MONDAY February 24, 2020
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JAX CHAMBER OVERALL SMALL BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR
‘IT’SDaily A COMPLETERecord HONOR’ JACKSONVILLE
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JACKSONVILLE The Eight Forty One building at 841 Pru-
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dential Drive on the Southbank.
Eight Forty One building sold for $67M JACKSONVILLE ShareMD buys the Southbank office tower that is anchored by One Call, Baptist Health. BY SCOTT SAILER STAFF WRITER
quality people in the 2020 class of small business leaders,” said Johnson, who is a member of the Chamber’s Downtown Council. “Trying to select someone out of this 2020 group was probably like splitting hairs. I don’t know how it hap-
Atlanta-based ShareMD, a medical office building owner and operator, paid $67 million for Eight Forty One, the Southbank office tower anchored by One Call and Baptist Health. Miami-based Easton & Associates, representing the buyer, announced the sale Feb. 21. It said the 841 Prudential Drive property is 80% occupied. The seller was GV-IP Jacksonville Owner LLC in care of GEM Realty Capital Inc. of Chicago. GEM is a real estate investment trust that partnered with IP Capital Partners. CBRE represented the seller. ShareMD is “strategically acquiring medical office buildings throughout Florida to meet increased demand for healthcare services as well as to grow their clinical co-working platform,” Easton & Associates Vice President Elliot LaBreche said in a news release. In the past four months ShareMD, has invested $100 million in Florida real estate, Easton said. ShareMD developed a co-working medical suite concept in Southern California and plans to introduce the concept to Florida. “The company builds out clinical space
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Ben Johnson, the president of Martin Coffee Company, was named the JAX Chamber 2020 Overall Small Business Leader of the Year.
Ben Johnson, president of Martin Coffee Company, selected for award. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Ben Johnson, president of Martin Coffee Company Inc., was named the JAX Chamber 2020 Overall Small Business Leader of the Year at a reception Feb. 20. Johnson was selected from the Cham-
ber’s 13 Small Business Leaders of the Year chosen from its councils, Beaches and Entrepreneurial Growth divisions and the ImpactJAX young professionals group. “It’s a complete honor to be here today, on stage right now, not only to be selected, but you saw the number of quality,
DIA approves Spandrel for The Ford on Bay site The Downtown Investment Authority on Feb. 21 unanimously approved a $136 million bid by a New York-based Spandrel Development Partners LLC to build a mixed-use retail and multifamily development at The Ford on Bay. The two-phase project comprises 520 apartments and up to 74,000 square feet of retail space at the former Duval County Courthouse and City Hall sites at 220 and 330 E. Bay St. A development agreement could go before the DIA in April.
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