Urban Construction Update - December 2013

[floridaforester]

Wow, Chase finally gets its claws into NE FL.  Just what we need coming into Jax is America's biggest corporate criminal fresh off a $13B settlement agreement, the largest in US history, BTW.  Not only did this bailout bank play one of the largest roles in creating the great recession but they were the quickest to start foreclosure proceedings against their own victims and then the slowest to drag their feet and finish the foreclosures that they started.

I'm generally happy to see any new work downtown but any bailout bank that wasn't already established in the area is not good in my book.  I still can't believe how many people I see trusting this vampire squid on the face our economy with their hard earned savings.

[PeeJayEss]

Wow, Chase finally gets its claws into NE FL.  Just what we need coming into Jax is America's biggest corporate criminal fresh off a $13B settlement agreement, the largest in US history, BTW.  Not only did this bailout bank play one of the largest roles in creating the great recession but they were the quickest to start foreclosure proceedings against their own victims and then the slowest to drag their feet and finish the foreclosures that they started.

Not to further derail this topic, but the $13B settlement mostly had to do with Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, both of which were acquired at the behest of, and financed by incentives ("bailout") from, the federal government. The company has done plenty of illegal and unethical things over its history, including helping the Nazis, but its no better or worse today than any of the other unethical, law-breaking, big American banks. So if you're point is that they're evildoers compared to Community First Credit Union, okay there may be something to that. But if you've got a problem with Chase but don't mind Wells Fargo, Citi, BoA, or any of the other big banks that do the same thing, you're mistaken.

[tufsu1]

Wow, Chase finally gets its claws into NE FL.  Just what we need coming into Jax is America's biggest corporate criminal fresh off a $13B settlement agreement, the largest in US history, BTW. 

well since they already got that money, wouldn't you prefer they spend some of it here?

[ben says]

Wow, Chase finally gets its claws into NE FL.  Just what we need coming into Jax is America's biggest corporate criminal fresh off a $13B settlement agreement, the largest in US history, BTW.  Not only did this bailout bank play one of the largest roles in creating the great recession but they were the quickest to start foreclosure proceedings against their own victims and then the slowest to drag their feet and finish the foreclosures that they started.

I'm generally happy to see any new work downtown but any bailout bank that wasn't already established in the area is not good in my book.  I still can't believe how many people I see trusting this vampire squid on the face our economy with their hard earned savings.

Won't hijack the thread, but just my .02 cents: Name a bank that isn't a corporate criminal.........thought so. Chase, BoA, Citi, whatever....all the same.

I will say I left BoA for Chase when I got the "Get $250 for signing up for a free Chase checking account" flyer. BoA has zero presence in Riverside (outside of Edgewood), and I love being about to walk to the new Chase next to Einstein. Also, considering I have at least 5 Chase credit cards, it's nice having a point-of-contact locally.

[funwithteeth]

I have it on good authority that floridaforester keeps all his money in a shoebox underneath his bed. So yes, he's entitled to be high and might w/r/t Chase and their criminal brethren.

[Coolyfett]

^The Brooklyn projects are across the street from one another. The skyway's yard is across the street from the Brooklyn Riverside/Shoppes on Riverside development. That little area will look completely different a year from now.

Will JTA give up the yard for people who live in these new apartments so people can ride or will they do both the maintenance yard and passenger entrance?

[Barnaby808]

A lot of good things starting. The bus terminal has to be one of the most boring designs I've seen in a while though.

[jaxjaguar]

Does anyone know the dimensions of the old terminal? That's pretty prime real estate. I would love to see a CVS or Walgreens either re-purpose the building or tear it down and put in a pretty structure. Something like this would be nice...

[tufsu1]

there is plenty of room for that...more likely though we are talking about a multi-story building at some point, hopefully with ground floor retail