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college and university administrators say. “We want people to know we are open for business in the fall. It’s time and we’re back with more options for students,” said John Avendano, president of Florida State College at Jacksonville. A greater role for technology in delivering instruction and more specialized graduate courses and certificate programs are trends driving the future at FSCJ, Edward Waters University, Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida. SEE EDUCATION, PAGE 6

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Plans for the Jacksonville Jaguars $120 million football performance center Downtown are moving forward. Mayor Lenny Curry’s Chief of Staff Jordan Elsbury said the administration planned to file legislation July 21 with City Council to authorize spending on the facility. The city and Jaguars would split the cost equally. Curry’s proposed five-year Capital Improvement Plan released July 20 shows the city spending $36 million on the project in fiscal year 2021-22 and another $24 million the following fiscal year. Jaguars owner Shad Khan and team President Mark Lamping announced plans June 3 for the football performance center northwest of TIAA Bank Field. It comprises two practice fields; 125,000 square feet of team office space; locker rooms; training and recovery areas; medical support facilities; and a weight room. The team would sign a longterm lease for the city-owned facility and be responsible for operating and maintenance costs. Lamping said removing football operations from TIAA Bank Field would make stadium renovations expected before 2030 easier. The bill could be introduced as soon as the July 27 Council meeting. The mayor also released a $1.41 billion proposed operating budget July 20 that includes no property tax millage increase.

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With new franchise owners, the chain plans locations at Butler and Interstate 95 and in Jacksonville Beach. World of Beer wants to return to Jacksonville, but with a new franchise owner and in two new locations. And it’s World of Beer Bar & Kitchen now, with more than 300 beers available at any time, and a restaurant menu with steaks, tacos, burgers and more. The franchisee group hopes to open in the second quarter of 2022 at Butler Boulevard and Interstate 95 and in Jacksonville Beach, where it also will have a rooftop patio. “I strongly feel that Jacksonville is ‘right there.’ It’s a big city,” said franchisee Jason Frimmel, whose group opened a Tallahassee franchise location in October. “There are so many people that are developing in Jacksonville. Even during the pandemic, nobody was stepping on the brakes.” He said there is a lot of encouraging development. “It shows there is strength in the city. People are investing there. It is a growing city and that is important to us.” World of Beer, then owned by a different franchisee, closed in Jacksonville Beach in 2015 and in the Tinseltown area of Deerwood Park North in 2016. It operated briefly at the beach and a few years in Tinseltown. Frimmel said he was not familiar with that franchisee or why the locations closed. Frimmel, based in Tallahassee, is the president and operating principal of Hospitality Leaders Jax 1 Inc. and Hospitality Leaders Jax 2 Inc. Frimmel, his uncle, Robert Frimmel, and Sean and Ashley Githens comprise the Hospi-

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tality Leaders groups. They hope to open the Jacksonville locations in February. Combined, the two locations would hire about 220 employees, Jason Frimmel estimates. The group is working on sites at Liberty Center at Butler Boulevard and Bonneval Road in Jacksonville and at the Beach Plaza Outparcel in Jacksonville Beach. Both locations are new shell spaces that World of Beer will build-out to its specifications. Frimmel had no estimate of

construction costs. The first and largest will be the 5,625-square-foot free-standing Liberty Center structure. It also would have ground-floor patio space. Applications for a zoning exception and an administrative waiver show a 227-seat restaurant at 7707 Bonneval Road. There are 161 indoor and 66 patio seats. A site plan also gives the address as 5105 Butler Blvd., which is one of the two outparcel buildings at the site.

