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Sportsplex to become Jacksonville Icemen Igloo
Treace Medical files plans to go public
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The 8-year-old Ponte Vedra company makes devices for bunion surgery.
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BY MARK BASCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
JACKSONVILLE
Photos by Katie Garwood
An artist’s rendering of the Jacksonville Icemen Igloo, the renovated Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex in San Marco East at Interstate 95 and Emerson Street. The venue is owned by a group headed by Andy Kaufmann, the majority owner of the Icemen minor league hockey team.
Work will begin in August on a $12.5 million renovation of the property to add a rink, sports bar, esports arena and more. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Work will start in August on the renovation of the Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, soon to be known as the Jacksonville Icemen Igloo. Icemen President Bob Ohrablo said at
a news conference March 30 that construction will take 10 to 12 months. The renovation, excluding the $6 million to purchase the property, is expected to cost $12.5 million. When it is completed, the Icemen Igloo will comprise two ice rinks, a sports bar, protein shop, esports arena and the Jacksonville Sports Hall of Fame, said Andy Kaufmann, majority owner of the Icemen. The sports bar will have floor-to-ceiling windows so guests can eat and drink
Icemen President Bob Ohrablo announces plans for the Jacksonville Icemen Igloo at a news conference March 30.
A Ponte Vedra-based company that makes devices for bunion surgery is the latest local company to plan an initial public offering. Treace Medical Concepts Inc. filed a registration statement March 30 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell an unspecified number of shares in an IPO. The company was founded in 2013 as a John Treace medical device consulting company and began focusing on the foot and ankle market in early 2014, according to the filing. It received clearance for its bunion correction system from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2015. The system is “a combination of novel instruments, implants and surgical methods designed to improve the inconsistent clinical outcomes of traditional approaches to bunion surgery,” the filing said. The business has been growing, with revenue rising 46% to $57.4 million in 2020 despite limits on elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Founder and CEO John Treace’s family has a history of building medical device companies in Northeast Florida. His uncle, James Treace, is chairman of the company and was CEO of Jacksonville-based SEE TREACE, PAGE 3
SEE IGLOO, PAGE 2
City permits Crossroads Distribution Building 300 The city issued a permit March 26 for Arco Design/Build to construct Crossroads Distribution Center Building 300 at a project cost of more than $5.17 million. Through Crossjax Distribution II LLC, Miles Rivers Partners LLC intends to develop the 235,200-square-foot center on 11.52 acres at 6610 Pritchard Road in Crossroads Distribution Center. The speculative warehouse is planned at southeast Pritchard Road and Interstate 295 in Northwest Jacksonville. Miles Rivers Partners Principal Michael Bradley said previously the building, estimated at a total investment of $14 million, should be completed by the third quarter.
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