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STEIN MART BANKRUPTCY
THE MATHIS REPORT
Daily Record ‘THE END OF AN ERA’ JACKSONVILLE
Employees and nonprofits saddened that the Jacksonville-based fashion retailing chain is calling it quits after moreJACKSONVILLE than a century.
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BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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t was a sad day Aug. 12 for Stein Mart Inc. staff, past and present, who faced the closeout of the more than a century-old company that made Jacksonville its corporate home since 1984. “It’s the end of an era,” said Susan Datz Edelman the day the off-price fashion retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The company was founded in 1908. “I am personally very sad.” Edelman joined Stein Mart in January 1993 and left 17 years later in June 2010 as director of stockholder relations. She now is vice president of strategic communications at The Community Edelman Fo u n d a t i o n for Northeast Florida. “I was there at a wonderful period of time when there was a lot of growth. It had its own cachet. It occupied a very special place in retail in those days.” Edelman said she experienced the company during the height of its signature Boutique program. The Boutique was a Stein Mart department that defined its ability to attract its core female customers who sought higher levels of affordable fashion. Stein Mart recruited wellknown women to staff the department to sell to their friends, neighbors and other customers
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The clearance signs are up at Stein Mart in the Harbour Village shopping center at 13475 Atlantic Blvd, The Jacksonvillebased shopping center chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Aug. 12. Photos by Karen Brune Mathis
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Lowe’s plans to open last-mile delivery terminal The home improvement retailer intends to start shipping from the North Jacksonville facility in a few weeks. Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies Inc. intends to open a cross-dock terminal in Freebird Commerce Center in North Jacksonville for last-mile delivery. Corporate Communications Manager Steve Salazar said by email Aug. 7 that the facility will handle delivery of bulky items like appliances, riding mowers, grills and patio furniture. “Our plans are to begin shipping in the next few weeks,” Salazar said. The city issued a permit Aug. 6 for Jim Cooper Construction Co. Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, to build-out an almost 104,000-square-foot distribution center for Lowe’s at 13225 Vantage Way at a cost of $938,750. Salazar said the facility “will enable us to provide faster, more reliable and more predictable delivery for our customers on the First Coast as we continue to grow our distribution network.” Salazar said Spirit Delivery will run the facility and he was not able to provide a job count. Spirit Delivery & Distribution SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
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Cantor Fitzgerald building-out in Capital Plaza The city is reviewing a permit for a $369,040 build-out for financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald in Capital Plaza in Southside Jacksonville. Codes-ABC Inc. is reviewing plans for a 7,846-square-foot space at 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd. for code compliance. Plans show the New York City-based firm will lease on the first floor of Building II. JAX Chamber announced July 7 that Cantor Fitzgerald’s Jacksonville office will employ 80 people. The operation will handle some of Cantor Fitzgerald’s international security processing activities.
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