JEA’s former headquarters in Downtown is closer to being renovated into a mixed-use residential property after the city-owned utility’s board voted Feb. 24 to sell it to a Jacksonville-based developer.
With a 6-0 vote on Feb. 24, the seven-member board approved the sale of the three-building property for $1 million to Live Oak Contracting. Live Oak plans to purchase the 2.47-acre property through The Jewel at 21 West LLC.
Board member MG Orender declined to vote, citing a conflict of interest with his son, Jacob Orender. Jacob Orender is an employee at Live Oak, MG Orender said…