Every year has its share of big deals, but it may be decades before one tops the output of 2024. From surf parks to a new campus for the University of Florida, big deals came all year. The biggest of all was the $1.4 billion deal to renovate EverBank Stadium into the Stadium of the Future and keep the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars in town for decades. Starting today, we begin a look at the biggest deals:
Downtown Jacksonville’s signature tower developed in 1975 for the Independent Life & Accident Insurance Co. headquarters resumed a nod to the name, becoming 1 Independent Square as the property was sold and anchor tenant Wells Fargo downsized, removing its name from the top of 37-story building.