JEA Southbank land swap: Who pays for $10M road?

[Tacachale]

They've been discussing moving the School Board for years now. They'd make a nice chunk of change and could move somewhere cheaper (and we'd have another building on the tax rolls). Unfortunately they waited too long before the financial crisis. If they can get a good deal it would be a good move, we don't need to have the school board on riverfront property.

[thelakelander]

Just saw article on JBJ in which Vitti states he is open to moving School Board building from current riverfront location.

Good.

I agree it's good and all, but what to do with it? We have the shipyards across the street that's been empty for so long. I wouldnt want them to move out unless something was going to immediately follow. The last thing downtown needs is another empty building.

Can we combine the school board and the empty lot and make a convention center? The skyway is already pretty close.

If they sold, it would most likely get torn down and redeveloped as a part of whatever takes place with the sites next door.  Assuming the school board relocated, perhaps they'd take up some empty Northbank office space.

[Dog Walker]

Have any alternate locations for school board ever been discussed?
if so, where?

Annie Lytle, Public School #4.   44,000 sg. ft. at the intersection of I-10 & I-95.  Prime!

[coredumped]

Have any alternate locations for school board ever been discussed?
if so, where?

Annie Lytle, Public School #4.   44,000 sg. ft. at the intersection of I-10 & I-95.  Prime!

True, but the cost to rehab would be pretty high. I'd vote for the old kmart at beach and univ.

Lake, do you think there's enough space combing the lot and the schoolboard for a convention center?

[thelakelander]

Probably. However, I believe a convention center works best being adjacent to the Hyatt.

[acme54321]

A convention center on that site would be just as isolated as the current one.