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Mathis Report: LionShare FREE Cowork to Harbour Village November 19-25, 2020 PAGE 4 jaxdailyrecord.com JACKSONVILLE Record & Observer 2,000-acre THE STEIN MART BANKRUPTCY JACKSONVILLE commerce center near Record & ObservJIA planneder The JAA wants to rezone HOW IT ALL ENDED the property to include JACKSONVILLE hotel, commercial, flex industrial and specialty entertainment uses. Record & ObservBY KATIE GARWOODer STAFF WRITER The Jacksonville Aviation Authority is seeking City Coun- cil approval to rezone more than JACKSONVILLE 2,000 acres near Jacksonville International Airport for a two- phase, mixed-use development called JAX Commerce Center. The property is at northwest ReCEO D. Huntco Hawkinsrd shares & ObservInterstate 95er and I-295. One area of the development, called JAX Commerce Center insight into the fall of the North on the master plan, is at Pecan Park Road and Interna- tional Airport Boulevard. The Jacksonville-based retailer. other area, JAX Commerce Center South, is south of it, along Inter- national Airport Boulevard north of I-295. JAA wants to rezone the 2,014 acres for a planned unit develop- ment to include commercial, flex industrial, hotel and specialty entertainment. The goal would be to eventually lease the land to developers, who could only build in accordance with the zoning. Photo by Karen Brune Mathis Those developments would Stein Mart CEO D. Hunt Hawkins shows what’s left in the office lobby at the bankrupt company’s headquarters on the Downtown Southbank at 1200 need to be compatible with the Riverplace Blvd. “That was a difficult day, getting my personal belongings out of here,” he said. His office furniture was sold in the liquidation. nearby airport, meaning they wouldn’t draw heavy traffic to the area. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS Bankruptcy Court, and time to leave the in this office a long time.” “The JAA is not going to be EDITOR Downtown Southbank headquarters at He’s been there 26 years. developing any nonaeronautical 1200 Riverplace Blvd. The sign was off the Southbank build- properties on our property,” said . Hunt Hawkins spent his last full Hawkins, as CEO of the Jacksonville- ing. Liquidators were down to the “Last JAA Director of External Affairs day in his 10th-floor office at the based off-price fashion and home-goods 9 days!” of selling the remaining HQ fur- Michael Stewart. “This is an former Stein Mart Inc. building retailer, already had removed his personal niture and fixtures. effort to make it a little easier in dressed casually and waiting for belongings. A backpack and coffee cup A handful of executives and IT special- the process when development his office furniture to be moved remained, along with other miscellany. ists prepared to move to a Baymeadows will start to take place.” out. “Mine’s all gone,” Hawkins said. “That satellite office as they wrapped up busi- According to the PUD writ- DIt was Nov. 13, three months and a day was a difficult day, getting my personal after Stein Mart’s Chapter 11 filing in U.S. belongings out of here, because I’ve been SEE HAWKINS, PAGE 6 SEE AIRPORT, PAGE 8 Jaguars owner wants to build Four THE BASCH REPORT Seasons hotel Downtown PAGE 2 CSX says COVID cases The Marbut Report: Pajcic & Pajcic are impacting operations supports Clara White Mission PAGE 10 Landstar CFO leaves the company. 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Editorial content focuses on news and trends, with a concentration on development, Editorial content focuses on news and trends, with a concentration on development, real estate, construction, law, companies, economic and industry trends and how local real estate, construction, law, companies, economic and industry trends and how local and stateDEVELOPMENT government affects business. and state government affects business. Khan wants to buildSTAFF Four Seasons hotel STAFF PublisherJacksonville / Matt Walsh Jaguars team President Directorgreen of space. Advertising / Jay Lesowitz Publisher / Matt Walsh Director of Advertising / Jay Lesowitz [email protected] Lamping said Nov. 12 that team [email protected] announcement came as the city [email protected] [email protected] Publisherowner Emeritus Shad Khan / James plans F. Bailey to build Jr. and Advertisingis considering Coordinator a $233 / Codimillion Gildberg invest- Publisher Emeritus / James F. Bailey Jr. Advertising Coordinator / Codi Gildberg [email protected] a Four Seasons hotel at what is [email protected] in the $450 million Lot J mixed- [email protected] [email protected] now Metropolitan Park in Downtown use project west of TIAA Bank Field Editor / Karen Brune Mathis Legal Advertising Manager / Janet Mohr Editor / Karen Brune Mathis Legal Advertising Manager / Janet Mohr [email protected]. [email protected] north of the Four Seasons. [email protected] [email protected] In addition to a 116,000-square- “Lot J primes the pump,” Lamping Managing Editor / Monty Zickuhr Legal Advertising Associate / Rhonda Fisher Managing Editor / Monty Zickuhr Legal Advertising Associate / Rhonda Fisher [email protected] hotel and 91,500 square feet of said. [email protected] residential space, both under the Four [email protected] “The public involvement will be [email protected] Associate Editor Legal Affairs / Max Marbut Associate Editor Legal Affairs / Max Marbut Network Administrator / Erik Wagner Network Administrator / Erik Wagner [email protected] brand, Khan wants to build significantly less, both from a dollar [email protected] a 50,000-square-foot orthopedic [email protected] and from a percentage of [email protected] Staff Writer / Katie Garwood Staff Writer / Katie Garwood Court Typeset / Paula Steiner Court Typeset / Paula Steiner [email protected] center and a 500-space “low- project standpoint because of Lot J,” [email protected] profile” parking garage with rooftop [email protected] said. 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