Hooters sues American Grill and Jacksonville Landing for water and sewer damage

[jaxcpa]

If Hooters is the best thing going at the Landing then stick a fork in that place.  Big Pete's over on Pearl St. has better wings.

Welp...don't read their most recent restaurant inspection. Done with Big Petes for a while...

[tufsu1]

^ Note that the inspection happened on July 5th.  I'm willing to bet they were closed for the long holiday weekend and that had an effect.  Big Pete's has had many perfect inspections over the past few years.

[jaxjaguar]

^What was Sleiman's side of the bargain in purchasing the Landing? Rouse wanted out of this city so bad, they sold it for $5 million. That's pennies on a dollar for what it was constructed for. For all the talk about Sleiman being a bad owner, no one else stepped up to the plate when it was offered up on a silver platter. Even COJ, who owns the land underneath it didn't cough up the cash, at a number that's pretty insignificant to some of the other things it throws money into.

This is what I'm talking about lake. He was supposed to build a multiuse complex in exchange for years of tax free land... He decided that wasn't enough and tried to sue the city for a parking lot he had made millions off of.

http://m.jacksonville.com/news/2015-10-06/story/city-sues-owners-jacksonville-landing-dispute-over-2007-land-purchase#article=6798B187272D16E97B0C72E54C1532BA8C48

[thelakelander]

Sleiman was never "supposed" to build anything. The Landing was already there. He wanted to expand...with city money of course. Nevertheless, I'm not aware of anything stating he or Rouse "had" to expand.

[thelakelander]

^What was Sleiman's side of the bargain in purchasing the Landing? Rouse wanted out of this city so bad, they sold it for $5 million. That's pennies on a dollar for what it was constructed for. For all the talk about Sleiman being a bad owner, no one else stepped up to the plate when it was offered up on a silver platter. Even COJ, who owns the land underneath it didn't cough up the cash, at a number that's pretty insignificant to some of the other things it throws money into.

How 'public' was it's availability?  I don't remember anything about it until on day Sleiman was the new owner.  If indeed the city could have gotten it for $5mm they should have done so. The outstanding parking requirement cost more than that.   

Sleiman acquired the Landing a few months before I moved to town in late 2003. I'm not sure how public it was locally at the time, but Rouse was ridding themselves of properties back then. They even ended up being acquired by GGP a few months later in 2004.

[mtraininjax]

Tear it down - Tear it down - Tear it down.....

The Landing is done, Tear it down, its obvious that the infrastructure is beginning to go, and when it happens more and more, especially during big events, the city will get a black eye from it.  This will become the old Phillips mall, or worse, Regency Mall, and the thugs and problems will move in and then the suburbs will tell ya "Told ya so" and stop coming downtown.

Its coming, this is only the beginning. Building is 30+ years old, built on top of water, let it go further, could collapse like Liberty Street.