The Way We Were – Corky and Kit Thomas
It’s amazing Kit and Corky Thomas of San Marco didn’t meet a whole lot earlier than 1982 when the couple – both single parents of daughters – went on their first date to a Florida-Georgia football game. Kit, whose maiden name was Bunch, grew up in San Marco, while Corky lived his childhood years across […]
The Way We Were – Hayes and Norma Basford
On a Sunday afternoon in the early 1940s, Hayes Basford, Jr., his father and maybe a couple of friends would saddle up their horses at the Basford home on five acres between Prunty Avenue and Tunis Street in Murray Hill for a 10- or 15-mile jaunt. “We would cut through the woods, cross Cassat and […]
Southbank apartment complex construction right on track
Except for a “couple of weeks” delay due to Hurricane Matthew, construction on Alliance Residential’s Broadstone River House $26.6 million Southbank housing complex has been progressing pretty much according to plan. “Things have been going along smoothly,” said Tim Graff, vice president of development for Alliance Residential. Planned for the site, which is adjacent to […]
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center construction on schedule
Steel fabrication continues on a new addition to the Baptist MD Anderson Cancer, with the frame of the nine-story structure expected to be finished within the next three to four months. When the addition is completed, projected for spring 2018, the new 330,000-square-foot facility will be connected via a skybridge to the current Baptist MD […]
San Marco hotel purchased by Virginia based firm
A familiar Southbank landlord is the new owner of the Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites at 1201 Kings Ave. in San Marco. In early March, Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC, a commercial real estate investment firm based in Richmond, Virginia, purchased the 221-room, eight-story hotel for $24.7 million from San Marco Hotel Partners LLC, according […]
No go for East San Marco
East San Marco, the long-awaited multi-use development on the corner of Hendricks Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard, is not coming to San Marco anytime soon. According to Jacksonville Council President Lori Boyer, who represents District 5, ArchCo Residential of Atlanta, primary developer of the project, “declined to move forward with the purchase,” during its closing March […]
French Pantry developer takes first step toward new Murray Hill business
John Valentino, IV, owner of Pie High Real Estate Holdings, LLC – which includes Mellow Mushroom, Burrito Gallery and French Pantry restaurants across Jacksonville – received the green light with no conditions from the Planning Commission March 23 to put a new French Pantry in Murray Hill. Valentino had purchased the property and building of […]
5 Points Wendy’s signage almost ‘cut down to size’
Although the fast-food restaurant may be a 5 Points institution, due to the fact it has been in the neighborhood for 43 years, residents, city organizations, and members of Riverside Avondale Preservation are less than thrilled about the effect its new design will have on the neighborhood’s historic ambiance. “The proposed signage for the Wendy’s […]
