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Closed-Down University Club Getting New Life As Ameris Offices

Bill Bortzfield
Ameris Bank and its parent, Ameris Bancorp, is pictured. The bank's executive offices are in the Riverplace Tower on Jacksonville's Southbank.

The city of Jacksonville recently approved a permit for a $1.5 million renovation of the 27th floor at Riverplace Tower for Ameris Bank, the Daily Record Reports.

The floor was once the private University Club which closed in December 2016.

Read the Daily Record's reporting on this topic here and here

Lindsey Kilbride was WJCT's special projects producer until Aug. 28, 2020. She reported, hosted and produced podcasts like Odd Ball, for which she was honored with a statewide award from the Associated Press, as well as What It's Like. She also produced VOIDCAST, hosted by Void magazine's Matt Shaw, and the ADAPT podcast, hosted by WJCT's Brendan Rivers.