The developer of the Laura Street Trio and the Downtown Investment Authority staff are agreeing on something, but it’s not an incentives package to resurrect the historic buildings.
Instead, it’s to quit talking.
Steve Atkins, the owner of the Trio and principal of SouthEast Development, said June 27 that he believed there was no point in continuing to negotiate with the DIA in the long-running effort to revive the buildings. Instead, Atkins says he and his team want to deal directly with the Jacksonville City Council, which has final authority on deals negotiated through the semi-independent DIA.