Daily Record FINANCIAL NEWS &
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2017
VOL. 104, NO. 182 • ONE SECTION
COST OF VACANCY:
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THE JEA BILLS Utilities: August 2016 to July 2017 Total: $89,724.66
Building
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Mayor Lenny Curry earmarked $8 million to demolish the former City Hall and Duval County Courthouse. Taxpayers spent $90,000 to keep the power on the past year. By Max Marbut Associate Editor Two of the city’s 11 public buildings have been closed to the public – and vacant – for years, but they are costing nearly $90,000 a year in utilities charges. The structures are the former City Hall and Duval County Courthouse along East Bay Street. The utilities are maintained at the minimum for fire and safety reasons, said city spokeswoman Tia Ford. The City Hall building was mostly vacated in 1997 when the executive and legislative branches moved to St. James Place at Hemming Park. A few city departments stayed behind, such as the Office of Sports and Entertainment and the Jacksonville Economic
August 2016 City Hall Courthouse September 2016 City Hall Courthouse October 2016 City Hall Courthouse November 2016 City Hall Courthouse December 2016 City Hall Courthouse January 2017 City Hall Courthouse February 2017 City Hall Courthouse March 2017 City Hall Courthouse April 2017 City Hall Courthouse May 2017 City Hall Courthouse June 2017 City Hall Courthouse July 2017 City Hall Courthouse Total:
Wawa Inc. reviewing Paxon area
Water, sewer, Electricity sprinklers $2,478.28 $2,383.49
$652.83 $1,793.88
$2,455.49 $2,335.15
$3,008.04 $1,793.88
$2,310.12 $2,211.77
$1,811.13 $1,802.13
$1,975.58 $1,985.48
$652.83 $1,793.88
$1,989.26 $2,041.30
$3,245.65 $1,693.08
$1,983.96 $1,627.89
$1,811.13 $1,793.88
$2,113.52 $1,447.59
$1,811.13 $1,793.88
$1,922.45 $1,459.16
$652.83 $1,704.15
$2,252.47 $1,475.43
$3,046.65 $1,793.88
$1,744.74 $1,343.07
$654.69 $1,826.88
$2,323.86 $1,536.59
$1,817.43 $1,793.88
$2,320.16 $1,655.10 $47,371.91
$1,811.13 $1,793.88 $42,352.75
Convenience store planned at Commonwealth and Edgewood.
Wawa Inc., the Pennsylvaniabased chain with at least a dozen identified locations planned in Northeast Florida, has added a Northwest Jacksonville site. The city issued concurrency and mobility fee calculation certificates for Wawa to build at 1004 Edgewood Ave. N., at Commonwealth Avenue in the Paxon area. A former bank building would be demolished to make way for a 6,119-square-foot convenience store and 12 fueling positions on the 1.83-acre site. The property is owned by Jacksonville Parc LLC of Fort Lauderdale. It bought the site in 2014. Bohler Engineering FL LLC is the agent. The mobility fee, to offset transportation impacts, is calculated at $222,613. Wawa wants to build up to 40 locations in Northeast Florida. The company said it would open three area stores this year and 10 more next year. Its first sites are in Duval and Clay counties but it also plans to look at St. Johns County.
Development Commission, since renamed the Office of Economic Development. After those departments moved, the State Attorney’s Office located some functions into the building in June 2012 and it was renamed the Courthouse Annex. That was when the judicial branch of local government moved into its new courthouse at 501 W. Adams St. in LaVilla. The structures now are vacant and Mayor Lenny Curry wants to demolish them so the site can be ready for development. In the meantime, taxpayers are footing the bill to keep the power on. In the past 12 months, JEA has billed the city $89,724.66, JEA
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WAWA TO DEMO BEACH BOULEVARD SITE
Much of the Southside Estates Shopping Center could soon be coming down for development
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Townhomes in review for Nero’s site Arlington property could become 66-unit Jackson Commons. By Andrew Warfield Associate Editor For decades, Nero’s Italian Cafe in Arlington served as a centerpiece of what was the place to live among Jacksonville’s young executives. As the general neighborhood declined and retailers left, the restaurant continued to operate before closing late last summer. Just as the restaurant served as
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the hub of activity in the community in its heyday, the site will become a catalyst for redevelopment of the area a mile north of Jacksonville University if a developer has its way. Orlando-based Tramell Webb Partners Inc. is proposing Jackson Commons Townhomes, a 66-unit development on the 3.3-acre site that incorporates three parcels at Fort Caroline Road and University Boulevard.
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The site includes the nowdemolished Nero’s, the Blue Boy Sandwich Shop and a vacant lot. Taylor & White Inc., on behalf of the owners, has filed an application for a zoning exception with the City of Jacksonville for the property. It currently is zoned Commercial Community General (CCG1), under which multifamily residential may be integrated with a permitted use, in this case 4,125
square feet of new retail space at the corner of Fort Caroline Road and University Boulevard. Crescimbeni Immediately s u r ro u n d i n g the site are commercial uses including a restaurant, car wash, retail, gas station, bank and professional office space. The site fronts Fort Caroline Road, a four-lane major roadway. According to the appli-
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cation the property includes adequate room for parking and maneuvering of vehicles per the proposed site plan. Jackson Commons will include 17 four-bedroom/fourbathroom townhomes, one three-bedroom/three-bath townhome, 18 three-bedroom/ three-bath flats and 30 twobedroom/two-bath flats. The plan includes a swimming pool for use by the residents. It is believed by the developer, JACKSON
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