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Most of the affected employees work in the bank’s offices in the 30-story TIAA Bank Center at 301 W. Bay St. Downtown.
TIAA Bank expects 90 workers to lose jobs The Jacksonville-based company is shedding positions as it exits the mortgage business. BY MARK BASCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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The 5,785-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-bathroom home at 12450 Royal Troon Lane is in the gated Glen Kernan Golf & Country Club in South Jacksonville. This photo is from when the home was for sale in 2018.
Tim Tebow is a neighbor and the property once was owned by quarterback David Garrard. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
It appears Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer has settled on a home in Jacksonville, on the same street as his former University of Florida quarterback, Tim Tebow. The Shelley Jean Meyer Revocable Trust purchased a home April 16 for $2.15 million at 12450 Royal Troon Lane in the gated Glen Kernan Golf & Country Club
in South Jacksonville. Urban Meyer’s wife is named Shelley Jean Meyer. The deed was recorded April 20 with the Duval County Clerk of Courts. The trust bought the property from Satyaprakash and Jennifer Krishnarao. The 5,785-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-bathroom home was built in 2007. The two-story home, with a partial third floor, features an elevator, butler’s kitchen, game room, heated pool and spa and summer kitchen. It sits on 0.72 acres. Meyer joined the Jaguars in January after six seasons as head coach at Ohio State University. The Columbus Dispatch reported SEE MEYER, PAGE 2
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The Jacksonville Jaguars hired head coach Urban Meyer on Jan. 14. He won national championships coaching at Florida and Ohio State.
For the second time in four months, TIAA Bank filed a notice saying it is laying off workers as it exits the mortgage business. The Jacksonville-based bank sent a letter April 26 under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act saying it expects to lay off 90 workers as it discontinues its home lending business. This follows a Dec. 30 WARN notice that it was laying off 59 workers as TIAA discontinued its mortgage servicing business unit. TIAA is headquartered at 501 Riverside Ave. but both layoffs affected workers in the bank’s offices in the 30-story TIAA Bank Center at 301 W. Bay St. Downtown. TIAA said in the April 26 letter it has reached an agreement with PNC National Bank, which will offer jobs to more than 200 workers in the home lending unit. However, the bank expects 90 SEE TIAA, PAGE 2
Kalypso Couture opens in Elks Building Downtown Kalypso Couture, the first brick-and-mortar retail store for local designer Michael Armanno, is open in the historic Elks Building Downtown at 211 N. Laura St. A news release says the store will showcase the work of Lan Do, an eighth-generation master tailor, and Armanno (right) is principal designer. “We meet with our clients and learn a little about them — what kind of job they have, how often they wear suits, where they live and their personality,” Armanno said in the release. Kalypso Couture offers custom men’s suits and helps clients create personal wardrobes. The store also offers designer evening gowns, dresses, accessories and tuxedo and suit rentals.
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