The city moves to terminate the Landing's lease agreement.

[thelakelander]

Shocker, the city is trying to block Curry from having to give sworn testimony on the Landing situation, and isn't being cooperative with Sleiman's admittedly broad document request.

On May 25, JLI served subpoenas to Mayor Lenny Curry and city Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa directing them to present themselves for depositions Aug. 16 and 17, respectively, and to provide a range of documents related to the city's business relationship with JLI.

The request from JLI includes "every document in existence since August 1, 2003 in the possession or control of the consolidated government of the City of Jacksonville that relates in any way to the lease between the City and JLI, regardless of whether those documents have any relevance to an issue in this case."...

The city filed, on June 4, objections to the document requests, on the grounds the request is overly broad and burdensome.

The city also requested that the subpoena served on Curry be quashed and that the court issue a protective order to prevent JLI from deposing him, based on his position as a high-ranking public official and that JLI has not exhausted all other means to gather the information sought in the subpoena.

No details as to why, but the circuit judge just recused herself three days before initial court proceedings.

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/dispute-between-jacksonville-landing-city-gets-new-judge

I wonder what Sleiman is trying to expose? Could there be documentation of the COJ working to undermine the thing during the current or previous mayoral administrations?

[KenFSU]

^If I'm Sleiman, I want everything I can get my hands on from December 2016 to October 2017.

Something changed dramatically during that period, and who knows, there might just be a paper trail.

In December 2016, Curry told the Times-Union board that he wasn't focusing on the Landing, there was nothing he could do about it, and his focus for riverfront downtown redevelopment would stretch from the old Courthouse to the stadium.

But then this Cordish thing started to swirl, Curry took that secret trip with Shad Khan and Mark Lamping, he was literally on the phone with Mousa from Khan's plane asking about financing, and around the same time, he threatens to take the Landing by force.

That's a pretty big coincidence.

It's debatable to what extent the retail/restaurant portion of the Landing would be a direct competitor to a Cordish development in the stadium district.

But the Landing is a huge competitor in terms of event dates (Florida-Georgia, 4th of July, New Year's Eve, etc.).

Cordish and the Jags certainly stand to benefit from the closure of the Landing, so I'd want to see the details too if I was Sleiman.

[jaxnyc79]

^If I'm Sleiman, I want everything I can get my hands on from December 2016 to October 2017.

Something changed dramatically during that period, and who knows, there might just be a paper trail.

In December 2016, Curry told the Times-Union board that he wasn't focusing on the Landing, there was nothing he could do about it, and his focus for riverfront downtown redevelopment would stretch from the old Courthouse to the stadium.

But then this Cordish thing started to swirl, Curry took that secret trip with Shad Khan and Mark Lamping, he was literally on the phone with Mousa from Khan's plane asking about financing, and around the same time, he threatens to take the Landing by force.

That's a pretty big coincidence.

It's debatable to what extent the retail/restaurant portion of the Landing would be a direct competitor to a Cordish development in the stadium district.

But the Landing is a huge competitor in terms of event dates (Florida-Georgia, 4th of July, New Year's Eve, etc.).

Cordish and the Jags certainly stand to benefit from the closure of the Landing, so I'd want to see the details too if I was Sleiman.

When I was at UF in the early 2000s, the Landing was the place to be for Florida-Georgia.  This past October, I was in Jax and asked a store clerk about FL-GA and where people celebrate, and she told me few people go to the Landing any longer.  They all gather near the stadium for a big outdoor party.  Is that the case? 

In a sense, the Landing is a competitor to a potential Cordish development.  In another sense, a Cordish development is looking to appeal to masses of people from all over Jax who come together in the Stadium Complex for either games or events.  With succinct timing, they come in with just enough time to park and get to their seats, and they leave shortly after event conclusion.  Cordish will get a decent-sized chunk of these gathering throngs a reason to linger in and around the Stadium Complex.  I don't know if they ever would have been a target audience for the Landing.

[thelakelander]

If I'm Sleiman and COJ is trying to accuse me of running the place into the ground, in order to evict, I'd counter by proving I've been undermined by the same entity since the day I acquired it (something Sleiman has suggested in various reports). In that case, I'd want everything since 2003 that could assist in validating my position.

[bl8jaxnative]

Any rumors of the city pushing this even harder now?   I would think they'd want to strike while the iron was hot given the OPTICS of the recent shootings.  I would think part a of that is the various city departments cracking down on the serious code violations by one of their tenants.

[Charles Hunter]

The timing, and wording, of the JFRD citation seems to support this.  Won't be surprised if there are more high profile citations coming up.

[Dapperdan]

I don't see how the Landing or Chicago Pizza can survive this with the lawsuits and all.

[thelakelander]

I don't think this kills the Landing. Although there has been a lot of media coverage, it's not the first shooting at a shopping center.