JEA hunt for headquarters site is silent on evacuation risk

[itsfantastic1]

It appears as if JEA will have some form of presentations on the 3 options at their meeting on Feb. 5, with public comments. I'm sure there will potentially be some things legally withheld until the 7th, but it appears to be in some good faith. Although the cynic in me just thinks it's another chance to parade out three amazing designs that will mysteriously change due to costs associated with the presented design...cough, Lot J, cough...

https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2019/01/22/jea-eliminates-3-potential-sites-for-new.html

[KenFSU]

^I have no idea if it would be part of a JEA building, I'm guessing not, but I've heard recently that Lot J could include a large cowork space.

[KenFSU]

JEA just announced that they're pushing the decision back to April.

Certainly gives the city a little extra time to finish that economic development agreement for Lot J and Curry to get another board member or two in place.

[thelakelander]

So this means all the documents will be made available to the public prior to the decision date?

[KenFSU]

So this means all the documents will be made available to the public prior to the decision date?

Good one!

Executive summaries of the design and location only, from the sounds of it.

Nothing about cost, terms, feasibility, etc.

From the Daily Record:

JEA plans to release an information package about the proposals by Friday on jea.com. That package will not include proprietary information.

According to JEA, the package will include "an excerpt of the original submittal" with an overview of each firm's team, site location and building solution design and will not include new information for JEA to evaluate.

The JEA email states that "the package will not include financial ability, pricing information or legal terms and conditions."

[Charles Hunter]

Sunshine request?

[Kerry]

JEA just announced that they're pushing the decision back to April.

Certainly gives the city a little extra time to finish that economic development agreement for Lot J and Curry to get another board member or two in place.

Yep.  The City will give millions to Khan to build Lot J, then Khan will lease the building back to the City.  In exchange, Khan bankrolls the Curry re-election campaign.

Is there anybody out there who DOESN'T see this coming? 

[Snaketoz]

JEA just announced that they're pushing the decision back to April.

Certainly gives the city a little extra time to finish that economic development agreement for Lot J and Curry to get another board member or two in place.

Yep.  The City will give millions to Khan to build Lot J, then Khan will lease the building back to the City.  In exchange, Khan bankrolls the Curry re-election campaign.

Is there anybody out there who DOESN'T see this coming?

Sadly, many don't see it, and even more don't care.

[KenFSU]

(Surface-level) details of the proposals should be dropping shortly.

[UNFurbanist]

yeah unfortunately I have no doubt JEA will relocate to Lot J. April is also conveniently the same month the Jags host the "State of the Franchise" event where they have teased the city on the shipyards for 5 years.

[KenFSU]

Renders from Dave Cawton at the Daily Record.

https://twitter.com/davidcawton?lang=en

[KenFSU]

Butttttttttttttttttt, no pressure.

[pierre]

yeah unfortunately I have no doubt JEA will relocate to Lot J. April is also conveniently the same month the Jags host the "State of the Franchise" event where they have teased the city on the shipyards for 5 years.

Very convenient

[thelakelander]

The Lot J rendering is pretty underwhelming. Looks like it belongs off JTB. Naturally, I gravitate to the more urban alternatives and sites. I'd rather see Ryan's proposals near the county courthouse but I hate seeing the JEA Tower get razed in order to get replaced by a smaller building. The scale of the Southbank structure isn't bad but I'm not crazy about the architecture.

[CityLife]

Is Khan showing anything else at Lot J as part of this proposal or just the JEA building? If Lot J is selected, I would presume it is based solely on being part of the greater redevelopment that Khan and Cordish have floated. If Khan isn't including other pieces of the redevelopment in his JEA proposal, the City BETTER require certain aspects of the redevelopment to be constructed in sequence with JEA construction or issue some kind of performance bond.