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One of the area’s best known landmarks will soon be gone as it becomes the latest victim to fall to condo development projects.

The Lighthouse Grille on Beach Boulevard’s McCormick Bridge has been welcoming people coming over the Intracoastal Waterway with its lighthouse tower. Now all that is set to change with the advance of the condos.

The Grille, part of CentraArchy, a restaurant management business, are selling to Chase Properties and Toll Brothers. They in turn want to build condos. The project has already been green-lighted by the Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission.
http://tinyurl.com/ndzbf
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When you’re looking for your next big hot property investment, you’d be well-advised to think of Springfield.

That’s the word from real estate expert and ABC News contributor Barbara Corcoran. She told her TV audience that Jacksonville and Springfield were two of her top spots for real estate, nationwide. She offered tips for people looking to invest in property.

Homes here sell for roughly $166,000 and 23% of them sold in 2004 ended up as investment properties.

This has delighted local residents who are pleased that the spotlight is on their area.
http://tinyurl.com/mawrl
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An op-ed piece which gives a pretty good suggestion on what the city could do to resolve the dispute between JEA and the school board, over the proposed Southbank property development.

The Southbank plans are in jeopardy because the school board, who owns a property on the site, doesn’t want an access road going through their land, splitting it in two and potentially having a devastating effect on the property’s value.

All the great looking designs in the world won’t be worth much if the school board doesn’t back down. As this op-ed piece sums it up, “no access, no development.”
http://tinyurl.com/fd7hs
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A Times-Union op-ed piece which supports the idea of leaving the Maxwell House factory downtown, despite suggestions that they be re-located to a “more industrialized area” so that the up-and-coming area can be used for other things.

The factory has been in business for 96 years and started up in a time when that area was full of industry with its own shipyard. Not so anymore. These days, the area has been spruced up and instead of industrial plants, the area boasts buildings such as the courthouse, city hall, offices and the Jacksonville Landing. Solid and reliable, Maxwell House labored on giving work to 300 people. They have also upgraded everything and landscaped the area to give it a better appearance.
http://tinyurl.com/oymje
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