City announces Express Lane Permitting effort to speed pace of development

The process, which will cost extra, is anticipated to start by the end of the year.

  • By Scott Sailer
  • | 7:24 p.m. August 28, 2025
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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced the city's Express Lane Permitting process Aug. 28 at in a grassy lot where a grocery is planned at the Atlantic North shopping center in East Arlington. Behind Deegan, from left, Nina Sickler, Director of Public Works; shopping center developer Toney Sleiman; and Sabrina Dugan, managing partner and co-founder of Swiftbuild.ai.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced the city's Express Lane Permitting process Aug. 28 at in a grassy lot where a grocery is planned at the Atlantic North shopping center in East Arlington. Behind Deegan, from left, Nina Sickler, Director of Public Works; shopping center developer Toney Sleiman; and Sabrina Dugan, managing partner and co-founder of Swiftbuild.ai.
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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced Aug. 28 the city is developing a new building permit review process that will result in a “dramatic reduction in the time it takes to get a permit in the city.”

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