Business

GuideWell Inc., the parent company of Florida Blue, announced Wednesday it will add 750 new jobs at its Riverside Avenue office Downtown.

First Baptist Church Jacksonville made headlines last month when the church put about 90% of its downtown properties on the market.

In 1979, My Sharona was a new hit song by The Knack,  the cast of the original Star Trek starred in their first movie and Jimmy Carter was president.

That same year, Decorative Fabrics opened in Jacksonville as a specialty fabrics retail store. It would grow into Agnes Agatha, a full-line furniture showroom offering high-end upholstery, rugs, lighting, home décor and interior design services.

But 2019 marks the end of the road for the area’s Norwalk Furniture dealer as its owners retire. 

A 16-acre site in North Jacksonville could become the region's first automotive handling course by next year. 

Skinner Bros. Realty, along with The PARC Group, has announced that Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will open in the expansion of Nocatee Town Center. 

As rents have been rising steadily across Jacksonville, a study released this month found five neighborhoods have seen the biggest increases in one-bedroom rents. 

Leggett & Platt Inc. sent a letter to state officials last week saying it will close its wire mill plant at 925 Lane Ave. N. by the end of the year, putting 101 people out of work.

Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to have found his convenience store.

The Downtown Investment Authority voted Wednesday to partially terminate a lease agreement between Barnett Tower LLC and the city to construct a parking garage at the southwest corner of Main and Forsyth streets.

A proposal to create an 18 unit micro-apartment complex in Jacksonville’s Cathedral District goes before the Downtown Development Review Board for final approval Thursday afternoon.

Even before many people are thinking about Halloween, UPS is preparing for the holiday shopping season to come after that.

Hillwood, which is developing AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center, is one of five groups making plans for Jacksonville distribution centers of more than 1 million square feet.

Lakeland-based Publix, which has a large presence on the First Coast, is the latest major business to request that its customers not openly carry guns.

The Jacksonville City Council approved a $29.9 million city and state-backed incentives package Tuesday for code-named Project Sharp.