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Metropolitan Park tests by Khan firm OK’d by DIA
The Jacksonville Jaguars owner is considering developing the area around the site.
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BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
and stick with that, you’ll be fine.” Parliment Building Products is a two-step, building materials and supply company. It buys products from the manufacturer to sell to builders. It sells in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. It is based at 9621 Florida Mining Blvd. on the Southside and employs about 30 people. New owners Canosa and Kerkvliet are with KC Building Products. “They’re guys I knew well and trusted, they didn’t want to change anything,” he said. “They wanted to get out of big corporate and into a smaller company. They weren’t going to do anything with the employees and everything was going to stay the same.” “It was just a good time to sell.” The terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s company will have access to the Shipyards property and Metropolitan Park’s former Kids Kampus site for environmental and geotechnical testing as it considers development in the area. The Downtown Investment Authority board voted 9-0 on Feb. 17 to grant Iguana Florida Investments LLC entry to the city-owned riverfront property on East Bay Street as Khan considers the site for a Four Seasons hotel and mixed-use development. The resolution excludes a 14.32-acre Metropolitan Park parcel that is restricted by a 1981 National Park Service grant. However, the DIA board will allow Iguana access to the more than 8-acre former Kids Kampus, which is part of Metropolitan Park’s 24.7-acre footprint, and the adjacent Shipyards site. DIA staff members said Feb. 17 they received 51 emails and voice messages opposing Iguana’s access to any portion of Metropolitan Park. Before the board vote, Boyer told community members that the access agreement with Iguana is not a development deal. Boyer said the DIA has not received a “definitive proposal” for the site, although Iguana’s Nov. 12 public presentation to the board for Khan’s estimated $535 million hotel, medical campus and mixed-used residential project shows it on the Metropolitan Park and Shipyards site.
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Photo by Katie Garwood
Chuck Parliment stands in front of a wall of his sports memorabilia, including a jersey signed by Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. Parliment said he is an avid collector and his office was filled with autographed jerseys, cards and photos.
Parliment Building Products owner and founder Chuck Parliment started the company in 2002 and is retiring after 48 years in the industry.
BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
At 69 years old, Parliment Building Products founder Chuck Parliment is preparing to retire after a 48-year career. In that time, he has worked for two companies. He spent 29 years at Zambetti Steel Products, where he started in high school and left as vice president of sales and operations. In 2002, he started Parliment Building Products with Jim Bleech. A little more than 18 years later, Parliment sold the company in December to two friends in the industry, Marcelo Canosa and Jim Kerkvliet. “I’ve been doing the same thing my whole life,” Parliment said. “I’ve gone my whole life without filling out an employment application. Only two jobs I ever had. When you learn just one thing well
Former St. John the Divine site sold for $1.03M Canaan Chin Baptist Church Inc. bought the former St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church of Jacksonville Florida, Inc. property in the St. Nicholas area on Feb. 12 for $1.03 million. The deed was recorded Feb. 18, the same day NAI Hallmark announced the sale. The property at 3850 Atlantic Blvd. was the home of St. John the Divine since 1968. It moved to a new worship center and campus at 12760 Beach Blvd. in December. The 12,404-square-foot church comprises offices, classrooms, a kitchen, an auditorium and a sanctuary with a seating capacity of about 210.
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