Daily Record Financial News &
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Vol. 102, No. 237 • One Section
Two families living under one roof
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Should council have 3 terms?
Lois Maloney, Mary Condorodis and Tammy Maloney
Bill woud let voters decide
ICI homes has used this upstairs bonus area — which includes a kitchenette, living space, bedroom and bathroom — as a multigenerational option. For one customer, the homebuilder expanded the floor plan to include a second bedroom. The customized design accommodated a recently divorced daughter and her small child.
Photo by Carole Hawkins
By David Chapman Staff Writer
Buyers looking for ways to stay together
By Carole Hawkins Staff Writer Tammy Maloney and her partner, Mary Condorodis, live in Arlington just five houses down from Tammy’s mother, who is 74. The arrangement is on purpose. Fifteen years ago, Maloney’s father suggested he and his wife move there so she would have someone nearby to take care of her after he was gone. Now four years since his death, the families are planning to move again, this time into one house designed for two generations.
“It’s just too much to maintain two homes,” Maloney said. “We both work 60 hours a week and it’s hard for us.” Plus, her mother, Lois, adds, they’re paying two sets of bills. It’s something the sales associates at ICI Homes are hearing more and more. As many as 20 percent of home shoppers at the company’s Tamaya community want a multigenerational option, they said. “We don’t actively advertise it. People just ask for it,” sales manager Lisa Sarraf said. A niche product, multigeneration homes are on the rise. The American Institute of Architects
last year reported 54 percent of architects nationwide see demand for such designs increasing. What builders consider a multigenerational design can vary, though. There’s flex space, which can used as an extra bedroom. Or, there’s an upstairs bonus room that contains a kitchenette, bedroom and bathroom for even more privacy. Or, there’s an entire suite. In addition to ICI Homes, Lennar, Toll Brothers, Cornerstone Homes, GreenPointe Homes and Richmond American Homes have all advertised they carry multigenerational designs. Families continued on Page A-2
Eleven new City Council members took office July 1, starting a four-year term that for some could end up as eight years. Matt Schellenberg wasn’t one of them. Instead, he started his second term. If a bill he’s pitching is approved by council and voters, he and seven others could be in line for a third term. Schellenberg wants council members to be able to serve three consecutive four-year terms, up from the two terms that voters approved in 1991. Voters haven’t revisited the issue since. A bill introduced today would put the idea back in front of voters next year if council approves. “I always believed two terms and out was unreasonable,” he said. “ … You lose a certain amount of institutional knowledge.” The change would apply only to council, not the mayor and constitutional officers. The change would be voted on during the Schellenberg March 15 presidential primary. It’s a concept that’s been oft-discussed in the past decade with various groups. The most recent came with the Task Force on Consolidation that wrapped up its work last year with the “Blueprint for Improvement II.” Within that, the 30-member group recommended the increase from two to three consecutive terms. “Staggered Council terms were rejected, but the possibility of a third term was considered one positive step for retention of institutional knowledge among those elected and over whom voters have influence,” the group recommended. As a second-term member, some might think Schellenberg is doing this to stay in office. But, he said he believes “anybody Term Limits
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Southeastern Grocers LLC is clearing out the closed WinnDixie store at Baymeadows Road and Interstate 295, but said it has no definitive plans for redevelopment. However, plans filed with the interior shell demolition permit say the project consists of the removal of “soft” items “in preparation of a future permit being submitted for a new remodel.” Southeastern Grocers spokesman Zack Bingham said Monday that language indicates only
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the demolition will prepare the space for “some, as of yet undetermined, future retail use.” Bingham said more than 30 years remain on the lease agreement, which includes the primary lease and extension options. The store, near Stein Mart in
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the Point Meadows shopping center, opened in 2003 but closed five years ago in a Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. cost-cutting move. Southeastern Grocers, formed after Bi-Lo LLC bought Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie Stores in 2012, says it cannot say what the space will or will not be. Bingham did not comment directly when asked if the company could sublease the space to another retail tenant, although in that event it’s unlikely it would Mathis continued on Page A-4
Photo by Karen Brune Mathis
Baymeadows Winn-Dixie store seeing action
The Winn-Dixie at 10915 Baymeadows Road closed in 2010. It’s near Stein Mart in the Point Meadows center near Interstate 295.
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