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Debbie Buckland and Scott Keith retired from Truist Financial Corp., but not from community service.
Developers to demolish Morocco Shrine Center
The Village at Town Center, with apartments, a hotel, offices and more, is planned for the site.
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Former Truist Financial Corp. executives Debbie Buckland and Scott Keith retired Sept. 30.
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wo of Jacksonville’s business and community leaders are beginning the next chapters of their lives. Truist Financial Corp.’s Jacksonville Market President Debbie Buckland and the bank’s Regional President for North
Florida Scott Keith retired Sept. 30. “I am emotional, but it’s a happy emotion. I have more than 40 years in banking and I’ll be 65 my next birthday. It’s a logical time frame,” Buckland said. Keith, 56, was a banker for nearly 35 years. Participation in saving and investment programs allowed him to retire early, he said. They started their careers somewhat by chance.
When Keith enrolled at Florida State University in 1983, he wasn’t planning to become a financial services executive. “I went to school to be a TV weatherman,” he said. “My dad, who was a pilot in the Air Force, said that wasn’t a good idea. He said the weathermen were always in the back of the airplane getting sick.” SEE TRUIST, PAGE 10
The Klotz Group of Companies and KBR Group announced Oct. 4 they plan to close on purchasing the Morocco Shrine Center in November, demolish it and begin redeveloping the South Jacksonville property next year. The groups plan to transform the 37-acre site at 3800 St. Johns Bluff Road S. into The Village at Town Center. The mixed-use project will include residential units, commercial and office uses, a hotel and recreational space. “So many of us share great memories attending a variety of events there, and as Jacksonville evolves into a top tier city there is an obligation to transform the site into something just as exceptional,” Jeff Klotz, CEO of The Klotz Group, said in a news release. The property is south of Beach Boulevard and north of St. Johns Town Center and the University of North Florida. Klotz Group said the property’s 100,000-square-foot building will be demolished to make way for 1,025 units that comprise luxury and market-rate apartments, 55+ and student housing and a five-story hotel. About 115,000 square feet will be dedicated to retail, restaurant and office space. City Council voted 16-0 on Sept. 14 to approve rezoning and a large-scale land-use amendment for the project.
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