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THE MATHIS REPORT
Health care projects advancing
FamilyDaily bringing FilipinoRecord bakeshop to Atlantic North JACKSONVILLE
Flagler Hospital, Brooks Rehabilitation taking steps in St. Johns, Duval.
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
The Baker’s Son by Valerio’s plans to open by Thanksgiving in the shopping center across Atlantic Boulevard from Jollibee. Owners hope to open The Baker’s Son by Valerio’s, a Filipino bakeshop, by Thanksgiving in Atlantic North at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards. “We believe that there’s a good opportunity for us to not only serve the growing Filipino population in Jacksonville but also introduce a wealth of Filipino baked goods made from scratch throughout the city,” said Ariosto Valerio Jr., the grandson of the founder of California-based Valerio’s Tropical Bakeshop. Valerio said July 24 he and his wife, Kathleen, own the Jacksonville location under the corporate name Valerio’s Bakehouse Inc. The Valerios, who have five sons ages 6 to 20, intend to live part-time in Jacksonville, where they bought a house. “My family loved our visits there,” Valerio said. Valerio served in the U.S. Navy from 1996-2000, although not in Jacksonville. “Being that there is a huge Navy population there suits me as well as it did in the West Coast where I was staSEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
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The Valerio family. In front are Zyris, 6, and Jarren, 10. Behind them, from left, Ariosto III, 17, Kathleen, Jonathan, 20, Ariosto Jr. and Karl, 15.
Interior design renderings of The Baker’s Son by Valerio’s. Left, the beverage counter will specialize in Filipino-inspired refreshers, hot coffee, halo-halo and more.
BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Two medical projects are moving forward in northern St. Johns County and southern Duval County. Flagler Hospital applied to the St. Johns River Water Management District for a permit to clear and grade the 47.28-acre site where its Flagler Health+ Village will be built in Durbin Park in northern St. Johns County. The project description said it also is seeking to construct a surface water management system to serve a 29.26-acre roadway project. The village, which will include a hospital, will be located along what will eventually become Flagler Health Way off of Peyton Parkway. The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners approved the proposed 375,000-squarefoot Flagler Health+ campus in May. The first phase will include family practice, women’s care, urgent care, pediatrics, imaging and laboratory services. The second and third phases will bring a 150-bed hospital, outpatient surgery and cancer care. The city of Jacksonville issued its conditional capacity availability statement July 20 to Brooks Rehabilitation for the construction of a proposed rehab hospital in Bartram Park in southern Duval County. The hospital will provide rehabilitation services similar to the 160-bed facility Brooks operates on University Boulevard in Jacksonville. The $43 million project will house 60 beds. It will be part of the existing 115acre campus on Brooks Bartram Drive off of Bartram Park Drive. Construction is expected to begin by the end of the year.
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Spliff’s Gastropub opens in Azucena space After five years at its original Downtown location, Spliff’s Gastropub opened July 30 two doors north at 100 E. Forsyth St. in the former Azucena Corner Deli space next to the 1904 Music Hall. It says on spliffsgastropub.com its hours are 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 6 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday-Sunday. Spliff’s former spot will be filled by a restaurant called Headroom under the same ownership. Headroom will serve espresso until 2 a.m., as well as a full lunch, dinner and late-night menu. It should open in a month.
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