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THE MATHIS REPORT
Plans for a park at Jacksonville Landing site taking a step
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Crumbl Cookies planning store at Beach and Hodges
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COOKIE FLAVORS
Crumbl Cookies offerings include Raspberry Cheesecake, Ultimate Peanut Butter, Almond Joy, Cinnamon Toast, Chilled Sugar and Warm Chocolate Chip.
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
The Utah-based chain that also sells ice cream intends to open in the Pablo Creek Plaza East shopping center.
National cookies and ice cream company Crumbl Cookies intends to open in Pablo Creek Plaza East at southeast Beach and Hodges boulevards in early April. The city is reviewing a permit application for an estimated $75,000 build-out of 1,816 square feet at 3267 Hodges Blvd., No. 2. “I love the city of Jacksonville and feel like it is an opportunity for this type of product,” said Nicholas Lai, franchise owner and member of Brother Bakers Jacksonville LLC. Codes-ABC Inc. is handling code compliance. The Logan, Utah-based Crumbl cookies and ice cream company, which started in 2017, features a rotating menu of cookies to provide four specialty flavors weekly, with warm milk chocolate chip and chilled sugar cookies always available. Other flavors include cookies and cream milkshake, red velvet, chilled Twix, carrot cake, lemon poppy SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
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A Crumbl Cookies franchise owner plans to build-out a 1,816-square-foot store at 3267 Hodges Blvd., No. 2, in Pablo Creek Plaza East. Crumbl Cookies has 148 locations in 28 states.
The DIA will begin by seeking three companies that will compete for the winning design. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
The Downtown Investment Authority will issue a request for proposals Jan. 20 for public park space designs at the former Jacksonville Landing, according to CEO Lori Boyer. The Professional Services Evaluation Committee of the city Procurement Division approved the DIA’s plan Jan. 14 to select three firms that will submit designs for a minimum 4.5-acre riverfront park/plaza. A Jan. 11 memorandum Boyer sent to city Procurement Division Chief Greg Pease outlines the DIA’s two-phase plan to spend up to $375,000 to solicit design options for the public space in what’s now renamed “Riverfront Plaza.” Boyer’s memo echoes her previous position that the DIA should decide the site’s public park component before the remainder of the city-owned property is put on the market for private development. Work to demolish the former Jacksonville Landing marketplace and sod the 5.97-acre site was completed in May. The riverfront mall occupied the property for 32 years before it was closed. “While the DIA intends to solicit private development proposals for two smaller sites in the corners adjacent to Water Street/ Independent Drive, this design of the public park/plaza should occur first in order to prioritize its importance and to guide the SEE PARK, PAGE 2
Former Stein Mart exec launches service Former Stein Mart Inc. executive Linda Tasseff created Tasseff Accounting Services to focus on small businesses. Stein Mart, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Aug. 12, laid off Tasseff Sept. 15. “After a short break, (I) started laying the groundwork for an accounting practice. I am specializing in Accounting and QuickBooks services to small businesses,” she said. Tasseff joined Jacksonville-based Stein Mart in 1996. She was most recently director of accounting, financial reporting and investor relations. Her website is tasseffaccounting.com.
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