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DIA seeking buyer who will relocate Fire Station No. 5
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Cantina Louie plans to open next summer in Regency
Restaurant will be part of Shoppes at Monument retail center near Interstate 295.
300,000-square-foot world headquarters at 323 Riverside Ave. and create 500 jobs. FIS will buy the property from Florida Blue by the end of the first quarter and break ground by the second quarter. Hines, a privately owned global real estate firm based in Houston, will serve as the development manager. Los Angeles-based Gensler is the architect. Anyone interested in purchasing the fire station will have to provide DIA officials with a lease or ownership of a new location for the structure, “preferably within the Brooklyn/Riverside neighborhood,” the notice states. The DIA said it desires to see the structure relocated, rehabilitated and preserved. The DIA set a March 1 deadline to remove the building. If a buyer cannot be found, the fire station likely will be demolished, according to DIA documents.
Cantina Louie President Benjamin Porter expects to open his Monument Road restaurant late next summer. The 170-seat Cantina Louie will anchor the estimated $3 million Shoppes at Monument retail center Porter is developing at Monument Road and Interstate 295 in the Regency area of Arlington. Cantina Louie Mexican Street Food describes itself as a “fun, affordable Mexican Cantina serving authentic Mexican street food,” such as tacos, sope, tostadas and tortas. It will serve lunch and dinner. Porter said the location made sense because of its proximity and visibility to I-295. He said customers can reach it quickly from North Jacksonville, the Town Center area and the Fort Caroline area of East Arlington. “The Fort Caroline area is severely lacking in restaurant options,” he said. The city issued a permit Tuesday for ShayCore Enterprises Inc. to build the 10,652-square-
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The city plans to realign Forest Street across Riverside Avenue to improve access to the new FIS headquarters tower. In the way is the vacant Fire Station No. 5 building. The Downtown Investment Authority wants to sell the building to someone who will move it.
The vacant station is in the way of a plan to improve access to the new FIS headquarters planned adjacent to the property. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
The Downtown Investment Authority is looking for a buyer to relocate the vacant Fire Station No. 5 building in Brooklyn. The move will clear the property for a street realignment to provide better access to the $145 million FIS headquarters proposed adjacent to the structure along the St. Johns River. The DIA board will consider a resolution Wednesday issuing a 30-day notice of disposition to sell and relocate the
7,152 square-foot structure at 347 Riverside Ave. Fire Station No. 5 was built in 1910 and was used until 2008 when the city relocated the service to 234 Forest St. City Council approved legislation Aug. 27 appropriating $2.6 million for the city to purchase the fire station property and an adjacent lot to the north from FIS-related company Fidelity National Financial Inc. City officials say the 1.21 acres will be used to realign Forest Street across Riverside Avenue with the two parcels, providing improved access to the FIS headquarters, any future riverfront development and Sidney J. Gefen Riverwalk Park. A third adjoining 4½-acre parcel is the site for the future FIS headquarters. It’s now a surface parking lot owned by Florida Blue. Gov. Ron DeSantis and FIS CEO Gary Norcross announced Nov. 1 that FIS will build a $145 million, 12-story,
Target wins permit for solar panels Target is cleared to add rooftop solar panels to its department store in St. Johns Town Center. The city issued a permit Tuesday for Pro Circuit Electrical Contracting LLC to install the array at 4567 River City Drive at a cost of $898,816. The St. Johns Town Center store is one of Minneapolisbased Target Corp.’s 500 locations targeted for rooftop solar by next year. Target says on its corporate website that its goal in operating energy-efficient buildings is to increase the number of structures with rooftop solar panels to 500 by 2020. It says 350 are completed in 20 states.
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