NOVEMBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 29, 2023 | JAXDAILYRECORD.COM
BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
ECONOMIC FORECAST ISSUE
THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR
2024
Amid high interest rates, a tight labor market and challenging housing affordability, 20 Northeast Florida leaders share how they are taking on the coming year. PAGES 6-9
JU law school chooses campus The college will relocate Downtown from VyStar Tower to 121 Atlantic Place on Forsyth Street. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Just 15 months after the first cohort of students began taking classes, the Jacksonville University College of Law is preparing to move out of VyStar Tower and into a larger Downtown campus. The city is reviewing a permit application to build-out four floors at 121 W. Forsyth St. at a construction cost of almost $4.3 million. “We conducted an extremely thorough evaluation of a large number of options. Close to the courts and in the center of the legal community, it is the most excellent spot of many that we considered,” Randall C. Berg Jr. Founding Dean Nick Allard said Nov. 21. “And it’s close to my favorite hot dog stand at Laura and Forsyth streets. The law school’s space in the five-story Building 100 at the SEE COLLEGE, PAGE 10
Jacksonville University
Plans show a new College of Law sign replacing the 121 Atlantic Place sign at the historic building at 121 W. Forsyth St.
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DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT
KeHE breaks ground on $88.5 million warehouse
Gateway Jax incentives deal
The natural foods distributor is building a 530,474-squarefoot warehouse and Southeast headquarters building on 40 acres in St. Johns County. PAGE 5
The DIA recommends approval of almost $98.58 million in city incentives for the mixed-use development. PAGE 13
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