Business

Publix says it will begin installing plexiglass barriers at its cash registers to protect workers and customers from the coronavirus.

Jobless claims are spiking in Florida as many vital tourism and entertainment-related businesses have closed or limited services as the state struggles to combat the novel coronavirus.

Amazon.com won the green light to build-out its last-mile delivery center at the former Kmart store along Blanding Boulevard at a project cost of $12 million.

Plunging prices at the gas pump are expected to continue this week.

A Georgia developer seeks conceptual design approval for The Doro apartment, retail and restaurant community from the Downtown Development Review Board.

R.M. Bealls posted a “closing sale” sign on its door at Southside Commons less than a half-year after the location converted from a traditional Bealls department store.

Buying a house in Jacksonville continues to be out of reach for many, with a new study highligting just how much debt can get in the way of home ownership.

Plans to redevelop a section of the South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church property into the Park Place at San Marco apartments was approved Feb. 25 by City Council. 

RH Jacksonville, The Gallery at St. Johns Town Center, will open in late 2020, mall owner Simon announced Tuesday.

A development agreement could go before the Downtown Investment Authority in April now that the DIA has unanimously approved a $136 million bid by New York-based Spandrel Development Partners LLC to build a mixed-use retail and multifamily development at The Ford on Bay. 

A Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission staff report could lead to a local landmark designation for a First Baptist Church building Downtown and halt its demolition.

Atlanta-based ShareMD, a medical office building owner and operator paid $67 million for Eight Forty One, the Southbank office tower anchored by One Call and Baptist Health.

It takes the average Jacksonville working renter 56 hours to earn enough money to pay the landlord.

City Council President Scott Wilson filed legislation Feb. 19 to approve taxpayer-backed incentives for code-named Project Graph to expand the company’s existing Jacksonville software design operation and create a regional headquarters.

Partners affiliated with Florida-based self-storage construction company Rapid Building Solutions LLC bought the closed Kmart store along Beach Boulevard to introduce a drive-thru experience.

Look for a face-life followed by renovation at the former Town & Country Shopping Center.

Two organic supermarket chains from out of state are closing their doors in Jacksonville, which has helped open the door for Native Sun Natural Foods Market to take another run at the Jacksonville Beach grocery market.

Arrelious Benn has seen not only the inside of football stadiums in cities across the country but also coffee shops during his eight-year NFL career.