Jacksonville Daily Record 11/5/19

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TUESDAY November 5, 2019

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AMERIS BANK SIGN Record GETS RIDEDaily TO TOP JACKSONVILLE

Investor proposes city’s tallest building

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Ramon Llorens presented plans for the high-rise at former Greyhound station site to DIA CEO Lori Boyer.

Photos by Dede Smith

Workers prepare the new Ameris Bank signs for a helicopter ride to the top of Riverplace Tower on Sunday at the staging area at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jacksonville Riverfront.

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Foundation permit issued for Imeson Park warehouse

on 53 acres at 10501 Cold Storage Road. It also is called Building 500. VanTrust Executive Vice President John Carey said Monday that no tenant has been signed and the development timing has not been determined. “We just want to be able to respond very quickly,” he said. In August, VanTrust Real Estate LLC filed civil site plans with the city for the proposed industrial building at Imeson Park. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the agent and civil engineer.

No tenant identified for the 1.1 millionsquare-foot structure.

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The Atlanta-based AirCrane helicopter piloted by Robert Mroz lifts the Ameris Bank sign to the top of Riverplace Tower on Sunday. Workers from High Angle Services guided the letters into place. For a photo gallery of the lift, visit JaxDailyRecord.com

BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR

While no tenant is identified, the city issued a permit Friday for developer VanTrust Real Estate LLC to build the foundation for an almost 1.1 million-square-foot industrial warehouse in North Jacksonville. Evans General Contractors of Alpharetta, Georgia, is the contractor for the $100,000 foundation project for Imeson Building E at VanTrust’s 156acre Imeson Park. The 1,106,560-square-foot building is planned

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A Miami investor is proposing Jacksonville’s first Northbank high-rise in almost 30 years that would tower over Downtown’s tallest buildings. Real estate investor Ramon Llorens presented conceptual designs for a 54-story, mixed-use tower at the site of the former Downtown Greyhound terminal to Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer. Boyer said Monday that Llorens and a Miami-based architect presented plans for the 1.46-acre site during a meeting at her office in October. Llorens did not respond to a request for comment Monday. Boyer divulged the project Monday morning on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross. The live hourlong program airs on WJCT 89.9, a Jacksonville Daily Record news partner. In an interview after the program, Boyer said the tower would include multifamily residential units, corporate office space, hotel rooms and a parking garage, as well as ground-level restaurant space. “I think it’s conceptual, but it may be more definitive,” Boyer said. Llorens purchased the former Greyhound station site at 10 N. Pearl St. in December 2017 for

meris Bank rebranded the Downtown Southbank Jacksonville tower that it anchors Sunday morning. Helicopter contractor AirCrane lifted the signage to the top elevations of the 28-story Riverplace Tower, where they were attached. The job took about four hours.

The completed sign atop Riverplace Tower at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. on the Downtown Southbank.

BY MIKE MENDENHALL

Johnny Clean Car Wash opens Johnny Clean Car Wash opened its first location Friday in Jacksonville at 7147 Merrill Road. The Deerfield Beach-based company said in a news release that it has been in business for more than 50 years, with more than 25 independent locations and brands. It will be the first location of the new Johnny Clean brand. All car-wash customers pass through the tunnel. In addition to the exterior wash, services can include wax, wheel cleaning, weather shield and tire shine. Now on sale, single washes are $10-$32 and monthly memberships range from $24.99 to $39.99.

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