Daily Record FINANCIAL NEWS &
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016
Vol. 103, No. 245• oNe SectioN
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Car wash expansion a new hat for Peyton Gate founder’s youngest son will lead venture
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By David Chapman Staff Writer
A layout of the apartments planned for Florida State College at Jacksonville students at 20 W. Adams St. Downtown.
On to next step in FSCJ project
Work so far to transform the historic Lerner Building Downtown into a restaurant and housing for Florida State College at Jacksonville has appeared to be limited to the outside. Inside work is about to start. The city is reviewing a permit application for an almost $4.4 million project to transform the six-story building at 20 W. Adams St. into 20 apartments and a ground-level restaurant. Danis Construction LLC is the contractor for the project. It also is handling the exterior renovations, shown on a separate permit as a $400,000 job. Four apartments are planned on each of the top five floors while the ground level is reserved for a “farm to fork” Culinary Café that FSCJ will use to train students
in its famed Culinary Arts & Hospitality program. The apartment units will house 58 students and one director, along with four residential advisers who will live among students in the units. Spokeswoman Jill Johnson said FSCJ hopes the building is completed by spring and fully occupied for the fall, although it MATHIS
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$4.4M interior work starting for student housing and café Downtown
Exterior work has been underway for months at the Lerner Building, which will house FSCJ students and a café.
Hill Peyton grew up in the Gate Petroleum Co. family business. Along the way, he said he’s worn many hats for the multifaceted company best known for its gas stations and convenience stores. Now, Peyton is adding a new hat — he’s head of Gate Express Car Wash, a business expansion of Gate. He will continue to run the company’s charitable foundation. Gate operates car washes at 15 of its area stores, which Peyton has overseen for almost a decade. “Growing up in something, you’re always trying to change things along the way,” said Peyton, the youngest son of Gate founder, Herb Peyton. “But to start something up … it’s neat to have my own thing.” He said the freestanding car wash business has been in the works Peyton for about two years. Market research showed certain customers enjoy having a clean car, but didn’t want to wait for full-service operations that typically take 30-45 minutes. Gate is launching what Peyton calls an “express” model to fill in what the company sees as a service void. “We think the car wash business is going in this direction … and we want to be the first ones in this market to do it,” he said. Customers will still get a “tunnel experience” and go through a 125- to 145-foot facility that can accommodate up to seven cars. All told, customers can expect to make it through in about four minutes. Each wash starts at $5 with membership packages available. Detailing is absent, as employees won’t actually touch cars. However, there will be multiple self-service vacuum and dry bays for customers who want to take that extra step. GATE
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Baptist garage design ‘lackluster’ away from hospital
Board suggests changes for sides not facing campus
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By Max Marbut Staff Writer
Baptist Medical Center plans to build a seven-story parking garage on its campus Downtown along the Southbank. This is the view at Palm Avenue and Baptist Way.
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When your business is on a Downtown campus and you need more parking — but you’re just about out of real estate — there’s one solution: go up. That’s why Baptist Medical Center plans to build a parking garage on its surface lot adjacent to Interstate 95 and the Acosta Bridge ramp. The site has frontage along Palm Avenue, Prudential Drive
and San Marco Boulevard. The conceptual design was approved Thursday by the Downtown Development Review Board. The seven-story structure will be about 817,000 square feet, with spaces for 2,247 vehicles, including 33 handicap accessible spaces. The garage will be constructed of precast concrete and glass; LED lights will be installed on the structure. In addition to the design of the garage, architect Franklin Brooks,
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chairman of FreemanWhite, outlined the landscape plan for the project, which he said was intended to enhance the area. The plan is focused along the Palm Avenue side of the garage. Shade trees and a lawn will be installed, along with planters and a shade canopy. Sidewalk improvements will mirror the San Marco historic district standards. “It will create a pedestrian zone,” Brooks said. DDRB CONTINUED ON PAGE A-4
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