Banking company seeks $1.8M in city, state incentives to bring 123 jobs Downtown

[fieldafm]

Off and on from 2002-2006 (work took me to both LA and SF during that time and I had a company house in both- Irvine/Redwood City). I used the train and/or BART about half the time and also had a car because I traveled between offices in both San Mateo and Marin Countys (and also had a business interest located in Foster City).

Atlanta commute particularly sucked because legitimate alternatives to driving were practically non-existant. There was a reason I prefered to talk to cute girls who had condos in Buckhead.

[dp8541]

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Perfect example from the daily record of employees for a new business relocating near the core.  This guy is moving into a nice little space in San Marco!

Gatlin's website confirms Jacksonville headquarters

Friday, June 19, 3:05 PM EDT

By Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor
Downtown Jacksonville appears to have gained another headquarters.

Gatlin Development Co. Inc., a real estate investment company that had been based in Fort Lauderdale, now lists its headquarters address as Riverplace Tower on the Downtown Southbank.

The GDC headquarters address is shown on the gatlindc.com website as 1301 Riverplace Blvd., Suite 1900.

No one from Gatlin's office in Fort Lauderdale has responded to telephone messages and email requests for comment the past two weeks.

Gatlin's corporate move to Jacksonville first surfaced when building plans were filed within the past several weeks for a 6,700-square-foot office renovation at the Riverplace Tower address. A building permit was issued June 3.

Those plans showed that Gatlin will set up at least 14 offices, open office space, a conference room, lounge area, break room, and copy, work and file rooms.

A potential corporate relocation became even more apparent when CEO Franklin C. Gatlin III and his wife, Christina, bought a $4.2 million estate in San Marco, not far from the Riverplace Tower offices. That deed was signed June 1 and recorded June 8 with the Duval County Clerk of Court.

Gatlin has a development track record in the area. It developed the first area Walmart markets two years ago and also is developing Collins Plaza in Southwest Jacksonville. That project will be anchored by a Walmart Supercenter.

Frank Gatlin founded the company in 1976. It specializes in shopping center development, management and renovation.

It has 44 developments in Florida, California, Minnesota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Since 1984, it has focused on Walmart-anchored shopping centers.

It also has offices in Tennessee.

[brainstormer]

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=545871

According to the Daily Record, Australia-based Macquarie Group is the confidential "Project Post" that intends to open a 123-job global banking shared-services office Downtown.

I would love to see them land in the SunTrust building or another downtown office building with enough space for their operations.

[ProjectMaximus]

Ah, they have a history in Jax but had ceased those operations.

Macquarie Mortgages USA was headquartered in Jax in 2006.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/macquarie-mortgages-usa-inc-relocates-headquarters-to-jacksonville-florida-56393417.html

Oh, now I see that they made a mention at the bottom of the daily record article.

[thelakelander]

Macquarie to lease in Riverplace Tower on Southbank

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=546133

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That tower has to be almost totally full by now.