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THE MATHIS REPORT
Rezoning sought for former FBI building
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Low-income housing is proposed for the property along the Arlington Expressway.
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By the end of August or soon after, the corner of the Water Street Garage at the base of the Acosta Bridge might look anything but pedestrian. “Emergence” will rise up the southwest side and top of the city-owned facility at Water and Broad streets. “Jacksonville is not really used to this kind of public artists,” said Glenn Weiss, director of the Public Art Program with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. Its changing LED lighting will perform at night while the mural and musical frets, staffs and notes will stand out during the day. “The central sculpture’s brightly colored petals that are prominent during the day will recede behind an organic assemblage of translucent rods that come alive with dynamic colored light coursing through them,” says a release
More details are emerging about the proposed apartments at the former FBI Building in Arlington. Halff Associates Inc. applied to the St. Johns River Water Management District for a permit exemption that involves redeveloping the commercial office building at 7820 Arlington Expressway into low-income housing. For that exemption, it said site work will be limited to introducing landscape islands in the existing parking lot, which now is complete pavement. In addition, Halff applied to the city to rezone the property for redevelopment into apartments. It also requests a land-use amendment for the 4.79-acre site. Developer Marc Kozman with Kozman Realty Inc., with a Ponte Vedra Beach address, is listed as the property owner. Kozman said in an email June 18 that he didn’t have much more to share than what has been reported. He has not responded to additional questions. The Halff Associates engineering and architecture consulting firm is represented by Joe Loretta. It says the project is a redevelopment of a 90,000-square-foot office building along with 5,675 square feet of storage and maintenance buildings into a maximum 120 residential units with ancillary amenities. The minimum 17,700 square feet of nonresidential floor area, including amenities and storage, would be for resident use only. The Feb. 19 written description says the project would be 118
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Lighting up Downtown
“Emergence,” planned for the Water Street Garage at Water and Broad streets, will feature dynamic LED lighting. Seattle-based artists Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan won the competition for the public art project.
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
The programmable artwork featuring LED lighting could be installed by the end of August or soon after.
Ryan buys Downtown site for JEA headquarters Ryan Companies US Inc. of Minneapolis said June 30 it bought 1.5 acres at 325 W. Adams St. for $2.6 million to build JEA’s $64 million to $68 million seven-story headquarters scheduled for completion in early 2022. Ryan bought the land from the city. Ryan intends to break ground in September. The building will comprise about 153,000 square feet of rentable space, with an adjacent eight-floor, 640-stall parking garage.
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