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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
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CITY GOVERNMENT
Arlington turning into the city’s next Avondale? PAGE 14
RESTAURANTS
New buffet opens after $1 million renovation PAGE 18 DUVAL COUNTY
VA outpatient clinic & domiciliary
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ig projects are taking shape all over Northeast Florida, from a hydroponics farm to a roofing shingles plant and industrial facilities. Here is an update on some of the biggest the Daily Record is following around the region. THE PROJECTS, PAGES 4-8
The signs are up at the $64.2 million Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic and domiciliary in North Jacksonville as it appears to be nearing completion and opening in early 2024. The project is at 145 Heron Bay Road on the north side of Max Leggett Parkway about a mile east of River City Marketplace. Permits show a $54 million, two-story, 173,200-square-foot outpatient center and a $10.2 million, one-story, 29,500-square-foot domiciliary. Uptown Signature Development has said the clinic will be fully operational by the end of 2024. It was granted a deadline extension through June 30, 2024, for the completion of the clinic so it can receive its city incentives package not to exceed $1.95 million. The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System broke ground on the facility in 2021. Meyer Najem Construction LLC is the contractor. Alabama-based Sain Associates is the civil engineer.
THE MATHIS REPORT
Ring Power sets up expansion The company says plans to add a warehouse to its North Jacksonville facility on Pecan Park Road are “exploratory only.” PAGE 10 LAW & THE COURTS
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THE BASCH REPORT
Landstar System brings in outsider as its new CEO The hiring of former CSX executive Frank Lonegro is not expected to bring major near-term changes to the trucking company’s business model, according to a Morningstar analyst. PAGE 16
Five honored at Spirit of Giving A judge and four attorneys were recognized for their service at the 17th annual Honorable Harvey E. Schlesinger Spirit of Giving Holiday Luncheon. PAGE 12
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