WEDNESDAY February 5, 2020
Public legal notices begin on page 3
jaxdailyrecord.com • 35 cents
Daily Record JACKSONVILLE
Developers pitch visions Daily for The Ford onRecord Bay site JACKSONVILLE
Jags to play two home games in London
Team says move will improve the franchise’s financial position as it awaits Lot J.
Daily Record Daily Record JACKSONVILLE
BY MONTY ZICKUHR MANAGING EDITOR
JACKSONVILLE
Spandrel Development Partners presents $136 million plan, The Related Group, an $80 million project. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
Two companies vying to develop the former Duval County Courthouse and City Hall site, now branded The Ford on Bay, delivered their public pitches Feb. 4. New York-based Spandrel Development Partners LLC proposes a $136 million, 550-unit multifamily development in two phases that include a grocery store and retail space of 50,000 to 74,000 square feet. Spandrel Principal Emanuel Neuman said the site will have 2 acres of landscape and public open space, as well as access to the Downtown Riverwalk from Bay Street.
TWO PLANS FOR SITE The Related Group of Miami’s proposed development is smaller in scale. Vice President of Development Jeffrey Robbins said the company envisions an $80 million project with 350 multifamily residential units and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Representatives from the two development companies each had 45 minutes to pitch their ideas to Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer, DIA board member Ron Moody and city Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Stephanie Burch, the three scorers appointed by the DIA board. It was the first public look at proposals for the vacant 8.38acre city-owned green space at 220 and 330 E. Bay St. and an adjacent parcel submerged in the St. Johns River.
Above: New York-based Spandrel Development Partners LLC showed the Downtown Investment Authority several renderings of their proposal for The Ford on Bay site. This is the Enclave on the Bay and riverwalk along the St. Johns River. For more renderings from Spandrel’s presentation, visit JaxDailyRecord.com. Below: The Related Group of Miami showed this conceptual site plan of The Ford on Bay site.
SPANDREL
Spandrel shows splitting the eastern parcel into two buildings SEE THE FORD ON BAY, PAGE 2
The Jacksonville Jaguars will play two home games at Wembley Stadium in London in 2020. The news was announced during a telephone news conference with team owner Shad Kahn and Jaguars President Mark Lamping. Lamping said the Jaguars are working to improve their financial standing in the league and as they wait for the Lot J and Shipyards projects to develop. Lamping said the team is entering an “uncertain time” and pointed to the Los Angeles Rams, Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders as teams with new stadiums who are improving their financial positions. “Our work to create new sources of revenue to help us improve our long-term outlook and commitment to operating a thriving franchise in Jacksonville will continue and never end,” Lamping said in a news release. “Playing two games in London at Wembley Stadium, where we have outstanding relationships, at least next season and perhaps in future years during construction, will help us bridge the gap between now and when we expect the Lot J development to open. Jacksonville’s potential is unlimited, and I am confident we can realize it, with the Jaguars serving as the catalyst,” he said. Lamping said season tickets will cost 15% less in 2020 because of the move. The team also will use variable pricing for the six home games. Lamping said the team will be in a much stronger position with
Renderings special to the Daily Record
SEE JAGUARS, PAGE 2
Offer your input on courthouse art The public is invited to help decide how to spend more than $600,000 to install public art at the Duval County Courthouse. In conjunction with First Wednesday Art Walk, the American Institute of Architects Jacksonville chapter and the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville will host a public community engagement meeting at 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. “We want to find out what the public would like to see there,” said Glenn Weiss, director of the cultural council’s Art in Public Places program. Visit culturalcouncil.org/artinpublicplaces for more information.
VOLUME 107, NO. 56 • ONE SECTION