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Share The Joint Ministerial steering committee on Thursday, met on the $568million West African Power Pool (WAPP), North Core project. The Nigerian government, Niger, Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso through collaborative efforts, had developed a sub-regional interconnection project referred to as the 330 kV WAPP North Core Regional Interconnection Project. Speaking at the first meeting of the Committee, the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman said the project is considered one of the priority projects in the infrastructure program of the WAPP aimed at facilitating efficient energy trade in the sub-...

The historic structure is targeted for a $30 million renovation in Downtown Jacksonville.

President Alex Sifakis told the JAX Chamber Downtown Council that plans include first-floor retail. 

The Downtown Development Review Board said a proposed Home2 Suites by Hilton in Brooklyn can have a surface parking lot despite its staff’s objection that it conflicts with the area’s design code.  The board voted 6-0 May 13 to grant final design approval for the six-story, 100-room hotel at 600 Park St. —  a joint project of Kelco Management and Development Inc. and Corner Lot Development Group. Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow attorney Cyndy Trimmer, who represents Kelco and Corner Lot, said the structured parking garage required by the Downtown Zoning Overlay would not be feasi...

Share JWB Real Estate Capital plans a $18.55 million investment in the Florida Baptist Convention and Federal Reserve Bank buildings. The projects, at a combined $18.55 million, would create a mixed-use block in Downtown’s North Core connected by a courtyard to JWB’s Seminole Building, home of Sweet Pete’s Candy Shop. A staff report released May 6 recommends the review board approve both designs at its May 13 meeting.  The development plans by Brooke Robbins of Robbins Design Studio changed little since DDRB voted 5-0 in September for conceptual approval.  The design f...