Daily Record FINANCIAL NEWS &
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
VOL. 104, NO. 221 • ONE SECTION
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Ameris taking University Club space Riverplace Tower anchor tenant to expand to top office floor of the Southbank building.
Ameris Bank is taking what is considered one of the premier office floors Downtown – the former University Club on the 27th floor of Riverplace Tower. Ameris Bank anchors the 28-floor building and has its name on top. It moved its executive team, along with key division leaders, into the entire 26th floor in April 2016. The building is at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. on the Downtown Southbank. The bank said when it signed
the initial lease that its total space will reach about 35,000 square feet, starting with 15,000 square feet on the 26th floor and about 4,000 square feet for a branch on the first floor. The 27th floor takes it to that level. Ameris Bank Chief Banking Executive Andy Cheney said Wednesday the bank was negotiating to take the seventh floor when the University Club space became available just a floor MATHIS
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Ameris Bank anchors the 28-story Riverplace Tower and has its name on the building. It leases the 26th floor and will expand onto the 27th floor.
More homes for Mill Creek
‘IT’S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE’
15.99 acres rezoned for 60 lots at Kendall Town Center. By Andrew Warfield Associate Editor The uptick in single-family home construction continues in the Kendall Town Center planned use development near Regency Square Boulevard. Developer Patriot Ridge LLP recently received rezoning approval on 15.99 acres from commercial to residential, where it will add 60 lots to the underway Mill Creek West community. The homes will be built by D.R. Horton. This is in addition to Lennar’s recent announcement of 167 homes on 54 acres in Mill Creek North off the Southside Connector between Lone Star Road and Holland Street. Lennar is building 94 homes in Mill Creek East, its two projects separated by a proposed apartment complex. “It’s a great location,” said Patriot Ridge principal Greg Matovina of the increase in housing activity in the area. D.R. Horton is building on 15 previously approved Mill Creek West lots near Kendall Parkway and Regency Square Boulevard.
BILL GARRISON
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Bill Garrison returns to his roots as director of the Northeast Florida Builders Association. By Andrew Warfield Associate Editor Bill Garrison was a lumber salesman with Manning Building Supplies in 1993 when he was invited to become involved with the Northeast Florida Builders Association by his largest customer, Roger Higginbotham of Sid Higginbotham Builder Inc. Twenty-four years later, Garrison found himself at the head of the table
in the NEFBA headquarters conference room, being interviewed by the organization’s executive committee for its top administrative post. It was a surreal moment for the U.S. Navy veteran, who had spent most of his formative years and adult life in the Jacksonville area, learning about the construction industry, literally, from the ground up following his six-year military service. GARRISON
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Age: 56 Title: Executive Officer, Northeast Florida Builders Association Education: U.S. Naval Nuclear School, St. Johns River State College 2012-17: Executive director, Clay County Economic Development Corp. 2002-12: Operations manager, Sid Higginbotham Builder Inc. 1990-2002: Lumber sales, Manning Building Supplies Family: Wife, Kim; adult children Josh, Nikki and Charles; two grandchildren Honors: Clay Builders Council Chairman, 2007; Dave Crawford Builder of the Year, 2010; Clay Builders Associate of the Year, 1996 and 2001
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