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DesignDaily approval sought for FIS HQ Record JACKSONVILLE
THE NEW FIS HQ
Daily Record Daily Record Top: An artist’s JACKSONVILLE rendering of the 205-foot-tall, 12-story Fidelity National Information Services Inc. world headquarters planned at 323 Riverside Ave.
Middle: The motor court and lobby entrance.
JACKSONVILLE Bottom: The building’s 1,603-space parking garage with 3,600 square feet of ground-floor mixeduse office space. More images at JaxDailyRecord.com
The development is planned on 5.71 acres at 323 Riverside Ave. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. is asking the Downtown Development Review Board to approve the conceptual design for its proposed $145 million world headquarters in Brooklyn. Project architect Gensler submitted updated renderings and site information for the board to review at its Jan. 9 meeting. Documents prepared by the DDRB show that FIS intends to build a 205-foot-tall, 12-story office tower at 323 Riverside Ave. In addition to 1,603 parking spaces, plans call for 3,600 square feet of mixed-use office space in the development’s eight-story parking structure along Riverside Avenue.
DDRB staff recommends the board approve the conceptual design. The development is on 5.71 acres. A majority of the headquarters will be built on a 4½-acre parking lot currently owned and used by insurer Florida Blue. Hines, a privately owned global real estate firm based in Houston, is the project’s development manager. The DDRB will meet at 2 p.m. in the Lynwood Roberts Room at City Hall, 117 W. Duval St. D ow n tow n I n ve s t m e n t Authority CEO Lori Boyer said Dec. 18 she will file legislation with City Council to give FIS 16,971 square feet of surplus land from the Forest Street realignment in exchange for 130 public parking spaces in the parking garage. A 21-foot-wide urban open space along the garage’s ForSEE FIS, PAGE 2
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Ash Properties developing plans for Downtown
Apartments, retail and restaurants among possibilities for block it owns at Hogan, Adams, Julia and Forsyth streets. Ash Properties is putting together plans for the Hogan and Exchange buildings it owns Downtown on one of the two city blocks it purchased since mid-2018. Randall Whitfield, chief operating officer of the commercial real estate developer, said Jan. 3 that Jacksonvillebased Ash Properties is looking at the viability of Whitfield apartments, restaurants and retail uses for the structures on the block of Hogan, Adams, Julia and Forsyth streets. “We are looking at all those options,” Whitfield said. That includes the renovation or demolition of the Hogan Building at 170 N. Hogan St., which Ash Properties bought Dec. 20, and the Exchange Building at 218 W. Adams St., which it purchased in August 2018.
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Jumpin’ Jax House of Food opens Jumpin’ Jax House of Food opened its Downtown Jacksonville restaurant Jan. 6. The restaurant will operate 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Co-owner Howland “Howdy” Russell is subleasing the former 20West Cafe space at 20 W. Adams St. from Florida State College at Jacksonville. The lunch menu includes burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, chicken, pizza, salads, shakes and a children’s menu. Burgers start at $9, hot dogs at $6.50 and a 10-inch cheese pizza is $10. Breakfast items include pizzas and sandwiches starting at $7, wraps at $8 and hash brown bowls at $9.50. Photos at JaxDailyRecord.com
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