Daily Record Financial News &
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Vol. 102, No. 188 • Two Sections
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Mayo adding new lung center
Helping women sew together new lives Rethreaded marks 4th anniversary By Marilyn Young Editor
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and United Therapeutics Corp. are a few steps closer to developing their proposed lung-restoration center in Jacksonville. Mayo Clinic spokesman Kevin Punsky said Tuesday the contract has been signed for the land lease agreement and ground should be broken by year-end. No contractor has been chosen. The two facilities are partnering to develop and operate the center on Mayo Clinic’s Southside campus. They announced in mid-June that they expect to complete construction in late 2017. They would not disclose financial details. United Therapeutics, based in Silver Spring, Md., is a biotechnology company that focuses on the development and commercialization of products for the medical needs of patients in life-threatening conditions. The center is planned along Kendall Hench Drive next to the Birdsall Medical Research and Griffin Cancer Research buildings on the campus. Mayo is at 4500 San Pablo Road, just off Butler Boulevard. As shown to the city, the building would feature six “ex vivo lung perfusion” rooms on the first floor; executive and other offices, workstations, a conference room, command center, call rooms and a gym on the second floor; and labs and offices on the third floor. That space totals almost 75,000 square feet. The fourth floor is the roof and mechanical and machine rooms. The building is being designed for more floors to be added if needed. Mayo Clinic and United Therapeutics said in June that the goal of the lung-restoration center was to significantly increase the volume of lungs for transplantation by Mathis continued on Page A-2
Michelle Stafford is engaging, clear-eyed and happy. Most importantly, she’s sober. Clean of the drugs and alcohol that once controlled her mind and nearly took her life. She’s living independently for the first time in her 51 years. Stafford has her own place, no longer having to huddle on the porch of an abandoned house. And she has a job, tailormade for women who are survivors of the sex trade. Stafford spent years on Philips Highway, selling herself to survive. Now, she makes Grace scarves for Rethreaded, a nonprofit dedicated to employing women like Stafford as they begin new lives. Rethreaded is celebratStafford ing its fourth anniversary Saturday, a venture born out of founder Kristin Keen’s conviction to make sure women know their worth and their value. It was a journey that included Keen working several years in a red-light district in India, hearing the stories of thousands of women who felt they had no other choice.
Life-changing view in India
Keen had “some stuff happen” dealing with sex in late high school and early college. She didn’t share details, but was clear it set her on her life’s path. “I never wanted another woman to feel like this again,” Keen said. “I never want a woman to feel like that’s all she has to offer.” That started her journey. Workspace
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Signs of first work visible at Bostwick
Jaguar murals being returned to artist By David Chapman Staff Writer The fence surrounding the historic Bostwick Building has been up for weeks, but it likely was Tuesday before passersby noticed a change in what will become a high-end steak and seafood restaurant. It’s when workers carefully removed the various pieces of the structure’s iconic jaguar mural, the painted plywood pieces that have been a fixture at Bay and Ocean streets for two decades. They’ll be protected and returned to Jim Draper, the artist who painted them before the first Jack-
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sonville Jaguars game in 1995. For the moment, the now exposed windows offer a glimpse into the extensive work that must be done before the first diners head to the Cowford Chophouse. It’ll start with bracing the exterior, which will happen in the next several weeks. A crew with Elkins Constructors on Tuesday continued work for that step, clearing the sidewalk and clearing area around the palm trees that must be moved. Those passing by today might see a backhoe clearing the area in preparation for the metal bracing beams that soon will be in place. They’re needed to secure the
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structure before the building can be gutted and stabilized. In total, it’s a $6 million venture spearheaded by Forking Amazing Restaurants, led by Jacques Klempf. The group owns Ovinte at the St. Johns Town Center, Bistro Aix in San Marco and II Desco in Riverside, formerly Pele’s Wood Fire. Bostwick continued on Page A-4
A worker with Elkins Constructors on Tuesday takes down one of the final jaguar panels from the Bostwick Building. Visible work on the Downtown structure is underway this week.
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