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Jacksonville Icemen Igloo renovations to start off | Jax Day-to-day History | Jacksonville Daily Report

The city issued a permit July 23 for initial do the job toward changing the Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex into the Jacksonville Icemen Igloo for the city’s skilled hockey team.

The Igloo, at 3605 Philips Freeway, is aspect of San Marco East, at Interstate 95 and Emerson Avenue. 

Bluewater Builders Inc. of Coral Springs is the contractor and Chiodini Architects of St. Louis, Missouri, is the architect for the believed $400,000 undertaking for demolition and interior structural perform.

Icemen President Bob Ohrablo said at a news convention March 30 that building will begin in August and acquire 10 to 12 months.

The renovation, excluding the $6 million to buy the assets, is envisioned to price $12.5 million.

Andy Kaufmann, majority owner of the Icemen, explained previously the Icemen Igloo will comprise two ice rinks, a athletics bar, protein shop, esports arena and the Jacksonville Sports activities Corridor of Fame.


The Igloo’s athletics bar will have floor-to-ceiling home windows so visitors can try to eat and consume with a watch of the rinks.

The sporting activities bar will have flooring-to-ceiling home windows so friends can consume and drink with a perspective of the rinks. 

The next ice rink will be built to start with so folks can carry on to skate at the facility throughout the renovations. 

“Since coming to Jacksonville in 2017, the Icemen have shown their commitment to this city time and time again,” Mayor Lenny Curry said at the news conference. 

City Council voted 17- on March 23

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Amos Vanbrocklin by — July 28, 2021 in Jacksonville Daily News
Hanania has agreement to purchase previous Stein Mart headquarters on Southbank | Jax Everyday History | Jacksonville Daily History

Jacksonville-based mostly Hanania Automotive Team proprietor and CEO Jack Hanania has a deal to obtain the former Stein Mart setting up on the Downtown Southbank for $20.6 million.

He intends to transfer his corporate headquarters there and set the Hanania title on the building.

“I have a whole lot of enthusiasm for our Downtown and our neighborhood,” explained Hanania, who grew up in Lakewood and life in San Marco, both neighborhoods in close proximity to the Southbank.


Hanania Automotive Team operator and CEO Jack Hanania

“I think Downtown is poised to explode.”

It also is the very first time in memory that a single individual has bought a higher-rise developing Downtown to put a identify on it.

Hanania claimed July 25 he hopes it encourages other people to do the exact same, declaring such expense implies to outside the house firms that neighborhood buyers are willing to place revenue into the group.

“It will assist stimulate more Downtown initiatives,” he stated.

Hanania and expenditure companion Joe Hassan currently individual two Downtown Northbank buildings – the 6-story historic Dyal-Upchurch Constructing at 6 E. Bay St., ordered in 2017, and the 3-tale Title & Trust Corporation of Florida Creating at 200 E. Forsyth St., acquired late past 12 months.

“I grew up in Jacksonville and I want to do my part to preserve Downtown Jacksonville,” Hanania said when acquiring the Title & Rely on setting up.

Hanania is purchasing the Stein Mart residence on his have and intends to include it. He

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Amos Vanbrocklin by — July 27, 2021 in Jacksonville Daily News
Major 10 property product sales of 7 days | Jax Daily Document | Jacksonville Daily History

ST. JOHNS 

$5,500,000

24721 Harbour Perspective Generate, Ponte Vedra Seaside

Style: Single-family

Lot dimensions: 1.29 acres

Residence measurement: 11,302 sq. feet

Consumer: David L. and Patricia D. Brown

Seller: Stephen D. and Scarlet Broome

Earlier sale: $5,750,000 in 2005

About the home: Intracoastal Waterway frontage property capabilities 7 bedrooms, seven complete and a few fifty percent-baths, out of doors leisure location, pool, spa and 60-foot dock.

DUVAL 

$4,000,000

3940 Alhambra Push W., Jacksonville

Type: Solitary-family members

Ton dimensions: .96 acres

Home size: 8,240 sq. ft

Consumer: Tiffany Ashurian and Travis Von Tobel

Vendor: Edward Ashurian

Earlier sale: $2,750,000 in 2020

DUVAL

$2,500,000

1958 River Highway, Jacksonville

Style: Single-spouse and children

Great deal sizing: .33 acres

Household dimensions: 6,452 sq. feet

Buyer: Gary and Mary A. Wilkinson

Seller: Ian and Evaleen Caccam

Prior sale: $1,675,000 in 2012

ST. JOHNS

$2,310,000

106 Monarch Courtroom, St. Augustine

Form: Single-family

Whole lot measurement: 1.37 acres

Residence dimension: 7,104 sq. feet

Customer: Jeffrey C. and Lorin K. Brown

Seller: Frederick G. and Kalisa King

Past sale: $1,350,000 in 2009

DUVAL 

$2,125,000

711 Alhambra Generate S., Jacksonville

Style: Solitary-spouse and children

Ton dimension: .33 acres

Dwelling dimension: 5,929 sq. ft

Purchaser: Adam G. and Alexandra D. Cohlmia

Seller: Roger M. and Ray M. O’Steen

ST. JOHNS

$1,850,000

676 Promenade Pointe Travel, St. Augustine

Kind: Solitary-family members

Great deal dimension: .5 acres

Dwelling dimension: 5,553 sq. toes

Purchaser: Robert K. and Robin A. Lucas

Vendor: Brian D. and Mary E. Kiekover

Preceding sale: $905,000 in 2015

ST.

