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Mathis Report: Beeline relocating FREE headquarters at Flagler Center January 23-29, 2020 PAGE 4 jaxdailyrecord.com JACKSONVILLE Record & Observer DEVELOPMENT JAGUARSJACKSONVILLE PLANNING Photo by Mike Mendenhall Record & ObservThe proposeder logo for 121 Financial PHASE II FOR LOT J Ballpark, the home of the Jackson- Total investment in project next to TIAA Bank Field could hit $700 million. ville Jumbo Shrimp. JACKSONVILLE Deal would rename Record & Observthe Baseballer Grounds Naming rights agreement JACKSONVILLE for 121 Financial Ballpark will require the approval of City Council. BY MIKE MENDENHALL Record & ObservSTAFF WRITERer A naming rights agreement between Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and 121 Financial Credit Union could rename the Baseball Where Lot J Phase II could rise Grounds of Jacksonville as 121 Jaguars President Mark Lamping said Phase II of the Lot J development would Financial Ballpark. include two high-rise towers and a parking garage. It would rise on the site of the Jumbo Shrimp owner Ken Bab- BY MIKE MENDENHALL parking area shown on a map, below, of the Lot J development from the State of the by announced the 13-year agree- STAFF WRITER Jaguars presentation in April. The site at Gator Bowl Boulevard and North Georgia ment at a news conference Jan. 22 Street, above, is now a retention pond. in the ballpark clubhouse with 121 egotiators for Jacksonville Financial Credit Union interim Jaguars owner Shad Khan CEO David Marovich and Mayor and the city have not drafted a Lenny Curry. final deal for his $450 million Babby and Marovich would not to $500 million Lot J devel- disclose the value of the agree- Nopment, but team leadership already is ment. looking ahead to a possible Phase II. Another 15-year naming rights Jaguars President Mark Lamping out- agreement for the city-owned lined the Phase II concept during an VyStar Veterans Memorial Are- interview Jan. 21 to include two high-rise na directly west of the baseball towers and a connecting parking garage grounds was secured in Febru- that he said could be nearly $200 mil- ary 2019 for $9.76 million with lion on top of the investment in the first VyStar Credit Union. phase. The Baseball Grounds is owned “Our hope was that Lot J would be a by the city and the naming rights catalyst for other development. In fact, deal must cleared by City Coun- we’re already talking about the next cil. phase of Lot J which would bring the total A bill filed Jan. 22 states that to around $700 million,” Lamping said. the Jumbo Shrimp’s lease agree- One tower would be residential and the ment with the city amended SEE LOT J, PAGE 6 SEE BALLPARK, PAGE 7 Basch Report: Rayonier ‘logical CATHEDRAL DISTRICT acquirer’ of Pope Resources PAGE 3 Neighborhood seeking Plan would bring 3,200 homes and a ‘catalytic project’ more to Nassau County PAGE 10 Ginny Myrick building road map. PAGE 8 Marbut Report: Jimerson Birr is expanding office and staff PAGE 12 VOLUME 2, NO. 34 • ONE SECTION 2 JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD /J ACKSONVILLE RECORD & OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 JaxDailyRecord.com Big news doesn’t break just on Thursday. Here’s a look at some of the top stories published over the past week online at JaxDailyRecord.com and in the Jacksonville Daily Record that you may have missed. 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