Khan interested in developing shipyards

[Intuition Ale Works]

That property is very. very polluted.

It will take months/years to remediate.

Is that a fact or a guess?

It's a fact.

You could do a public records request to get the report the city did years ago. There is metal and diesel fuel in the soil and is going to cost a lot to remediate. It will be a big undertaking.

[InnerCityPressure]

It's a fact.

You could do a public records request to get the report the city did years ago. There is metal and diesel fuel in the soil and is going to cost a lot to remediate. It will be a big undertaking.

Has anyone ever put a dollar figure on it that anyone is aware of?

[I-10east]

Khan said "We are getting closer" concerning the Shipyards proposals.

Khan spoke on multiple topics Saturday including the latest developments on The Shipyards.
"We are getting closer," said Khan.  "We are ready to have a proposal for the city.  My goal is once we get authorization from the city we want to have world class designers come up with proposals that will be iconic and really will reflect and set the image of Jacksonville for years and years to come."

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/jags-london-khan-talks-patience-jaguars-football-t/nh3td/#sthash.cbxAAkvN.dpuf

[KenFSU]

Anyone hear anything new on this by any chance?

[pierre]

Anyone hear anything new on this by any chance?

No. I have my doubts that anything will ever get done with this property.

[tufsu1]

Anyone hear anything new on this by any chance?

I think the timing of announcements may coincide with the election cycle....so stay tuned between February and May

[finehoe]

....so stay tuned between February and May

I guess two years after the initial tease isn't too bad by Jacksonville standards.

[PeeJayEss]

Khan is going to scale up the Edgewood Bakery concept to make a nationwide cakes and dessert producer. Then build a skywalk between it and the coffee plant, and Jacksonville will become the Breakfast Capital of the World!
Also, there will be an aquarium that will have one large tank filled with salmon and one large kitchen for smoking the salmon.

[downtownbrown]

^ even so, Khan should be embarrassed.  You can't promise an announcement at the beginning of the football season and then just simply take your ball and go home.  If the local media wasn't so cowed by power someone would attempt to hold the accountable to their word.  Lamping shows up in public often enough.  Why not ask him directly, "Why did you say an announcement would be last September and now refuse to give any update?  Isn't that misleading the public? Isn't that going back on your word?".

I hate to say it, because I invested in downtown, but I'm getting as jaded as many on this board.  Maybe the USS Adams guys can turn it around.

[pierre]

^ even so, Khan should be embarrassed.  You can't promise an announcement at the beginning of the football season and then just simply take your ball and go home.  If the local media wasn't so cowed by power someone would attempt to hold the accountable to their word.  Lamping shows up in public often enough.  Why not ask him directly, "Why did you say an announcement would be last September and now refuse to give any update?  Isn't that misleading the public? Isn't that going back on your word?".

I hate to say it, because I invested in downtown, but I'm getting as jaded as many on this board.  Maybe the USS Adams guys can turn it around.

Who should be embarrassed? Khan or the city that gets nearly nothing done?

[KenFSU]

^ In Khan's defense, Lamping has said all along that the Shipyards development will be contingent on 1) remediation, 2) something being done with Berkman 2, and 3) the extension of the Northbank Riverwalk. I'm not sensing a whole lot of urgency from the city in regards to remediation, and the city council didn't exact open the checkbook for capital improvement projects this year, so Khan's hands might be somewhat tied right now.

[edjax]

I think he just cant deal with all the the criticism he knows he will get from MJ expert posters.  It's ugly. It's uninspiring. It's. blah. Blah. Blah.  He owes us nothing. And can we just get the city to do remediation first??  Until that plan is developed by the city what is the point in his making his plans public. Perhaps when he made that statement he didn't think the city would continue to sits on its collective ass and do nothing towards remediation?!?

[finehoe]

I think he just cant deal with all the the criticism he knows he will get from MJ expert posters.

I'm sure that's it.   

[02roadking]

DTBrown...I've been following this board since it started and it's predecessor, the old MetJax board since the beginning. We have seen so many announcements, about so many projects that never made it off the drawing board, that I just don't get all that excited anymore. It that is a shame too.
Jaded, maybe. Until some dirt starts turning, I just will not get my hopes up. The excitement has been dashed way too many times. LOL

[vicupstate]

Anyone hear anything new on this by any chance?

Last night, three separate people from the Mayor's team were saying that they are making the grand announcement either the first or second week of february.  Expect a lot of hoopla

It will be the FIRST week of February, Feb 2 to be exact, and the big announcement will be whether a certain rodent saw his shadow.