WEDNESDAY August 19, 2020 PUBLIC LEGAL jaxdailyrecord.com • 35 cents NOTICES BEGIN ON PAGE 3 JACKSONVILLE Daily Record THE MATHIS REPORT NewRez plans JACKSONVILLE to add 100 Hillwood moves forward employees in Daily RecordJacksonville on Cecil distribution center The company opened a service center in March JACKSONVILLE with 90 people and plans to more than double its staff. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER DailyNEW HILLWOOD Re WAREHOUSEcord NewRez, a national mortgage Hillwood wants to develop Parcel F at 13450 Waterworks St., next lending and servicing company, to the Bridgestone distribution center, in AllianceFlorida at Cecil announced Aug. 18 it will more Commerce Center. than double its employee count JACKSONVILLE in Jacksonville. The company opened a service center in Jacksonville in March as part of an asset acquisition of mortgage lender Ditech, a news release said. The Jacksonville office will be Daily RecordNewRez’s fourth service center. It hired 90 former Ditech employ- ees to staff it. Ditech closed its Jacksonville office in January, laying off 305 employees. It leased space on the 21st and 22nd floors of the TIAA Bank building at 301 W. Bay St. Downtown. That address, for- merly EverBank space, is shown Special to the Daily Record online as NewRez’s Jacksonville location. “Jacksonville has been a true partner in our ability to attract world-class talent,” Baron Sil- verstein, president NewRez LLC, said in the release. “With growth Bing maps expected in all of our business divisions, we will be hiring a The more than 250,000-square-foot warehouse is being wide variety of professionals, and know we can find them here.” prepared for an unidentified prospect by the park developer. NewRez will add at least 100 employees by the fall, with the AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center 251,375-square-foot building. possibility to add more. Posi- Hillwood is moving ahead with plans to devel- The 37.52-acre site for the first phase is at tions will be in mortgage sales, op a more than 250,000-square-foot building 13450 Waterworks St. at southwest POW-MIA loan processing, underwriting for an unidentified tenant. Memorial Parkway and Waterworks Street. It is and collections. Corporate sup- It appears to be the first phase of a next to the Bridgestone Americas Tire Opera- port positions include recruit- 500,000-square-foot project. tions distribution center and across Water- ing, training and information Hillwood, master developer at the Westside works Street from the JinkoSolar plant. technology. KAREN BRUNE MATHIS business park, submitted civil plans with the Prosser Inc. is the civil engineer. NewRez also will launch its EDITOR city and an environmental resource permit Site information filed with the Water Man- community investment initiative application with the St. Johns River Water agement District says the proposed project called NewRez Neighborhood Management District for Parcel F. The civil plans show mass grading for a SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2 SEE NEWREZ, PAGE 2 Bill to repay Metropolitan Park grants withdrawn City Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously Aug. 18 to with- draw Ordinance 2020-0555. If enacted, it would have appropriated $1.725 million to reimburse the state and federal governments for grants awarded in 1981 that were used to create Metropolitan Park. Brian Hughes, Mayor Lenny Curry’s chief administrative officer, said the bill no longer is needed because it was introduced to start a dialog with state and federal partners. “The dialog continues,” Hughes said. The park ad- joins the Shipyards and Lot J properties planned for development. VOLUME 107, NO. 194 • ONE SECTION 2 JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 JaxDailyRecord.com JaxDailyRecord.comJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD / JACKSONVILLE RECORD & OBSERVER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 1 Prosser Inc. filed civil engineering plans with the city for mass grading JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE of Parcel F at Cecil Commerce Center for construction Daily Record Daily Record of a distribution warehouse. HOW TO REACH US HOW TO REACH US Special to JACKSONVILLE the Daily Record 121 W. Forsyth St., Suite 150, Jacksonville, FL, 32202 121 W. 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Established in 1912, the Financial News & Daily Record, now the Jacksonville Daily Established in 1912, the Financial News & Daily Record, now the Jacksonville Daily Record, is published Monday-Friday and is the Official Court Newspaper of the Circuit Record, is published Monday-Friday and is the Official Court Newspaper of the Circuit comprises a 278,205-square-foot dis- In those plans, Hillwood did not iden- JACKSONVILLE tribution warehouse with parking, truck tify a user or tenant for the building, Court and publisher of public notices in Duval County. Court and publisher of public notices in Duval County. storage and associated infrastructure, to which will be built in two phases. be built in two phases. Hillwood Senior Vice President Dan Jacksonville Record & Observer is a free weekly business newspaper available in Jacksonville Record & Observer is a free weekly business newspaper available in Downtown Jacksonville and key business nodes throughout Jacksonville. To find a DowntownDail Jacksonville and keyy business Re nodes throughoutco Jacksonville.rd To find a The differing square foot indicates a Tatsch said June 29 that he had no com- final size that has not been determined. ment beyond what’s in the report. location near you, visit jaxdailyrecord.com/rack-locations. location near you, visit jaxdailyrecord.com/rack-locations. Dallas-based Hillwood told the city The project description said that June 29 it spent March working on site along with the warehouse, there will be Editorial content focuses on news and trends, with a concentration on development, Editorial content focuses on news and trends, with a concentration on development, layouts for an unidentified prospect. parking, truck storage and associated real estate, construction, law, companies, economic and industry trends and how local real estate, construction, law, companies, economic and industry trends and how local Hillwood said in its quarterly report to infrastructure. and state government affects business. and state government affects business. the city that it was approached in early Hillwood won a competitive bid in STAFF STAFF March by a prospect interested in leas- 2009 to become the master developer of ing a 500,000-square-foot build-to- the 4,474-acre Cecil Commerce Center, Publisher / Matt Walsh Director of Advertising / Jay Lesowitz Publisher / Matt Walsh Director of Advertising / Jay Lesowitz suit distribution facility on Parcel F. which is a portion of the former Naval Air [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] During the rest of the reporting Station Cecil Field owned by the city. Publisher Emeritus / James F. Bailey Jr. Advertising Coordinator / Codi Gildberg Publisher Emeritus / James F. Bailey Jr. Advertising Coordinator / Codi Gildberg period, Hillwood and the prospect [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] exchanged drafts of a site plan and dis- [email protected] Editor / Karen Brune Mathis Legal Advertising Manager / Janet Mohr Editor / Karen Brune Mathis Legal Advertising Manager / Janet Mohr cussions continued. (904) 356-2466 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Managing Editor / Monty Zickuhr Legal Advertising Associate / Rhonda Fisher Managing Editor / Monty Zickuhr Legal Advertising Associate / Rhonda Fisher [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Associate Editor Legal Affairs / Max Marbut / Max Marbut Network Administrator / Erik Wagner Associate Editor Legal Affairs Network Administrator / Erik Wagner [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] it’s like to work and live here, we are Staff Writer / Katie Garwood / Katie Garwood Court Typeset / Paula Steiner Staff Writer Court Typeset / Paula Steiner confident that we’ll be in the mix when it [email protected] [email protected] NewRez [email protected] [email protected] comes time to invest and grow,” JAXUSA Staff Writer / Mike Mendenhall Staff Writer / Mike Mendenhall CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Partnership President Aundra Wallace [email protected] Director of Circulation / Anne Shumate [email protected] Director of Circulation / Anne Shumate [email protected] [email protected] said. “That’s what we’re seeing here with Staff Writer / Scott Sailer Staff Writer / Scott Sailer Outreach Works in Jacksonville. Through NewRez. We appreciate their investment [email protected] Distribution / Tim Reagan