Its time for the Laura Street Trio owner to bow out

[Joey Mackey]

Listening to the City Council committee meeting going on right now, Mike Weinstein just said that the purchase agreement for the Trio fell through. Steve Atkins still owns the building. It sounds like they are working on another deal. It's Groundhog Day I guess.

[acme54321]

Shocker.

[heights unknown]

Listening to the City Council committee meeting going on right now, Mike Weinstein just said that the purchase agreement for the Trio fell through. Steve Atkins still owns the building. It sounds like they are working on another deal. It's Groundhog Day I guess.

My my my; I'm like Liam Coen right now when he was asked by a Radio Show to sit down and explain what happened in Tampa. Of course Liam snuck out of Tampa in the middle of the night. When the Radio Host asked Liam to sit, Liam rolled his eyes to the back of his head and kept walking. Then about 30 seconds later, he came back, and asked the Radio host, "what happened last year in Tampa?" And then walked off for good, after receiving a hug from Baker Mayfield. I'm just rolling my eyes in the back of my head about all of this. Why don't they (the City purchase the Trio) just raze/demolish the Trio; its just crumbling and may not pass inspection anyway. Maybe Bryan Moll will take over the Trio (he already has too much on his plate as it is, so, don't think that will happen).

[Ken_FSU]

Listening to the City Council committee meeting going on right now, Mike Weinstein just said that the purchase agreement for the Trio fell through. Steve Atkins still owns the building. It sounds like they are working on another deal. It's Groundhog Day I guess.

I actually came away a little more optimistic, Joey!

Weinstein - who I think is one of the straightest shooters in the entire city - said that even though the sale hasn't gone through, the existing buyer remains engaged, and that he is the most optimistic he's ever been that the Trio is going to move forward, with all three buildings intact, at a moderate cost to the taxpayers.

[Steve]

Well, this is an interesting quirk - Becovic has taken assignment of the mortgage on it:

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2026/feb/10/buyer-of-barnett-building-takes-over-mortgage-downtown-jacksonvilles-historic-laura-street-trio/

Clearly they're still involved.

[acme54321]

It's a bold strategy, Cotton!

[heights unknown]

Well, this is an interesting quirk - Becovic has taken assignment of the mortgage on it:

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2026/feb/10/buyer-of-barnett-building-takes-over-mortgage-downtown-jacksonvilles-historic-laura-street-trio/

Clearly they're still involved.

Yes! God is God. I hope they move forward and start construction yesterday. More encouraging/good news.

[Jankelope]

I won't  believe anything until shovels are in the ground. Really really hoping and praying it's real this time. I will one of the first to stay at the Marriott Autograph Hotel!

[heights unknown]

I won't  believe anything until shovels are in the ground. Really really hoping and praying it's real this time. I will one of the first to stay at the Marriott Autograph Hotel!

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