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The Mathis Report: Mason’s THURSDAY operations winding down January 16, 2020 PAGE 3 jaxdailyrecord.com • 35 cents PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICES BEGIN ON PAGE 1B JACKSONVILLE Daily Record Three firms HOW IT JACKSONVILLE bid to tear WOULD WORK THE PLAN TO SPUR down Hart Bridge rampDaily ReDOWNTOWNcord DINING The bids range from $28.8 million to $32.1 Restaurant million for project south incentives JACKSONVILLE Restaurants opening of TIAA Bank Field. Downtown could receive up to $350,000 in BY SCOTT SAILER incentives depending STAFF WRITER on the type of establishment. Three firms bid from $25.8 mil- lion to $32.1 million toDail demolish y Record part of the elevated Hart Bridge Expressway and construct new ramp connections: n Jacksonville-based J.B. JACKSONVILLE Coxwell Contracting Inc., $25,846,500.54 Roanoke, Texas-based John- son Bros. Corp. A Southland Co., $31,313,699.79 But only if they n Jacksonville-based Superior Construction Co. SoutheastDail LLC, stay open latey Record $32,125,687 To be eligible for the The city opened the bids Jan. 15. incentive program, The project calls for remov- restaurants would have ing part of the Hart Bridge ramp to be open until 9 p.m. at Liberty Street between Gator at least five days a week, Photo by Max Marbut Bowl and A. Philip Randolph including Friday and Downtown workers take to the streets during lunchtime, where most of the dining es- boulevards, bringing a portion of Saturday. tablishments aren’t open for dinner. The Downtown Investment Authority wants to bring the expressway to street level and more restaurants Downtown that are open until at least 9 p.m. aligning the new roadway. Construction of a signalized intersection at Gator Bowl Bou- DIA CEO Lori Boyer wants to cluster restaurants and bars levard is part of the project. The city Procurement Division in walkable areas creating “distinct character corridors.” will analyze the bids for 30 days. City, state and federal money is BY MIKE MENDENHALL Boyer has a plan. funding the $38.9 million project. STAFF WRITER The DIA’s Targeted Work is anticipated to begin Food and Beverage early this year and be completed Free parking owntown Investment Authority Program aims to clus- by the end of 2021. CEO Lori Boyer’s proposal to cre- ter restaurants and The city said in a legislative for diners ate a dense restaurant and retail bars in walkable areas summary the project’s purpose Free parking would be district Downtown is part of a of Downtown, creat- is to promote development of the offered in the Yates larger plan. Boyer ing two “distinct char- Shipyards properties and Lot J Garage at 200 E. Adams Her goal is to create a market acter corridors” in the mixed-use development and the St. and the Ed Ball Garage Dbeyond the daytime demand from the core. city’s Metropolitan Park. at 238 W. Monroe St. estimated 50,000 urban core employees Boyer wants to court restaurant own- Jacksonville Jaguars owner and work toward a Downtown residential ers to open or expand in an area bounded Shad Khan proposes to redevelop population of 10,000 to 12,000 people. by Hogan, Laura, Church and Bay streets the property. INSIDE “Providing this urban lifestyle envi- and The Elbow from Main, Liberty, Mon- More details about the ronment where people have places to go roe and Bay streets. SSAILER@ program. Page 4 for breakfast and coffee and places to go Boyer unveiled details Jan. 14 to a DIA JAXDAILYRECORD.COM after work for tacos or places to go for (904) 356-2466 dinner is part of that,” she said. SEE DINING, PAGE 4 THE BASCH REPORT Stein Mart Inc. moved to the lowest Nasdaq tier Plus: Political ads boost Tegna. PAGE 8 VOLUME 107, NO. 42 • TWO SECTIONS 2 JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD /J ACKSONVILLE RECORD & OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 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. JACKSONVILLE JEA INVESTIGATION Federal officials to take over probe of utility Daily Record State Attorney Melissa Nelson is HOW TO REACH US handing her investigation of JEA to JACKSONVILLE federal officials. 