran told The News Service of Florida it was “disconcerting at best” that the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission process was taking so long. Hulsey was first notified by the JQC of formal charges in July, followed by two amended notices, including the latest filed Dec. 9. A five-day trial was scheduled for June. The allegations included
Hulsey saying African-Americans “should go get back on a ship and go back to Africa” and using derogatory terms when referring to a female staff attorney. He also was accused of creating a hostile work environment, having his judicial assistant handle personal tasks for him and using the circuit’s FedEx account to mail campaign materials. Last month, Hulsey made a series of admissions and apologies, ranging from saying he should not have had his assistant put a letter from his campaign treasurer to the Florida Elections Commission on judicial letterhead to not getting written HULSEY CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Building a reputation one brick at a time
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Move comes day before impeachment talks
Mark Hulsey resigned Monday as a 4th Judicial Circuit judge. He had been under investigation by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission since July.
Hines says a key to success is differentiation
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St. John & Partners founder and CEO Dan St. John.
Welcome to‘cool, unique and different’ Ad agency spends $2M on Downtown HQ By Max Marbut, Staff Writer
Photos by Max Marbut
At 91, Gerald Hines sees his privately held global real estate investment, development and management company from the point of view of one who’s been there and done that. Make that a lot of “there” and “that.” The Hines company has a presence in 192 cities in 20 countries. Reflecting on his career, Hines shared with developers, brokers and other real estate industry professionals Monday night that his success came from identifying and pursuing opportunities, with a twist. “We’ve always tried to do something that creates a point of difference in our projects,” he told 310 members and Hines guests at a sold-out meeting of the Urban Land Institute North Florida at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel Downtown. Hines, a graduate of Purdue University with a degree in mechanical engineering, founded the company in 1957 in Houston. As founder and chairman, he also is a coowner with his son Jeffrey. He sits on the executive committee, continues to participate in deal-making and advises the firm’s offices about architecture. In North Florida, the Hines reach includes Palencia in St. Johns County and in Jacksonville, The Markets at Town Center and a mixed-use project along Gate
A previous tenant in the third-floor space was a bank, so St. John preserved the 50-year-old vault and converted it into a meeting room.
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Take two floors in one of Downtown’s iconic riverfront office towers and add about $2 million for build-out and furnishings and what you’ve got is the new home of the St. John & Partners advertising agency. When founder and CEO Dan St. John announced in April he and his 95-member staff were moving Downtown after nearly 18 years in a Southside office park, he said the new space had to be “cool, unique and different.” That’s the impression as soon as you get off the elevator and enter the agency’s twostory reception area that’s bound on three sides by floor-to-ceiling windows with a
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panoramic view of the Northbank skyline. “We needed more space and we wanted to be creative and cool. We accomplished that,” said St. John. While there are a few traditional offices in the more than 30,000-square-foot space, most of the design lends itself to 21st-century work patterns and amenities the young generation wants in its work environment. “It reflects the shift in our business to social and digital media and our staff will be predominately millennial moving forward,” said Jeff McCurry, president and chief operating officer. St. John said recommendations from the staff helped design the interior and workspaces. It features collaborative work areas ST. JOHN CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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