• In the latest update on the Haverty’s Building, Police and Fire Pension Fund Executive Director-Administrator John Keane says the building’s tenants have all approved the design of the interior build out. The City plans to move at least three divisions into the building with the General Employees Pension Fund anchoring the first floor. According to Keane, all construction will be done in May.
• Speaking of Keane, he also said the PFPF realized over $230,000 in savings in construction costs and sales tax thanks to a direct purchase program.
• In the January issue of Florida Trend Magazine, the “Of Counsel” story isn’t about an attorney or law firm. Instead, Legal Art Works, which is owned by Jeff Davis, is the focus. Davis started the company five years ago in his parents’ garage. Today, he has 3,000 square feet on Bay Street and eight employees.
• Speaking of Florida Trend, it lists the highest paid CEOs in the state and Peter Lynch, president/CEO of Winn-Dixie Stores, is sixth with an annual base salary of a little over $1.1 million. Tops in the state is Bennett LeBow, chairman of Miami-based Vector Group Ltd., who makes $3.95 million a year. Lynch, however, is fourth on the total compensation list at $5.2 million a year.
• Susan Waxman, a former correspondent for the New York Times, will be in town Jan. 13 at the University of North Florida as the featured speaker at an event put on by the World Affairs Council Jacksonville. She’s replacing Pakistan Ambassador to the United States H.E. Husain Haqqani, who rescheduled until spring.