Daily Record Financial News &
Friday, September 15, 2017
Vol. 104, No. 217 • One Section
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WEATHERING THE STORM
Gatlin finishing Collins Plaza
How Jacksonville’s biggest companies are meeting the challenge of Hurricane Irma.
Pet Supermarket, Pet Angels Animal Hospital to lease in final building.
Gatlin Development Co. will build an almost 10,000-squarefoot flex building at Collins Plaza at 7067 Collins Road in Southwest Jacksonville, completing the project. J. Raymond Construction Corp. is the contractor for the 9,590-square-foot building at a construction cost of $1 million. In November, Jacksonvillebased Gatlin Development said it expected to complete Collins Plaza by adding almost 40,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space to the existing businesses. Gatlin Development bought Mathis
acksonville’s major employers are assessing the damage left by
Dennis to bring up issue next week.
Hurricane Irma that cleared grocery store shelves, emptied ATMs and drained overtime budgets. It’s too early put a dollar figure on
By David Cawton Staff Writer
the damage and disruption, but a review of some of the city’s largest
employers, as identified by the JAX Chamber, shows they used strategies
City Council Finance Chair Garrett Dennis did not share details, but said he will address the c i t y ’s inability to provide sandbags and other emergency supplies to residents before council finalizes the Dennis 2017-18 budget, which is due Sept. 30. Dennis said Thursday he plans to bring up the topic at Monday’s council meeting and Thursday’s Finance Committee, but he
developed from past storms: BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
MATTHEW LESSONS LEARNED, BUT COSTS HIGHER
Baptist Medical Center, with 10,500 employees, put the lessons it learned last year from Hurricane Matthew to good use and weathered Irma in terms of patient service and overall operations. But the post-Irma storm surge in San Marco caused flooding in the basement of the Downtown Southbank campus and significant damage to Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer
Center and the outpatient clinic across the street. “There was significant water and mud damage,” said Karen Ketchie, director of emergency management for Baptist Health. “It’s going to take a significant effort to get it back to the level we want it to be. We don’t have a dollar figure yet. We’re still doing assessments.” Hurricane Matthew was a good teacher, Ketchie said. Baptist restructured its emergency incident Storm
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Finance chair wants money for sandbags in city budget
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