• Mayor John Peyton has proclaimed Monday as “Teal Monday” in support of the Jaguars’ Monday Night Football game vs. the Tennessee Titans. The Jaguars will hold a game-day experience for fans before kickoff, similar to the festivities held last season for the Dec. 17 game against the Indianapolis Colts. To encourage participation, some City-owned parking facilities will be free after 5 p.m. Monday and will remain open until all customers have left. The facilities include: the Courthouse West Lot, the Water Street Garage, the Yates Garage and the Forsyth Lot at Main and Forsyth streets.
• Jones Lang LaSalle has been awarded the exclusive leasing mandate for 50 N. Laura Street, also known as Bank of America Tower. The 42-story office tower is owned by real estate firm Parmenter Realty Partners. The 660,791-square-foot building is 72 percent leased and also has an adjoining 39,000-square-foot building at 135 Bay Street.
• The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will have a little more money to work on repairs after being awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration. Part of the Fiscal Year 2010 State of Good Repair program, the money will be used to repair and refurbish Downtown bus hub structures, maintain existing drainage ponds and repair the Rosa Parks Transit Station roof.