Demolition of The Jacksonville Landing will be set in motion August 2 and fencing is scheduled to be put up the week of August 5.
WJCT News partner The Jacksonville Daily Record reports Plant City-based contractor D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. Inc. received a Notice to Proceed from the city’s Department of Public Works on Tuesday authorizing site work to begin at the Downtown shopping mall within 10 days.
Substantial completion of the demolition will be no later than May 28, according to the notice.
D.H. Griffin was awarded the $1.074 million contract June 20 after a public bidding process to tear down the shuttered riverfront building at 2 Independent Drive W.
An expanded version of this story is at JaxDailyRecord.com.
