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$64.2 million in permits issued for new VA clinic
Daily JERRY FUNK: 28Record YEARS ON THE BANKRUPTCY BENCH JACKSONVILLE
The 21-acre project is in North Jacksonville along Max Leggett Parkway.
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The last case for Jerry Funk as a full-time U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge was the Chapter 11 liquidation of Jacksonville-based Stein Mart Inc.
From Winn-Dixie and Stein Mart to people who can’t pay off credit cards, he has seen it all.
BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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fter 28 years on the bench, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Jerry Funk began quasi-retirement Nov. 2, the first day of a three-year term of reserve status. That status is how Funk, 76, will stay in touch with his colleagues and help his successor and another new bankruptcy judge transition to the U.S. Middle District of Florida bench. “I don’t play golf. I’m not a fisherman. I read and I jog every day,” Funk said. “It’s having a place to go for a few hours, but I’ll
let the new guys handle the Chapter 11s because they can go on a long time.” Appointed to the bench in 1993, Funk has presided over many high-profile cases, including the Chapter 11 reorganization of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. and the personal bankrupty of former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell. He presided over the liquidation of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, an Ocala-based wholesale mortgage lender. The case is significant because TB&W was the fifth-largest issuer of Government National Mortgage Association securities when the government shut it down in 2009 and SEE FUNK, PAGE 6
The city issued permits Nov. 1 for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic and domiciliary in North Jacksonville at a combined construction cost of $64.2 million. The 21-acre site is at 15678 Max Leggett Parkway. The city approved site clearing in December at northwest Hyatt Road and Max Leggett Parkway. Jacksonville VA OPC LLC bought 21.06 acres for $8.424 million on Dec. 22. BMO Harris Bank issued a construction mortgage of almost $89.3 million on Jan. 22. Indiana-based Meyer Najem Construction LLC is the contractor. Alabama-based Sain Associates is the civil engineer. Permits show a $54 million, two-story, 173,200-square-foot outpatient center and a $10.2 million, one-story, 29,500-squarefoot domiciliary with 32 units. Completion is anticipated in summer 2023. Kansas City-based architect Hoefer Welker and developer US Federal Properties were chosen to design and build the clinic in March. The clinic will provide primary care, radiology, optometry, audiology, pathology and mental health care services under one roof. The clinic will replace the Jacksonville VA Southpoint clinic at 6900 Southpoint Drive N. and the Jacksonville VA University clinic at 3901 Memorial Health Plaza in Southside. The Jacksonville 1 VA Clinic at 1536 N. Jefferson St. in Springfield will remain open. KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM (904) 356-2466
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