Council committee moves to cap payment for Interline building at $8 million

[thelakelander]

Awaiting the completion of an appraisal on a building the city of Jacksonville hopes to acquire for the proposed University of Florida graduate center campus in LaVilla, a City Council committee agreed to delay an ordinance calling for a direct purchase of the property as opposed to a land swap supported by Mayor Donna Deegan's administration.

The Council Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee opted March 17 to postpone Council member Ron Salem's proposed Ordinance 2025-0135 while approving an amendment that would cap the city's spending for the former Interline Brands Inc. building at $8 million.

Full article: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/mar/17/council-committee-moves-to-cap-payment-for-interline-brands-inc-building-at-8-million/

[Jrz Jax]

UF hopes to launch classes in the Interline building in August 2025

That seems like wishful thinking now.

[thelakelander]

^From my understanding, these first classes would be the existing graduate Architecture program currently housed in a building on the other side of downtown.