10 N. Newnan St., Jacksonville, FL, 32202 Nelson confirmed in an emailed Phone: (904) 356-2466, Fax (904) 353-2628 statement Jan. 13 that federal agen- Daily Record cies would be taking over the investi- jaxdailyrecord.com WHAT’S TRENDING WHAT’S gation into the city’s energy and water ABOUT US utility. JACKSONVILLE “After thorough review, the State Jacksonville Daily Record and Jacksonville Record & Observer are a division of Attorney’s Office has determined that Observer Media Group Inc. the appropriate venue to continue Daily Record this investigation is the federal justice Established in 1912, the Financial News & Daily Record, now the Jacksonville Daily system. We have referred our investi- Record, is published Monday-Friday and is the Official Court Newspaper of the Circuit JACKSONVILLE gation to our federal partners, who will File image Court and publisher of public notices in Duval County. take the lead moving forward and have State Attorney Melissa Nelson. the full support of this office,” Nelson Jacksonville Record & Observer is a free weekly business newspaper available in said. firmed Dec. 18 it was “looking into DowntownDail Jacksonville and keyy business Re nodes throughoutco Jacksonville.rd To find a This was the first time Nelson re- matters involving JEA” after multiple location near you, visit jaxdailyrecord.com/rack-locations. ferred to her work involving JEA as an calls from Jacksonville officials and investigation. organizations for an investigation into Editorial content focuses on news and trends, with a concentration on development, The State Attorney’s Office con- the public utility’s push to privatize. real estate, construction, law, companies, economic and industry trends and how local and state government affects business. DEVELOPMENT STAFF Publisher / Matt Walsh Director of Advertising / Jay Lesowitz The District developers seek time to find financing [email protected] [email protected] Publisher Emeritus / James F. Bailey Jr. Advertising Coordinator / Codi Gildberg The Downtown Investment Author- the DIA. Rummell told Boyer that Ele- [email protected] [email protected] ity is giving developers of The District ments would miss the Jan. 13 deadline Editor / Karen Brune Mathis on Downtown’s Southbank a 90-day to secure $31.1 million in Community Legal Advertising Manager / Janet Mohr [email protected] [email protected] extension to obtain financing. Development District bonds and bond Managing Editor / Monty Zickuhr Legal Advertising Associate / Rhonda Fisher In a Jan. 10 letter to developer Ele- insurance needed to pay for public [email protected] ments of Jacksonville LLC Managing infrastructure that will support the [email protected] / Max Marbut Associate Editor Legal Affairs Network Administrator / Erik Wagner Partner Peter Rummell, DIA CEO Lori development. [email protected] Boyer agreed to grant the proposed “It’s not like anybody has been sitting [email protected] / Katie Garwood Staff Writer Court Typeset / Paula Steiner $600 million, mixed-use project an ex- around. There has been a ton of work [email protected] tension on its full performance schedule. done to move the project forward,” [email protected] Boyer’s letter was in response to a Boyer said. “It’s a delay but I wouldn’t Staff Writer / Mike Mendenhall [email protected] Director of Circulation / Anne Shumate written request from Rummell dated interpret it as a major setback. It’s mov- [email protected] Jan. 9 for a six-month extension from ing forward, just at a slower pace.” Staff Writer / Scott Sailer [email protected] Distribution / Tim Reagan [email protected] Business Manager / Angie Campbell DOWNTOWN [email protected] City condemns unfinished Berkman Plaza II PRESS RELEASE/INQUIRY/REPRINTS The vacant Berkman Plaza II high- City Director of Public Affairs Submit a press release or editorial inquiry online rise Downtown on East Bay Street Nikki Kimbleton said Jan. 13 that code jaxdailyrecord.com/submit-news-release or email [email protected]. could be demolished now that the city enforcement officers moved forward Article reprints are available at jaxdailyrecord.com condemned the riverfront property. with a notice after a complaint from a The city posted a notice Jan. 10 resident in the neighboring The Plaza on the property notifying owner 500 Condominiums at Berkman Plaza & HOW TO SUBSCRIBE East Bay LLC that the property at 500 Marina. E. 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