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Curry: Gas tax could free money for Daily Record projects beyond septic tank removal JACKSONVILLE
Project Breeze seeks $23M in St. Johns
The unnamed IT company wants to build a 150,000-square-foot building to house digital media operations.
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BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
neglected septic tanks for decades because the problem is too big. It’s a multibillion project. We’re going to take a bite out of the apple,” Curry said. “But also we can maybe set aside some other dollars to do some other projects as well and collaborate with City Council members,” he said. “Because they’re in touch with their constituents about what those problems might be.” The city and the Jacksonville Transportation
The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners will consider $23 million in incentives for Project Breeze, an unnamed information technology company. The company wants to construct a 150,000-square-foot building to house digital media operations, according to an economic development memo from Deputy County Administrator Joy Andrews to the board. The applicant expects to invest $100 million into the facility, including land, construction and equipment costs. It requests $13,774,888 in incentives for the new construction. The project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2024. The memo does not say how many jobs the project would create or the average annual wage. In addition to incentives sought for the building construction, the company requests that the retained jobs at an existing facility be considered. That facility employs 145 at an average annual wage of $97,000. The applicant is seeking $9,605,237 in incentives for the existing facility, amounting to 24 years of ad valorem taxes on capital improvements and business personal property taxes. The application does not state where the project will be built. The incentives are requested over a 30-year period “due to the magnitude of the project and to
SEE CURRY, PAGE 2
SEE BREEZE, PAGE 2
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry speaks to the Southside Business Men’s Club on March 30. Curry is supporting a 6-cent increase in the Duval County gasoline tax to fund more than $930 million in roadway, drainage and transportation improvements.
The Jacksonville mayor told a business group he wants City Council members to propose additional projects in need of funding.
BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry says city general revenue money freed by a proposed gasoline tax increase could pay for projects in addition to septic tank removal. At a March 30 meeting with the Southside Business Men’s Club, Curry said he wants to hear from City Council members where the unencumbered money should be spent. “The big proposal is septic tanks. We have
Suddath acquires Daryl Flood Jacksonville-based The Suddath Companies announced April 1 the acquisition of Daryl Flood Inc. Like Suddath, DFI is a moving and logistics company. It is based in Coppell, Texas, near Dallas. The sale, effective March 31, includes all of DFI’s operating companies. DFI, established in 1982, has 15 locations with nearly 1 million square feet of warehouse space. “This acquisition is the largest and perhaps most impactful in the history of the company,” Suddath President and CEO Michael Brannigan said in a news release. Suddath said the combined companies will have 45 U.S. and international locations with nearly 4 million square feet of warehouse space.
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