OCTOBER 12 TO OCTOBER 18, 2023 | JAXDAILYRECORD.COM
BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
GIANT FIRM, HUGE SPACES Amazon, with three fulfillment centers and multiple other facilities, is now the region’s top nongovernmental employer.
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Shake Shack coming to St. Johns Town Center PAGE 4
Photo by Monty Zickuhr
The 1.1 million-square-foot Amazon softlines distribution center at 10501 Cold Storage Road in the North Jacksonville.
BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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et’s start with this: Amazon. com is now the area’s largest nongovernmental employer. With three large fulfillment centers and several more sortation facilities and delivery stations, the Seattle-based online retailer employs at least 16,000 people in the Jacksonville area. Big employers, including Amazon, usually drive the health and future of commercial real estate, through leasing or owning large warehouse and office space and also through creating jobs. The industry of commercial real estate
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relies on the need for property development and occupancy, the use of it for employment, and the generation of jobs and income to sustain and create demand for housing, entertainment, shopping, education, consumer needs and the drivers of economic growth. All that has influenced Duval County’s population growth to reach 1 million people and the seven-county area to stretch to almost 2 million. Take a look this week at the list of top employers, a data snapshot of the economy, JAX Chamber’s new strategy and columns from local commercial real estate professionals.
Top nongovernmental employers list Amazon is on top, but another industry dominates the list of employers in Northeast Florida. PAGE 8 “The Future is Now” is JAX Chamber’s new strategy for the region. PAGE 9 The Top 10 commercial sales of the third quarter of 2023. PAGE 12 The Top 10 commercial sales of the past week. PAGE 13
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Salt Life retail stores could soon be sold again PAGE 6 REAL ESTATE
Area apartment rents in decline Report predicts that an increase in units under construction will keep rents falling into the next year. PAGE 14 LAW & THE COURTS
Event marks landmark decision
Expert insight on industrial, apartment markets
The Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is hosting an event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright. PAGE 16
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Three projects planned for Downtown taking steps The Downtown Development Review Board will consider final design approval Oct. 12 for the proposed RD River City Brewery mixed-use project, Gateway Jax Pearl Street District and more. PAGE 18 VOLUME 110, NO. 48 | TWO SECTIONS | PUBLISHED SINCE 1912