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Permit issued for $65M Mayo addition
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The project is part of the health care system’s $144 million expansion. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
The city issued a permit April 1 for Mayo Clinic Florida’s $65 million addition at its San Pablo campus. Batson-Cook Co. is the contractor for the Mayo North addition, described on the permit as a sixstory, 120,000-square-foot build-
ing, with a two-story link between the Mayo and Cannaday buildings. The permit says the horizontal addition to an existing Mayo building along with renovations to existing areas will comprise 200,000 square feet. In September 2018, Mayo announced a five-floor, 120,000-square-feet addition with a two-story building link between the Mayo and Cannaday buildings. It will have space for up to eight operating rooms, as well as procedural space for cardiology, gastroenterology and hepa-
tology, and other departments. The building is expected to be completed in 2021. “As a destination medical center, these projects deepen Mayo Clinic’s commitment to providing our patients with an unparalleled experience and our teams of experts with the latest tools to deliver serious and highly complex care,” said then-Mayo Clinic Florida CEO Gianrico Farrugia, who now serves as Mayo Clinic’s president and CEO.
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An artist’s rendering of the 120,000-square-foot Mayo North addition between the Mayo and Cannaday buildings.
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bookings as ‘the globe is closed’ Avondale Travel owner Leigh Elizabeth Israel says clients are booking into the future. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Avondale Travel advisers are watching the world from the isolation of their home offices as the COVID-19 pandemic shuts down the industry. “Everyone across the globe is closed. It’s been a shocking, shocking past few weeks,” said agency owner and President Leigh Elizabeth Israel. Her goal is to be ready for the industry turnaround and she thanks the clients of the 46-year-old agency, which is older than she is, for rescheduling their travel plans rather than canceling. “We’ve been very fortunate that we are rebooking clients, moving dates and booking into the future,” Israel said March 27. Corporate clients, about half of the
KEEPING CLOSE – FROM A DISTANCE Since March 13, city event venues, stores, restaurants, malls, entertainment centers, churches and businesses shut down and laid off workers or sent them home to telecommute to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Daily Record will report how local small business owners are dealing with the imposed social isolation.
business, are halting travel while leisure travelers are choosing new dates. Israel, 33, grew up in the agency and took over after her father, Louis Black, died in May 2017. He founded Avondale Travel in 1974. It survived several economic downSEE ISRAEL, PAGE 2
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Avondale Travel owner and President Leigh Elizabeth Israel said the travel industry is offering incentives for those willing to book as they await the lifting of travel restrictions.
Wawa buys land for Arlington store Wawa Florida LLC paid $3 million for about 1.9 acres at northeast University Boulevard North and Arlington Road to build a gas station and convenience store. Wawa bought the site from six sellers who owned parcels that the company assembled for the deal. Wawa intends to demolish the buildings on the site to develop the gas station and convenience store with 16 fueling stations. The city is reviewing permit applications for construction of a 6,202-square-foot building and a 7,150-square-foot canopy at a total construction cost of almost $1.1 million. The address is 1331 University Blvd.
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