Architect JVB Architect LLC of Tampa applied to the city for an exception for outside sales and service in conjunction with a restaurant selling beer and wine only. It also seeks an administrative deviation to reduce the number of off-street parking spaces from 435 to 409 and reduce the dumpster setback. The exception and deviation would be granted to Frimmel’s group. The Jacksonville Planning and Development Department

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could consider the exception Aug. 5. Hakimian Holdings Inc. owns the building, one of two 5,600-square-foot structures it built in 2020 on outparcels at its headquarters property at 7077 Bonneval Road. The second World of Beer location is a 4,700-squarefoot space with a rooftop patio at 1198 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach. Ashco Inc. is the developer of the multitenant center. Frimmel expects about 145 seats. “The rooftop bar will be a unique offering to complement the already impressive components that attract folks to Jacksonville Beach,” he said. Frimmel said his group enjoys being a World of Beer franchisee. “I am passionate about craft beer,” he said. He looks forward “to continue to support Jacksonville breweries, Florida breweries and many breweries throughout the country and world.” He said he has established relationships with Jacksonville area breweries and wants to expand those and make new connections. “We feel strongly that World of Beer is a supreme offering for Jacksonville and look forward to bringing a top-tier hospitality experience to the Jacksonville market.” The World of Beer website says there are more than 60 World of Beer locations across North America and Asia. “Today, a visit to World of Beer Bar + Kitchen is a journey,” says WOBfranchising. com. “You’ll find a gathering of seasoned beer lovers and newbies alike taking part in the delightful discovery of over 350 of the World’s most eclectic beers. Around here, the people are passionate, knowledgeable and eager to help you find a tasty libation and the perfect food pairing to go with it.” An online menu shows steaks, salmon, fried shrimp, tacos, burgers, bowls, flatbreads, ribs, salads and other items. “You name it, we’ve got it,” Frimmel said. He said the menu evolves based on consumer preferences. KMATHIS@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466

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The company’s roots trace to American Body Armor & Equipment Inc., which was founded in 1969 in Yulee. You probably never heard of Cadre Holdings Inc. before it filed for an initial public offering last week. It’s understandable. The company only took on the Cadre name in May, according to state records. However, Cadre’s business is well known in the Northeast Florida community. Its roots go back more than a half-century to a Yuleebased bulletproof vest-maker called American Body Armor & Equipment Inc. Going back a quarter century, it transformed into a major defense contractor called Armor Holdings. Now the investor who built Armor Holdings and led it to a $4.5 billion sale in 2007 is intending to take a slice of the business public again. Cadre is a Jacksonville-based company that makes safety and survivability products Kanders for the law enforcement, first responder and military markets. The business has been operating mainly under the name Safariland since former Armor CEO Warren Kanders led an investment group that bought it from BAE Systems Inc. in 2012. Kanders controls 93% of Cadre’s stock and will continue to control a majority after the IPO, but the company’s July 12 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission did not give more details about the pending stock sale.

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Cadre has been built on a number of acquisitions but it basically can be traced back to American Body Armor, which was founded in 1969. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992 but reorganized successfully and returned to profitability even before it emerged from bankruptcy in 1993. With its stock price depressed by the bankruptcy, Kanders in 1996 bought out the two largest post-bankruptcy shareholders of the company, Clark-Schwebel Fiberglass Corp. and Hexcel Corp, giving him 66% of the stock. After gaining control with designs on expanding the company’s scope beyond bulletproof vests, its name was changed to Armor Holdings. Armor moved from Yulee to a new facility at Jacksonville International Tradeport in 1997, the same building that now is Cadre’s headquarters. The company expanded into new lines of business with several acquisitions, including a company that provided armor used for Humvees used by the U.S. military. When those vehicles became widely used in the Iraq war starting in 2003, Armor Holdings became known as a major military contractor. Armor’s revenue grew from $11.6 million in 1994, its first full year out of bankruptcy, to $2.4 billion in 2006, the final full year before the company was sold to BAE. United Kingdom-based BAE expanded in Jacksonville by acquiring two Northeast Florida shipyards from Atlantic Marine Holding Co. in 2010. However, it was less interested

