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Do you support or oppose an increase in the Local Option Gas Tax from 6 cents to 12 cents per gallon, to be allocated toward road and other transportation improvements? 16%
Somewhat support
26%
Somewhat oppose
18%
Strongly oppose
40%
“The bills are structured so that the septic tank plan depends on freed-up funds from the local option gas tax, but the data shows voters want the improvements without the additional gas tax.” Respondents also were asked about spending on infrastructure projects being debated by the Council, including the Downtown Skyway modernization and the Emerald Trail park system. When asked how much money should be spent on improving the Skyway, 34%
Skinner Bros. Realty sold five multitenant retail buildings in the Nocatee Town Center on May 13 for $15.6 million. The structures comprise about 40,000 square feet and are fully leased to 15 tenants. Last Mile Investments of Cincinnati bought the property. Bob Selton and Jason Ryals of Colliers International represented Last Mile, which is a subsidiary of North American Properties. Jacksonville-based Skinner Bros. Realty started the development in 2015 and completed the fifth building of Phase 1 in the fourth quarter of 2019. “While the ownership has been transferred, Skinner Bros. Realty will continue to represent Last Mile Investments as Property Manager for all five buildings,” said Riley Skinner, vice president of Skinner Bros. Realty, in a news release. “In addition to our property management role, we continue to be involved in the development and growth of the Nocatee Town Center.”
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, backed by city leaders, announces plans March 17 for a gas tax increase to fund infrastructure improvements. The plan is being debated by City Council.
The UNF Public Opinion Research Lab finds support for septic tank phaseout. BY MONTY ZICKUHR MANAGING EDITOR
Duval County residents are opposed to a bill to increase the city’s gas tax but if there is one, they don’t want the money spent on the Downtown Skyway, according to a poll released May 18 by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida. Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority want to increase the gas tax from 6 cents to 12 cents per gallon to pay for nearly $1
Phase 1 of Nocatee Town Center sold for $15.6M
Cincinnati-based Last Mile Investments acquires the property from Skinner Bros. Realty.
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Strongly support
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billion in infrastructure projects. City Council is debating the legislation, Ordinance 2021-0223. Asked whether they support or oppose the bill, the poll found 58% of respondents either strongly or somewhat oppose it. However, asked about using the increase to free up money for septic tank phaseout projects, 68% said they approved, either strongly or somewhat. “This is a somewhat tricky situation,” said Michael Binder, UNF Public Opinion Research Lab director, in a news release with the poll.
Genpact to lay off 489 workers in Jacksonville Genpact Ltd., a New York-based professional services firm, filed a notice with state officials saying it expects to permanently lay off 489 Jacksonville employees Aug. 31. The company said in a May 14 letter filed under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that the layoff is occurring because of “material business changes to one of the company’s clients.” The letter said the company is performing services for the unnamed client in its office at Capital Plaza at 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd., but it also said most of the employees are working at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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