‘Optics not great’: $30M public-property deal linked former JTA, JHA CEOs amid scrutiny

An unsigned agreement obtained by Action News Jax’s Ben Becker reveals a proposed partnership between two Jacksonville public agencies involving more than $30 million in publicly owned property and two former CEOs who have faced intense scrutiny.

The draft memorandum of understanding between the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Jacksonville Housing Authority shows the names of former JTA CEO Nat Ford and former JHA CEO Cheron Corbett Waller.

Under the proposal, JHA and JTA would have worked with private developers to build workforce housing and other transit-oriented development on four JTA-owned properties totaling more than 13 acres…

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