Aetna considering move from Southbank to Suburbs

Started by KenFSU, March 30, 2016, 02:33:22 PM

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UNFurbanist

#30
April 02, 2016, 08:31:27 AM
Losing 800 office jobs in the core is pretty significant. Really undoes all the progress that's been made this year. It seems like every week a new firm moves downtown but it's the smaller 15 to 100 people offices. This hurts viability for every other form of retail and restaurant. Hope they either decide to stay by some miracle or the owner can convince another big firm in town to relocate. Unlikely. But I know FCSL was looking to move downtown.

thelakelander

#31
April 02, 2016, 09:32:35 AM
The Southbank is a vertical office park. Especially, Aetna's location. While it would suck if they left, it wouldn't be as bad as EverBank or Citizens  (each with +2k employees in the urban Northbank) bailing.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

edjax

#32
April 02, 2016, 11:09:21 AM
I wouldn't be shocked to see Baptist take more space there if Aetna moves.

jaxjaguar

#33
April 02, 2016, 11:28:56 AM
Quote from: edjax on April 02, 2016, 11:09:21 AM
I wouldn't be shocked to see Baptist take more space there if Aetna moves.

Exactly my thoughts. They just recently gobbled up some of the office space near where the district is going in. I'm sure they're kicking themselves now that prime office space will be opening in their main building. Regardless, I'm sure they'll put it to use.

Steve

#34
April 02, 2016, 01:41:34 PM
Quote from: edjax on April 02, 2016, 11:09:21 AM
I wouldn't be shocked to see Baptist take more space there if Aetna moves.

Agreed. While I'd hate to see them leave, this building in particular never seems to have trouble staying leased.

One Call Care Management in there is growing as well.

fsujax

#36
May 24, 2016, 05:29:46 PM Last Edit: May 24, 2016, 07:34:47 PM by fsujax
oh well......that stinks. Hopefully they can add new tenants soon.

Bill Hoff

#37
May 24, 2016, 05:51:20 PM
"The 14.6 percent vacancy rate for office space Downtown compares with a 16.1 percent rate in the suburbs, according to JLL."

spuwho

#38
May 24, 2016, 06:17:07 PM
The proposed parking garage is a 3 deck curved affair at the south end of the complex. Its pretty massive.

mtraininjax

#39
May 25, 2016, 01:12:42 AM
QuoteDowntown has to grow and revitalize to become a place that people want to be, regardless of the cost to operate. It is what it is.

Baptist will gladly take the space. They will own the entire southbank before its over with...They will be connected to Healthy Town one way or another.
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

fsquid

#40
May 25, 2016, 08:34:01 AM
Unsure what kind of jobs were there, but it may make sense for them to go to the burbs.

Kerry

#41
May 25, 2016, 11:59:09 AM
I hope they like traffic because The Avenues is beyond crazy at 5pm.  While I am sure many of their employees already had traffic wowes downtown, at least people had an option of living close to work.  Whether they exercised that option is a matter of personal preference, but no one will have that option where they are moving to.
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thelakelander

#42
May 25, 2016, 12:05:08 PM
The crazy thing is that particular area of Southside probably has a denser population base than the Southbank and Northbank combined. There's nothing but apartment complexes in the vicinity. I don't know where most of their employees live, but I would not be surprised if a chunk end up with a shorter commute. Unfortunately, Southside Blvd is designed to be a pedestrian death trap. When I lived down there, you always have to be careful of pedestrians crossing through the overgrown medians at night, due to there being no sidewalks, poor street lighting and periodic signals with crosswalks.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

dp8541

#43
May 25, 2016, 12:05:41 PM
Quote from: Kerry on May 25, 2016, 11:59:09 AM
I hope they like traffic because The Avenues is beyond crazy at 5pm.  While I am sure many of their employees already had traffic wowes downtown, at least people had an option of living close to work.  Whether they exercised that option is a matter of personal preference, but no one will have that option where they are moving to.

Im not sure exactly how you define living close to work, but I would say it is a fairly safe bet one of the many reasons Aetna is moving to the Avenues area is because this will be a much shorter commute for a lot of their employees.  A lot of their employees will save a lot of time commuting from southern Duval, Clay and St Johns counties to the Avenues as opposed to going all the way downtown.

ProjectMaximus

#44
May 25, 2016, 12:14:23 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on May 25, 2016, 12:05:08 PM
Unfortunately, Southside Blvd is designed to be a pedestrian death trap. When I lived down there, you always have to be careful of pedestrians crossing through the overgrown medians at night, due to there being no sidewalks, poor street lighting and periodic signals with crosswalks.

It's a little better now, I believe. Not a walkers paradise but at least they put in sidewalks lol.
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