DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – Duval County Public Schools is moving forward with the sale of its Southbank headquarters after the School Board voted Tuesday night unanimously to approve a $15 million agreement with Ashco Inc.
The vote clears the way for a third attempt to transfer the district’s nearly five-acre riverfront property to a private buyer — and potentially transform one of Jacksonville’s most prominent stretches of riverfront.
A hotel. Condominiums. Retail. Residential space. Those are among the possibilities outlined in the proposed agreement between DCPS and Ashco, though the deal does not commit the company to any single development…