in Armor’s law enforcement products business. So, Kanders bought back that business from BAE for $124 million in 2012. He began expanding the business again with 12 acquisitions from 2012 to 2017, according to Cadre’s IPO filing. Besides its Jacksonville operations, Cadre has facilities in five other U.S. cities and in three Canadian locations, one in Mexico, two in the United Kingdom and one in Lithuania. The company had 2,533 total employees as of March 31. Cadre had revenue of $110.5 million and net income of $6.9 million in the first quarter this year. Cadre is the fifth company headquartered in the Jacksonville area to attempt an IPO this year, and the results have been mixed. Homebuilder Dream Finders Homes Inc. and medical device company Treace Medical Concepts Inc. both successfully launched their IPOs and saw their stock prices rise after they began trading. However, Winn-Dixie parent Southeastern Grocers Inc. and specialty insurer Fortegra Group Inc. both pulled their IPOs off the market before they were scheduled to begin trading. Cadre expects to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “CDRE.” No date has been listed for when the offering will reach the market.

Fresh Market is going public again Five years after a private equity buyout, The Fresh

Market Holdings Inc. is going public again. The operator of 159 grocery stores in 22 states filed plans July 16 for an IPO. Fresh Market is headquartered in North Carolina but Florida is its biggest market with 46 stores, including five in the Jacksonville area. The company was run by former Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. executive Larry Appel but he left as CEO on March 1, 2020. The company did not say why he left and the IPO filing said it reached a separation agreement with Appel but did not say more. Apollo Funds, which acquired control of Fresh Market in 2016, will continue to own more than 50% of the stock after the IPO. Appel’s successor as CEO, Jason Potter Potter, said in a letter to potential shareholders in the IPO filing the stock sale “will allow us significant flexibility in funding our strategy, including allowing us to refinance a significant portion of our debt.” Fresh Market reported $1.9 billion in sales in the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, with comparable store sales jumping by 22.3% as customers bought more groceries to eat at home during the pandemic.

Salt Life expanding store network Salt Life, the beach-themed lifestyle brand started in Jacksonville Beach, is expanding its retail store network. Parent company Delta Apparel Inc. said it is opening two Salt Life stores in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Galveston, Texas, which will bring the chain to 13 stores. It expects to open five additional stores in 2022. Greenville, South Carolinabased Delta bought the brand it says was “founded in 2003 by four avid watermen from Jacksonville Beach” for $37 million in 2013. Delta does not own the three Salt Life Food Shack restaurants in the Jacksonville area. The company said the lifestyle brand was reporting annual sales of $20 million

when it bought Salt Life in 2013. Sales in Delta’s Salt Life Group reached $42.7 million in fiscal 2019 but fell to $37.1 million in the fiscal year ended Oct. 3, 2020, due to pandemic-related store shutdowns. Besides Salt Life, the company also offers merchandise under brands Delta, Coast and Soffe. Total fiscal 2020 revenue was $381 million.

Availity sells $452 million in stock Jacksonville-based Availity LLC said in an SEC filing last week it sold $452 million in stock. The filing follows a July 7 announcement that Copenhagen-based Novo Holdings A/S acquired a minority stake in the company from Francisco Partners. The company did not announce terms of the Novo deal and the SEC filing does not say if the $452 million represents only the stock bought by Novo. Availity provides networks connecting health care payers and providers. Its other investors include health insurance companies Guidewell, Anthem and Humana.

Margo Caribe increases sales Jacksonville-based Margo Caribe Inc. reported last week that 2020 sales doubled to $42.9 million and sales in the first half of 2021 rose 41% to $33.3 million. It was an unusual announcement because publicly traded Margo last filed financial reports with the SEC in 2009, and that filing was its results for the third quarter of 2006. Margo Caribe produces home and garden products through subsidiary Margo Outdoor Living Inc. The company announced in 2008 it was deregistering its stock and would suspend its SEC filings because it had fewer than 300 shareholders. However, the stock still is listed in the OTC market under the ticker symbol “MRGO.” MBASCH@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM

