Basch Report: Stein Mart board FREE feared for company’s future March 5-11, 2020 PAGE 12 jaxdailyrecord.com JACKSONVILLE Record & Observer LOTJACKS ONVILLEJ AND BEYOND CordishRe executiveco updatesrd plans for development& Observ near TIAA Bank Field and the Shipyards.er THE PLAN JACKSONVILLE Zed Smith, chief operating officer of The Cordish Companies, showed this map of the Lot J, Jacksonville Shipyards and Metropolitan Park Record & Observareas to the Meninaker Club of Jacksonville during a March 2 speech. Cordish is working with the Jaguars to develop the property. JACKSONVILLE Record & Observer Photo by Mike Mendenhall The Cordish BY MIKE MENDENHALL the first two phases of development of and Jaguars’ subsidiary Gecko Invest- Companies STAFF WRITER Lot J near TIAA Bank Stadium, the Ship- ments LLC are equal partners in the Lot Chief Operating yards and a previously unannounced J-Shipyards project, operating as Jack- Officer Zed acksonville Jaguars owner Shad residential expansion north of Lot J in sonville I-C Parcel One Holding Com- Smith spoke Khan’s proposed $2.5 billion a presentation March 2 to the Meninak pany LLC, according to the Lot J devel- March 2 to the Lot J and Jacksonville Shipyards Club of Jacksonville. opment term sheet released by the city Meninak Club development is a starting point “The thing that appealed to us about July 31. of Jacksonville. for two decades of development Jacksonville is we have the land to develop The $450 million to $500 million Phase in Downtown’s Sports and Enter- into the future. We could be building here I of Lot J comprises the Live! Arena enter- Photo by tainment District, said The Cordish Com- for the next 20 years,” Smith said of The tainment venue, a 200-unit boutique Karen Brune Mathis J panies Chief Operating Officer Zed Smith. Cordish Companies and Khan’s subsidiary. Smith showed updated renderings of Baltimore, Maryland-based Cordish SEE LOT J, PAGE 8 CMC Steel wins city incentives BUSINESS STRATEGY without adding jobs PAGE 3 Haskell’s Dysruptek Mathis Report: Argentina-based seeking innovation firm building warehouse PAGE 4 Design-build firm looks ahead. PAGE 5 Marbut Report: Judge ‘not retiring from the community’ PAGE 13 VOLUME 2, NO. 40 • ONE SECTION 2 JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD / J ACKSONVILLE RECORD & OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 JaxDailyRecord.com Big news doesn’t break just on Thursday. 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