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Mayor, Council member Peluso ask for pause on proposed LaVilla Daily’s
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Mayor Donna Deegan and City Council member Jimmy Peluso have called for a one-month delay in the city’s final design review of a proposed mixed-use Daily’s gas station in LaVilla for more community input.
At Deegan and Peluso’s request, the Downtown Development Review Board deferred its scheduled vote July 27 on First Coast Energy’s plan to build a three-story Daily’s with a convenience store, restaurant and Bold City Brewery on a 1.4-acre block at Bay and Broad streets.
Burlington building-out in Gateway Town Center
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The city issued a permit July 26 for Williams & Rowe Co. Inc. to build-out space for national off-price retailer Burlington at Gateway Town Center in the Brentwood and Norwood area.
The $750,000 project will remodel 24,066 square feet of space at 5258 Norwood Ave.
Gateway Town Center, which opened more than 60 years ago, is adding national retailers Burlington and teen merchandiser Five Below.
JAA board ratifies design contract for 2,000-space parking garage
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The Jacksonville Aviation Authority board voted unanimously July 27 to ratify a contract up to $6.9 million to RS&H Inc. for engineering design and construction phase services for the proposed third parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport.
The authority wants to add 2,000 spaces in a third garage proposed on a lot next to an existing facility.
Karis Cold pays $2.87 million for Westlake Industrial Park property
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Karis Cold paid $2.87 million for land in Westlake Industrial Park in West Jacksonville to develop a cold storage warehouse.
Through KCS Icebox Jax 1 LLC, Karis Cold bought the land June 29 from Westlake Land Management Inc.
The city and St. Johns River Water Management District have been reviewing plans for Karis to develop more than 24 acres in Westlake Industrial Park to develop a warehouse on a wooded and undeveloped site along Pritchard Road.
Toronto-based First Gulf plans $50 million investment in first U.S. industrial park in Westlake
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Toronto, Canada-based First Gulf expects to buy West Jacksonville property the first week of July to develop its first U.S. industrial park at an anticipated investment of more than $50 million.
“We are exporting our industrial development platform, and we’ve chosen Jacksonville to be our first market,” said Roman Brailovski, First Gulf vice president of strategic initiatives and operations and the lead on its U.S. expansion, on June 27.