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Amos Vanbrocklin by — July 26, 2021 in Jacksonville Daily News
The traits driving growth in Northeast Florida health care tasks | Jax Everyday History | Jacksonville Day by day Record

In-migration, an growing old population and a shift to satellite functions account for the more than 20 prepared or active well being treatment initiatives in the Northeast Florida sector.

All those assignments include full-company and specialty hospitals, outpatient clinics, primary treatment places of work and cost-free-standing crisis facilities.

Some are new to the current market, this sort of as Encompass Health’s rehabilitation healthcare facility in Southside Quarter. 

Walgreens and Walmart are rolling out their main care and specialty care expert services at quite a few present stores as aspect of broader strategies to present treatment to consumers and underserved places. 

Other developments are from extensive-standing Jacksonville methods this kind of as Baptist Health and fitness, which has a Clay County healthcare facility, Baptist HealthPlace and a few unannounced St. Johns County jobs in the works. 

Moving off campus

Dr. Leon Haley, CEO of UF Wellbeing Jacksonville, said development of two cost-free-standing ERs in West and North Jacksonville, along with its partnership with Jax Backbone and Discomfort Facilities on an outpatient surgical procedures center, are proof of the system’s press into making a lot more satellite places. 

“We are surely rising our footprint out of the Downtown campus,” Haley reported. 


Dr. Leon Haley

“Some of that is to increase the option for individuals to interact and interact with our method and like everything else, to change the payer combine a tiny bit.”

The most important campus is in the Springfield community north of Downtown.

Haley explained he expects the absolutely free-standing

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Amos Vanbrocklin by — July 20, 2021 in Jacksonville Daily News
Genesis Park had 19 targets before acquiring Redwire | Jax Each day Record | Jacksonville Everyday History

Before launching its preliminary public providing past calendar year, Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. identified 19 potential merger targets.

Jacksonville-dependent place technological innovation enterprise Redwire was not just one of them.

Having said that, it did not just take long after the Nov. 27, 2020, IPO for Genesis Park to property in on Redwire.

“Redwire was not included in the Focus on Listing, and was subsequently discovered as a possible small business mixture focus on on November 30, 2020 via GPAC’s community of non-public fairness and venture funds buyers and by means of Jefferies, GPAC’s funds markets advisor,” Genesis Park explained in a proxy assertion filed previous 7 days for its pending merger with Redwire.


Genesis Park President Jonathan Baliff

Genesis Park President Jonathan Baliff experienced an introductory cellular phone call a week later on with reps of Redwire and quite a few months of negotiations led to an settlement in March 2021.

Genesis Park is a specific goal acquisition firm shaped to uncover a merger target. The merger will make Redwire a public firm.

From its primary focus on record, Genesis Park finally had some degree of discussions with eight organizations that ranged from “pre-profits businesses” to providers with income of much more than $6 billion, the proxy said.

Redwire described earnings of $31.7 million in the very first quarter this yr, according to the proxy. But it is projecting revenue to grow to $1.4 billion in 2025.

During a July 9 analyst presentation webcast, Baliff claimed Redwire’s monetary profile

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Amos Vanbrocklin by — July 15, 2021 in Jacksonville Daily News
TD Financial institution to open up 200-task Jacksonville functions heart | Jax Each day Document | Jacksonville Daily History

TD Financial institution will open a consumer assistance and functions centre in Deerwood North that will add about 200 careers early future yr.

Nick Miceli, TD Bank Florida Metro regional president, mentioned July 13 the lender will lease a minor a lot more than 30,000 square toes of area in the Deerwood North office environment park, increasing its corporate existence there.

TD Bank’s center will occupy the third ground at 4600 Touchton Road E., Miceli stated.

He said he could affirm that TD will fully renovate the area over the upcoming quite a few months. The bank targets spring 2022 for occupancy.

“Florida is experiencing tremendous advancement and TD is deeply fully commited to the region,” Miceli said by e mail.

“The addition of our new operations heart is a extended-time period financial commitment in Jacksonville. We watch Jacksonville as a potent market for talent, and glimpse forward to expanding our crew there.”

He mentioned the room will be close to TD’s North Florida leadership workplaces and retail space at 9715 Gate Parkway N. in Deerwood Park North.

He stated TD Bank has not requested financial incentives from the town or the state.

The town is reviewing a creating permit application for TD Bank’s “Jacksonville Make contact with Center” at Deerwood North. Universal Engineering Sciences is the civil engineer.

Plans show work on the first and 3rd floors at a construction expense of $4.8 million.

The first-flooring building is for storage and products and other guidance place, these as schooling,

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Amos Vanbrocklin by — July 14, 2021 in Jacksonville Daily News