Looks Like Everbank is the new Barnett

[duvaldude08]

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2011/10/31/everbank-is-now-floridas-largest-bank.html

[I-10east]

Good news for Jax. Hopefully Everbank will stay around indefinitely, and not be brought off by a mega bank like Barnett was accquired by Nationsbank(later BOA). I love the Everbank "70's commercial" How bout a Food Channel? How bout a Weather Channel? It's raining! LOL

[JeffreyS]

Kudos Everbank.

[Tacachale]

Kudos to Everbank for their success. Now let's just get them downtown...

[duvaldude08]

Kudos to Everbank for their success. Now let's just get them downtown...

Thats what Im saying...and were waiting.. Ever since they did a letter of intent in September we havent heard anything else.


PS I like Everbank Field even more now. Barnett Bank Stadium or Barnett Field would have been cool too 

[Dog Walker]

Everbank is very well managed.  Barnett was not.

Everbank has completely embraced internet banking which is why you don't see a branch on every corner.  There are only three or four here in Jacksonville.  Their banking web site makes all others look like an amateur designed them.  It's really slick.  You can even scan and deposit checks without having to go to one of their (few) locations.

[JeffreyS]

Yes I should have know Barnett was going to go down. It was a great place to work and they were good to their employees. 

[Jason]

Kudos to Everbank for their success. Now let's just get them downtown...

Brooklyn is not considered downtown?  ;-)

Though I would love to see them throwing up a shiney new scraper in the CBD.

[duvaldude08]

Kudos to Everbank for their success. Now let's just get them downtown...

Brooklyn is not considered downtown?  ;-)

Though I would love to see them throwing up a shiney new scraper in the CBD.

He's talking about the pending move to the At&T building. Not to the Brooklyn location.

[ben says]

I find it hard to 'congratulate' a bank for making millions/billions, while paying most of their employees 25-40k/year, whether they're from Jacksonville or not.

Personal opinion aside, I do understand people's joy that a homegrown Jacksonville company has 'hit it big'.

Lastly, and I know this (also) isn't a popular opinion: I actually don't want them to move downtown. It's taken almost a decade to bring life to the Riverside corridor. Give it a few more years, and the area spanning from downtown to the Cummer will be chock-full of activity (I envision a hotel, maybe some shopping, condos, etc). If EverBank were to move, that area bordering Brooklyn would regress by 10+ years. Let's not re-empty the Riverside corridor before it even fills up to it's max potential. St. Joe moving was bad enough...I'd rather not see EverBank added to the 'once-was' club.

[Tacachale]

Kudos to Everbank for their success. Now let's just get them downtown...

Brooklyn is not considered downtown?  ;-)

Though I would love to see them throwing up a shiney new scraper in the CBD.

As DD says I was referring to the possible move of Southside office workers to a space downtown. The headquarters in Brooklyn is great where it is.

[Tacachale]

I find it hard to 'congratulate' a bank for making millions/billions, while paying most of their employees 25-40k/year, whether they're from Jacksonville or not.

Personal opinion aside, I do understand people's joy that a homegrown Jacksonville company has 'hit it big'.

Lastly, and I know this (also) isn't a popular opinion: I actually don't want them to move downtown. It's taken almost a decade to bring life to the Riverside corridor. Give it a few more years, and the area spanning from downtown to the Cummer will be chock-full of activity (I envision a hotel, maybe some shopping, condos, etc). If EverBank were to move, that area bordering Brooklyn would regress by 10+ years. Let's not re-empty the Riverside corridor before it even fills up to it's max potential. St. Joe moving was bad enough...I'd rather not see EverBank added to the 'once-was' club.

That's part of the confusion of this whole deal. They were never talking about moving the employees in their headquarters in Brooklyn. They are talking about moving employees who are currently in Southside office parks to space downtown. If it happens there will be EverBank folks in both Brooklyn and downtown.

[duvaldude08]

I find it hard to 'congratulate' a bank for making millions/billions, while paying most of their employees 25-40k/year, whether they're from Jacksonville or not.

Personal opinion aside, I do understand people's joy that a homegrown Jacksonville company has 'hit it big'.

Lastly, and I know this (also) isn't a popular opinion: I actually don't want them to move downtown. It's taken almost a decade to bring life to the Riverside corridor. Give it a few more years, and the area spanning from downtown to the Cummer will be chock-full of activity (I envision a hotel, maybe some shopping, condos, etc). If EverBank were to move, that area bordering Brooklyn would regress by 10+ years. Let's not re-empty the Riverside corridor before it even fills up to it's max potential. St. Joe moving was bad enough...I'd rather not see EverBank added to the 'once-was' club.

Everbank is only relocating its southside workers to downtown. There are not bothering anyone at the  Brooklyn location at all. Those workers are staying put.  So Im a little lost. Why would that area regress??

[ben says]

Well EverBank (or the city, or whoever can't read) better fix this PR mess quick. Talked to six people today. All six believe Brooklyn workers are being moved downtown. Apologize for my mistake. Next time I won't go off what other people say.

[Jdog]

The largest Florida bank is now in the proper city.