Advanced Disposal's headquarters headed to downtown or Milwaukee

[thelakelander]

Personally, on the surface, I wouldn't provide Bass Pro with any incentives to open up at Avenues Walk either.

[tufsu1]

^^more like at the Shipyards property. The city doesnt want to break up the land into smaller pieces. They ought to be bending over backwards to help this guy.

should they have given Intuition the land for free?

[fsujax]

how could it hurt? or for really cheap.

[Tacachale]

I wouldn't give anyone any land for free and I don't think the Shipyards property was prime for Intuition. But the city is insane not to get them downtown. Just an example of the state of affairs we're in right now.

[JaxJag]

I wonder if their planned aquisition of $20 million worth of compressed natural gas stations in Georgia will have any pull in the decision.

[urbaknight]

They won't let Intuition open a brewery DT. (which is a major contributor of charactor in any big city) But they tell Bass Pro Shop they can't open in Jax unless it's DT? DT, which has no river access whatsoever nor are there any plans to remedy that problem! That makes no sense at all! That's our leadership, gotta love em! Way to go JAX you did it again!

Just curious why they wouldn't let Intuition open downtown?

I think it has to do with the fact that, they don't really want charactor or any urban style development to take place in this town.

[mtraininjax]

I wouldn't give anyone any land for free and I don't think the Shipyards property was prime for Intuition. But the city is insane not to get them downtown. Just an example of the state of affairs we're in right now.

The problem in Jax, as I see it, is that we have bureaucrats in charge of City real estate.  They lack vision, they lack timing and they lack trust. The city would do well to sell the land they are sitting on to developers who would be held to the overlays and restrictions of downtown development. The City has no place in developing anything other than a headache for taxpayers.