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Christine Sapienza. “It was a massive flip of the switch to go to the fully online environment. We had to redesign courses to a more modular format,” Sapienza said. JU implemented an online tutoring program that remains available to students 24/7 and the university also expanded its graduate studies curriculum with more online options. “Remote learning is here to stay. It’s an enhancement and we’ll use it judiciously,” Sapienza said. The “flip of the switch” accelerated the technology program at Edward Waters University. Founded as a college in 1866, it

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to know. Computer scientists know how to use data to get the answers. Companies need people who understand those tools and employers tell us those are positions they can’t fill,” Goel said. The new curriculum responds to how business is changing and becoming more specialized. “Traditional MBA programs teach about all the aspects of business. Now, the trend is to really understand how a business works,” Goel said. Graduate and executive program courses are available inperson, online or in the hybrid format, Goel said. In-person classes at UNF’s center Downtown in The Barnett begin at 6 p.m. “A lot of our students work Downtown, so they can walk to class from their office,” Goel said. Jacksonville University also has new study tracks beginning this fall, including a Doctor of Business Administration in health care leadership. It is a partnership between JU’s Davis College of Business and the Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences. The program is designed to prepare business leaders to approach problems in new ways with high-level training in real-world research and analysis within the health care industry. “We are shifting education to meet the needs of the employment market,” Sapienza said. “We’re looking at where Florida is taking us, with an aging population and people living well longer.” She said the university is considering a new post-graduate program in respiratory therapy, which is a response to COVID-19, and a doctoral program in physical therapy. JU also has full enrollment in its nursing program. It is a part-

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The staff wins 16 awards and is named 2021 Florida Weekly Newspaper Contest Sweepstakes Winner. BY MONTY ZICKUHR MANAGING EDITOR

The Jacksonville Record & Observer was named the 2021 Florida Weekly Newspaper Contest Sweepstakes Winner in its category in the statewide journalism competition. The Record & Observer staff won 16 awards including nine first-place and seven secondplace finishes in the 2021 Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest. The awards were presented at a July 16 luncheon at The Westin Sarasota. ■ Editor Karen Brune Mathis won first place in the Special Issue category for “2020 & beyond,” “Top entrepreneurs” and “Top construction projects 2020.” Mathis also won first place for General News story for “Regency rebirth” about future plans for the shopping mall. She won second place for “The Stein Mart bankruptcy: How it all ended” and second place for Feature Story: Non-profile for “Rail Yard District” about plans in the neighborhood. ■ In the Community History category, contributing writer Dan Macdonald won second place for “Opportunity meets racing history” about The Brumos Collection. ■ Staff Writer Mike Menden-

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hall won the State and Local Tax Reporting and The TaxWatch Award for “Budget: A different set of challenges” about Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s 2020-21 city budget. Mendenhall won second place for Local Government reporting for “The Lot J deal: Millions at stake,” and second place for Feature Story: Profile for “Super insight” about the effort to bring the Super Bowl to Jacksonville and the Republican National Convention.

■ In the Education Feature category, Associate Editor Max Marbut won first place for “A legacy of helping business” about the retirement of Janice Donaldson, former director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida. Marbut also won first place for COVID-19 General News Story for “Duval trial makes history” about the nation’s first virtual civil jury trial conducted at the Duval County Courthouse. ■ For In-Depth Reporting,

contributing writer Mark Basch, staff writer Scott Sailer, Mathis, Marbut and Mendenhall won first place for “2020 and beyond” about the future of Downtown and Northeast Florida. ■ For COVID-19 Breaking News, staff writer Katie Garwood won first place for “Disappointment and relief” about small business owners offering insight into the cancellation of the 2020 Republican National Convention in Jacksonville. ■ For COVID-19 Feature Story,

Sailer won first place for “Great places to thrive” about home design changes in the wake of the pandemic. The second-place award went to Garwood, Mathis and Mendenhall for “Coronovirus pandemic: One day at a time.” ■ Managing Editor Monty Zickuhr won first place for Overall Graphic Design and second place for Page Design. MZICKUHR@ JAXDAILYRECORD.COM

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