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Duval Schools receive 16 bids in plan to move on from Southbank headquarters

The Duval County Public Schools headquarters, center, on the Southbank of the St. Johns River.
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The Duval County Public Schools headquarters, center, on the Southbank of the St. Johns River.

Duval County Public Schools received 16 bids in its effort to sell its Downtown Southbank administration building and develop a new headquarters off the riverfront.

Bidders include Jacksonville-based CSX Transportation Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. as well as developers with active Downtown projects including Miami-based The Related Group and Ryan Companies US Inc. of Minneapolis. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority also bid.

At a meeting April 6 after the 2 p.m. submission deadline, procurement officials opened the responses and released the bidders’ names.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.