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THE MATHIS REPORT
DVI offices, retail proposed for Duval Street Garage
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Adecco Group relocating to ‘the new world of work’
The city is reviewing a permit for interior improvements of almost $1.8 million.
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BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS & MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITERS
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THE NEW HOME The Adecco Group will move from about 144,000 square feet of space among Buildings 200 and 400 at 10151 Deerwood Park Blvd. to about 90,000 square feet in Building 800 of the Florida Blue campus at 4800 Deerwood Campus Parkway.
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The human resources solutions company’s 500 employees will move in the spring to hybrid space at the Florida Blue campus.
The Adecco Group intends to move in spring 2022 from Deerwood South to the Florida Blue campus in South Jacksonville as the human resources company revamps its space for a hybrid workforce. The company told employees Oct. 12 that it officially will return to the office in the spring, but differently. “We are really focused on our hybrid, flexible work environment,” said Jalie Cohen, group senior vice president of human resources for the Americas for The Adecco Group. “That’s what our employees are looking for,” she said Oct. 11, “not just going back in but focusing on flexibility and well-being.” The HR and technology company is based in Zurich. It comprises three global business units: Adecco, Modis and Talent Solutions. It includes training, temporary staffing, permanent placement, skills development,
career transition, IT and engineering consulting. The company’s more than 500 Jacksonville employees in the U.S. business services hub have been working Cohen remotely since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in workplace shutdowns. When they return, they will move into a new location and what leaders call “a new way of working.” The staff will not return to assigned workstations or offices. Instead, on the days they report to the office, they will make an online reservation on an app for a workspace in “neighborhoods” of focus. SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
The city is reviewing a permit application for almost $1.78 million of interior work within about 16,500 square feet for Downtown Vision Inc.’s new offices and other public uses in the Duval Street Garage. The expansion accompanies growth in the nonprofit’s boundaries and staff. “As a partnership with the city, we said let’s make it vibrant,” said DVI CEO Jake Gordon. “We could have more visibility, and have visibility related to creating a great street-level experience, which is obviously what Downtown Vision’s all about.” No contractor is listed for the project on the ground level of the 33 W. Duval St. city-owned garage. Ervin Lovett Miller is the architect. Gordon said Oct. 5 that DVI now uses about 1,800 square feet in the city-owned Ed Ball Building at 214 N. Hogan St. The locations are a few blocks apart. Plans show an eventual entry hall, a retail use, restrooms, a meeting room, training space, a break room, DVI offices, open work area and more. The city built the six-level garage in 2005. Gordon said the streetlevel space has been empty. “For us to be able to focus on this one space and to bring it back to life is a big part of why we want to do that,” he said. DVI will occupy the space under a lease agreement with the city, he said.
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Lakewood Oaks Apartments sold for $17.85 million The 138-unit Lakewood Oaks Apartments in Lakewood sold for $17.85 million Oct. 8, up from its $12.07 million sale in early 2019. NAI Hallmark’s John Rutherford represented seller Coral Gables-based Jax San Jose Apts. LP. Sunny Isles Beach-based Fincapital Investments LLC bought the property. The average per-unit sale price was $129,347.83. The community was built in 1974 on 8.7 acres at University Boulevard and St. Augustine Road. The complex has one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units and a clubhouse, pool, laundry and playground. Monthly rents range from $765 to $1,725.
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