The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Preston Hollow Community Capital LLC propose building a new Duval County Public Schools headquarters in LaVilla.The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Preston Hollow Community Capital LLC propose building a new Duval County Public Schools headquarters in LaVilla.
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Preston Hollow Community Capital LLC propose building a new Duval County Public Schools headquarters in LaVilla. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Duval School Board hesitant on bids to move headquarters

Published on August 9, 2023 at 1:50 pm
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Prospects are in doubt for the top two bids in the Duval County Public Schools’ solicitation to sell and move its administration building from the Downtown Southbank riverfront.

In a workshop Tuesday, some Duval County School Board members appeared hesitant to support offers by Florida Blue and a collaboration of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Preston Hollow Community Capital LLC to buy the building and provide new office space off the river.

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The board left the workshop with more questions for its staff and its real estate consultant, CBRE Inc., about lease terms, deal costs, changing space needs and other options for the headquarters. 

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