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THE MATHIS REPORT
Incentives request sent to Council for Eastern Wire
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The manufacturer wants to buy and renovate a Northwest Jacksonville warehouse for its HQ. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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Niagara Bottling LLC produces water, sparkling water, tea, sports drinks and vitamin-enhanced water.
The California producer of water beverages bought land along the First Coast Expressway. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
California-based Niagara Bottling LLC is preparing to build a $70 million, 550,000-square-foot beverage manufacturing facility in Middleburg. The Clay County Board of County Commissioners approved incentives grants for the
project Feb. 9 and signed the deal April 27. The Economic Development Grant and Tangible Personal Property Capital Investment Grant are calculated and paid after the investments are made. The agreements do not specify a precise amount. The company’s code name was Project Belle. Niagara, a family-owned company established in 1963, is based in Diamond Bar, near Los Angeles. The company bottles water, sparkling water, tea, sports drinks and vitamin-enhanced water. It also works with retailers, grocers, club and SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee voted 6-0 on June 21 to authorize the introduction of a resolution to City Council to provide incentives of $250,000 to help Eastern Wire Products Inc. buy a Northwest Jacksonville structure for expansion. The Jacksonville-based company makes steel wire and related products to support the recycling and construction industries. Eastern Wire, founded in 1991, has been leasing part of a multitenant building at 5301 W. Fifth St. It wants to buy a 78,000-square-foot structure at 5415 Longleaf St. built in 1964. The company proposes to invest $4.46 million, comprising $3.06 million for site acquisition and demolition, $522,239 for infrastructure improvements; $645,242 in renovations; and $239,424 in equipment. It requests a $100,000 Northwest Economic Development Fund Business Infrastructure Grant and a $150,000 Small Business Development Initiative loan that would be subordinate to a $3.79 million first mortgage loan provided by Wells Fargo Bank guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) Program. Eastern Wire proposes to finance the project with the grant, mortgages and $421,190 from the company’s principals. It has 42 full-time employees at an average wage of $38,000 and estimates it will add 10 at $32,500.
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Permit OK’d for EastPark Navy center The city issued a permit June 17 for Brantley Construction Services of Florida LLC to build out 50,000 square feet of shell space for a U.S. Navy MMSC – Multi-Mission Surface Combatants – vocational and training facility at 11660 Central Parkway in EastPark Business Park at a cost of $300,000. The permit indicates the total renovation cost from shell to tenant use will be almost $16.4 million. The Navy said it could host up to 300 students plus staff and instructors.
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