One Call to consolidate on Southbank, put name on tower

[thelakelander]

By Karen Brune Mathis, Editor

One Call Care Management, a provider of workers' compensation care management services, announced Tuesday it will consolidate its two Jacksonville locations into more than 200,000 square feet of space in its corporate headquarters at 841 Prudential Drive.
It also will get its name on top of the 20-story Southbank riverfront tower.

One Call CEO Dale Wolf said the move allows the company to "take advantage of new amenities for our employees and the enhanced lifestyle downtown Jacksonville offers."

He said combining its two Jacksonville offices will increase efficiency.

The project will expand the workforce at that location to 1,175 employees. One Call began in 1985 as MSC Care Management.

"We understand the importance of investing in Downtown, and the Southbank has seen a great revitalization with new amenities that we believe One Call's employees will enjoy," Wolf said.

Full article: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=549841

[JaxJersey-licious]

Great news! Very encouraging words about the importance of downtown lifestyle.

[Jim]

Didn't realize that building had 200,000 sq feet of unused space.  Glad it is being populated though.

[thelakelander]

Aetna is planning to move to the Southside, if they haven't already.  That's why there's that much space either available now or available soon.

[Jim]

Ah.

So One Call is taking up around half of the space Aetna will vacate.  One Call already has 120k, Aetna is vacating 165k and One Call will pick up 83k of that space.  Not as great as it initially sounded but far better than Aetna leaving with nothing filling in at all.

Aetna is moving about 800 people out and One Call will eventually have 1,175 but it's not known how many are already there.

[thelakelander]

One Call's move will bring 657 jobs to downtown. Aetna is taking 850 jobs to the Southside.

One Call would move about 550 employees to Downtown from Baymeadows and create 107 new jobs in customer service and information technology, according to a DIA discussion in January about the deal.

The DIA resolution's term sheet says the loss of Aetna and its 850 employees will result in an estimated loss of revenue into the Southside Tax Increment Finance fund of $150,000 a yea

[Jim]

One Call's move will bring 657 jobs to downtown. Aetna is taking 850 jobs to the Southside.

One Call would move about 550 employees to Downtown from Baymeadows and create 107 new jobs in customer service and information technology, according to a DIA discussion in January about the deal.

The DIA resolution's term sheet says the loss of Aetna and its 850 employees will result in an estimated loss of revenue into the Southside Tax Increment Finance fund of $150,000 a yea

Geez, my mobile viewing of that article has made me miss half of all the relevant information.