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ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 3/ISSUE 16
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015
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City one step closer toward selling former Digital Domain building TRADITION — And now we wait. Negotiations between the city of Port St. Lucie’s attorneys and developer James Hall for Tradition Studios are under way. The ball is in Hall’s court. Last week, after the City Council voted 3-2 to give first dibs to Hall, the attorneys sent the terms of the agreement to Hall’s agent, Stuart Duffin. The city’s terms are different from what Hall originally proposed. Hall proposed a $15 million purchase price, rather than the city’s required minimum of $12.7 million, and a $200,000 deposit to be paid five days after an agreement was made. He also requested a 60day inspection period, after which, the deposit would become nonrefundable, and a 90-day closing period. The city is shortening those timeframes to 30 and 60 days and requiring $15,000 of the deposit to be nonrefundable. “There is still an opportunity for back-and-forth negotiations,” city manager Jeff Bremer said. “We’re hoping to get it
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OUR VIEW done before the next council meeting, so the council can review it.” Bremer said he wouldn’t be surprised to see some back-and-forth and compromising, like any other negotiation, between the city and Hall before it’s all said and done. So, the Digital Domain debacle could truly be on its way to being over Feb. 23. Rather than waiting and taking another six months to maybe decide on a buyer, the council made the right choice by selling. Hall’s potential purchase of
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Ashley Wright of Port St. Lucie posed in a dress created by artist Jennifer Hitchner from the covers of over 130 baseballs. The dress will be on display throughout spring training at Tradition Field and available for auction with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Port St. Lucie American Association Little League. See page A4 for additional images and information. (Editors note: The location or any props used do not imply any endorsements other than that to promote the dress made available for auction)