St. Vincent’s HealthCare is taking down Seton Hall and Bryan Auditorium on its Riverside campus.
Spokesman Kyle Sieg said the demolition is expected to be completed in December. The 65,000-square-foot structure is on the riverfront along King Street, adjacent to the hospital at 1 Shircliff Way.
Seton Hall has been part of St. Vincent’s since 1952 and has been the home of its nursing school. Time and the elements took their toll on the facility.
“For that reason, we have made the difficult decision to close and demolish the building,” Sieg said.
Pieces that can be salvaged will be preserved and displayed throughout the St. Vincent’s system, he said.
The city is reviewing a permit application for Brasfield & Gorrie LLC to demolish Seton Hall and Bryan Auditorium at a job cost of $978,000.
Sieg said Seton Hall originally was home to the nursing school, but support services have moved in and out of the space over the years.
It has been vacant for six-eight months and its upper floors have been empty for at least three years. Services there were relocated elsewhere on St. Vincent’s campus.
Bryan Auditorium, which opened in 1982, has served as the main auditorium. Sieg said St. Vincent’s has shifted meetings to other parts of St. Vincent’s HealthCare.
Sieg said the system is updating its long-term facilities plan, and there are no plans for the space at this time.
Macquarie build-out reaching $1 million
Macquarie Group’s Riverplace Tower offices are a million-dollar build-out.
The city is reviewing a permit for Brasfield & Gorrie to renovate space on the fifth floor of the 28-story tower for the Australia-based financial services group.
Build-out is a $950,000 project, the permit shows. That’s after a $50,000 demolition of the space to prepare for it.
Macquarie announced in September it will locate its Jacksonville global-banking shared-services office in Riverplace Tower on the Downtown Southbank at 1301 Riverplace Blvd.
The company will lease 17,500 square feet on the fifth floor and take occupancy early next year.
It has begun to recruit for employees and said it will create at least 123 jobs by the end of 2017. Macquarie expects an investment of at least $3.1 million, including IT, equipment, furniture and real estate improvements.
The company sought almost $1.77 million in city and state incentives for the Jacksonville operation. City Council approved taxpayer incentives in July of $393,600 for Macquarie and the state is responsible for the remainder.
Chase Bank opening Nocatee branch
JPMorgan Chase Bank is on track to open a branch in Nocatee.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the application for a staffed branch at northwest Crosswater Parkway and Nocatee Village Drive in Ponte Vedra. The application was received Aug. 24 and approved Sept. 22.
RaceTrac plans SW Jacksonville location
RaceTrac Petroleum intends to open at Argyle Forest Boulevard and Rampart Road.
The Atlanta-based convenience store and gas station company filed site plans for a 5,500-square-foot store on 3.24 acres. It would have 18 fueling positions, plans show.
Connelly & Wicker Inc. is the civil engineer.
RaceTrac operates more than 600 company-owned and third-party contract operated stores under the names of RaceTrac and RaceWay in 12 Southern states. Of those, more than 370 are RaceTrac locations. Each stocks more than 4,000 items.
An Internet search finds at least 16 RaceTrac stores and a minimum of one RaceWay in Northeast Florida.
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