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THE MATHIS REPORT
Four ‘central figures’ agree to testify in JEA probe
Amazon identified Daily Record for Imeson warehouse JACKSONVILLE
Council attorneys are negotiating with Mayor Lenny Curry’s former political consultant Tim Baker for voluntary testimony.
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ONLINE RETAILER’S AREA FOOTPRINT Amazon is identified as the tenant for a 1 millionsquare-foot distribution center at Imeson Park in North Jacksonville.
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NOW OPEN Northwest Jacksonville: A 2.4 million-square-foot multilevel distribution center at 12900 Pecan Park Road. Cecil Commerce Center: A 1.1 million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center at 13333 103rd St.
The city issued a permit for the foundation for the 1 million-square-foot distribution center.
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Amazon.com’s Softlines category is identified on plans as the tenant for a 1 million-square-foot distribution center at Imeson Park in North Jacksonville. Softlines is the online retailer’s category of apparel and shoes and also is a
brand of Amazon footwear. The city approved a permit July 31 for Evans General Contractors LLC of Savannah to build a $5.7 million warehouse foundation. The city issued a related foundation permit in November for $100,000. The city also is reviewing a permit application for construction of the building at a cost of almost $41.2 million. No job count is available, but plans call for more than 1,500 parking spaces for cars. Plans identify the client as Amazon and the warehouse as Softlines JAX7, which appears to be Amazon’s code for the location.
North Jacksonville: A 63,000-square-foot delivery station at 11084 Cabot Commerce Circle in Alta Lakes Commerce Center. West Jacksonville: A 237,053-square-foot sortation center at 4948 Bulls Bay Highway in Westside Industrial Park. IN DEVELOPMENT Blanding Boulevard: The 103,317-square-foot delivery station is planned to open this year at 4645 Blanding Blvd. West Jacksonville: A delivery station at 2780 Lloyd Road. St. Johns County: A last-mile delivery station at 3960 Inman Road.
BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
Four witnesses linked to JEA’s 2019 attempt to privatize have agreed to give sworn depositions to Jacksonville City Council investigators after a committee voted to seek subpoenas for their testimony. According to the city Office of General Counsel, The Dalton Agency PR and Social Media President Michael Munz, former JEA board member and attorney Alan Howard and Foley & Lardner LLP partner Kevin Hyde have agreed to answer questions under oath from Council attorneys about their knowledge of events leading up to JEA’s canceled invitation to negotiate with private companies vying to buy the cityowned utility. This comes a day after former city Chief of Staff Sam Mousa’s attorney Chuck Arnold emailed Council’s independent attorney, Steve Busey of the Smith Hulsey & Busey firm, agreeing for Mousa to testify under the threat of subpoena. City General Counsel Jason Gabriel said in a July 30 email that Busey is conferring with attorneys for Mayor Lenny Curry’s former political consultant Tim Baker to secure his testimony without a subpoena. Busey said in a phone interview July 31 that the deal by Council investigators to conduct the interviews and forgo subpoenas is contingent upon the witnesses producing requested documentation. The Council Special Investiga-
SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
SEE JEA, PAGE 2
Apartment community planned for Nocatee RangeWater Real Estate LLC of Atlanta paid $7.61 million for land in the Duval County portion of Nocatee to develop the 291-unit Cadence at Nocatee apartment community. Plans show the 14.03-acre development will comprise 281 units among 10 buildings with 146 one-bedroom units; 117 two-bedroom units; 18 three-bedroom units; and 10 townhome or condominium units. Some have attached or detached garages. RangeWater said construction for Cadence will begin in August and resident move-in is anticipated in the fall of 2021.
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