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At least a dozen Northeast Florida businesses have appeared on nationally broadcast reality shows. Would they do it again?
New details on VyStar’s relocation Downtown
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Jacksonville-based credit union closes on SunTrust Tower, expects staff to be moved in by July 2019. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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Chef and TV host Guy Fieri met the Culhane sisters in 2010 when he filmed “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” at Culhane’s Irish Pub in Atlantic Beach.
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arket research says word-of-mouth advertising is best because it is effective and inexpensive. Area restaurants and bars featured on the Food Network, CNBC, Paramount Network and the Travel Channel generally, but not universally, say it was a good experience. In some cases, it saved the business and in others it spiked sales, both after the premiere and after reruns. Programs like “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” “The Profit,” “Restaurant: Impossible,” “Bar Rescue,” “Invention Hunters,” “Guilty Pleasures” and “Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America” have visited Jacksonville for
You can find local restaurants that have appeared on reality TV shows on tvfoodmaps. com.
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What a difference a year will make for VyStar Credit Union. The Jacksonville-based financial services company expects to move its headquarters staff of 700 people, a branch financial office and its signage to the top of what is now the SunTrust Tower by the end of July 2019. That’s when S u n T r u s t ’s lease expires at what will become VyStar Tower. The credit union paid $59 million for the Wolfburg 23-story highrise at 76 S. Laura St. in a sale that closed Tuesday. “There’s nothing but good news about Downtown,” said Brian Wolfburg, president and CEO of VyStar Credit Union. Wolfburg said VyStar’s investment and its move of 700 employees Downtown will help to generate demand for housing, restaurants and retail shops. “Downtown is the identity for all of Jacksonville. It’s what corporate scouts think of as the area, so I think this shows a real commitment by us,” he said. Vy S t a r bought the 358,278-square-foot tower, built in 1989, and the adjacent 612-space parking garage. Wolfburg said half of the garage SEE VYSTAR, PAGE 5
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