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The Pressing Millage Rate Question
Abel Harding Merely one week after the Finance Committee voted to reject the Mayor's proposed millage rate hike, the full Jacksonville City Council will meet to vote on the 12% increase. The debate, albeit brief, has been targeted, aggressive and, at times, personal. Many have alleged that the Mayor strategically placed non-profit organizations with strong volunteer... »
The Ghost of Shipyards Past, Part 2
The Ghost of Shipyards Past is a 3-part series. Part 1 was published on Sunday, June 14th. According to Carlton Spence, the Spence family never intended to be developers. Their original intent when they purchased the Shipyards property was to use it to expand their cold storage business. After pressure from John Delaney; however, Spence... »
The Ghost of Shipyards Past, Part 1
The Ghost of Shipyards Past is a 3-part series that will run on consecutive Sundays. News that LandMar Group LLC, the developer of the infamous Jacksonville Shipyards site, had filed bankruptcy this past Wednesday thrust the haunted development back into the center of all things controversial. In 1992, the storied Jacksonville Shipyards closed its doors forever... »
Shipyards Developer Files Bankruptcy
From The Jacksonville Business Journal: LandMar Group LLC, the company that had plans to build a grandiose $450 million mixed use project called the Shipyards on the Northbank that the city of Jacksonville now intends to foreclose on, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Jacksonville-based residential development company was among 125 affiliates that filed... »
