Last call to save Jacksonville Fire Station 5
The old
The Downtown Investment Authority Board approved a resolution Wednesday that would allow 30 days for anyone interested in acquiring
If the city does not get a viable offer in that time frame, it will proceed with demolishing the fire station to make way for a street connection to the site of a new office tower for
DIA CEO
She said if an offer seeks city financial assistance, the DIA wants to see a business plan for future use of the station.
"It's not that they have to come in an offer us a million dollars for the building before we give it to them," Boyer said after the DIA board meeting. "They can come and say, 'We'll take it, we have this great idea for how to use it, this is what it will cost us to renovate it and we have money to do that, but you (the city) have to help pay to move it.'"
The city has tried in the past to find a purchaser who would relocate the two-story station, which was built in 1910 at
One way or another, whether through demolition or relocation, the city will clear
The resolution approved by the DIA board calls for issuing a solicitation that would give 30 days for entities to submit proposals to preserve the fire station by relocating it to another site, "preferably within the
The resolution says anyone interested in the station can contact DIA staff at (904) 255-5305 for information about the building, a potential relocation site and estimated costs of moving the station.
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