JEA chooses the Adams Street proposal for the site of its new headquarters
It is with great pleasure that we announce the JEA Board has selected 325 West Adams Street (Ryan Companies US Inc.) to negotiate development for JEA’s new corporate headquarters. We look forward to sharing more soon about this exciting project. #jeastrong #ilovejax 🏗 👷💡 🏢 pic.twitter.com/SbG79K1v8k
— JEA (@NewsfromJEA) April 2, 2019
BREAKING: Adams scores 78.70 by board and total of 585.75 total. Winning bid @ActionNewsJax to build new JEA location
— Ben Becker (@BenBeckerANjax) April 2, 2019
JEA decided where to put its new headquarters on Tuesday after the board met to hear more on each proposal.
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The drama is building, board now deciding its score. It will be added to consultant score and then a vote pic.twitter.com/WmXEsEaM6P
— Ben Becker (@BenBeckerANjax) April 2, 2019
Action News Jax first showed you the top three proposals in February.
We created this map to show you each of the sites.
The first proposal puts the JEA headquarters at Lot J at TIAA Bank Field. Click here to see the final offer for the proposal to move the headquarters to Lot J.
Another proposal is to put the headquarters on West Adams Street, near the courthouse. Click here to see the final offer.
The third proposal is to put the headquarters on the Southbank at Kings Avenue Station. Click here to see the final offer.
Paul Harden for Lot J. He is the highest profile lobbyist in the city pic.twitter.com/BDnoPXSded
— Ben Becker (@BenBeckerANjax) April 2, 2019
I want to point out only 4 board members are deciding this. It has to be a unanimous vote with three empty spots
— Ben Becker (@BenBeckerANjax) April 2, 2019
Adams Street only location where JEA would control the parking pic.twitter.com/7XHa0AMZxm
— Ben Becker (@BenBeckerANjax) April 2, 2019
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