The JEA and partners Sayed S. Hussain and Khalid M. Sindhu are set to close July 1 on a deal to purchase the former JEA headquarters building at 233 W. Duval St., according to JEA spokesperson Ron Whittington.
Sindhu and Hussain are planning professional offices throughout the building, a high-end restaurant on the top floor, retail stores and a bank on the first floor. Sindhu said the goal is to have renovations completed within a year.
The 18-story, 162,500 square-foot building is located across the street from the U.S. Courthouse at Jacksonville and one block from the new Duval County Courthouse.
The building on Duval Street housed JEA from 1976 until 1987. Since JEA relocated to 21 W. Church St., the building has remained vacant.