JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A legal battle has emerged over the former Regency Square mall in Jacksonville, involving Impact Church of Jacksonville Inc. and Blackwater Regency LLC, according to reporting by our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.
Impact Church, which owns one of the three buildings on the mall grounds, alleges that Blackwater and its principal, Rurmell McGee, diverted a property purchase deal away from the church to acquire the mall themselves.
Impact Church claims it had an agreement with McGee in 2024 for real estate sales services related to the $19.1 million mall purchase. The church says it provided a $101,000 down payment and covered due diligence costs, but McGee and Blackwater closed on the mall in April 2025 without the church’s knowledge or consent…