Working on the First Coast: TDI Products catches wave of marina reconstruction in wake of Sandy
Florida Business News
TDI Products never really invents its products per se, but it does take product lines and turn around the value of the devices. That has led the Atlantic Beach company to help in the recovery after Superstorm Sandy.
TDI Products was established in 1999 and bought product lines from other companies, such as electrical cord reels for recreational vehicles that weren?t selling much, and then made them a profitable commodity. Eventually, many of the product lines are developed into profitable ventures and then are then sold to other companies.
Source: Business
Aloft hotel forced to close for repairs
Florida Business News
Aloft Jacksonville Tapestry Park has closed for repairs two years after the hotel opened. The $4 million in repairs are almost half the $9.2 million it cost to build the hotel in the first place.
Scott Wellington, general manager, said he arrived at the 137-room hotel in June 2011, just five months after it opened at the corner of Southside Boulevard and Gate Parkway. And he started spotting trouble right away.
Source: Business
Aloft hotel forced to close for repairs
Florida Business News
Aloft Jacksonville Tapestry Park has closed for repairs two years after the hotel opened. The $4 million in repairs are almost half the $9.2 million it cost to build the hotel in the first place.
Scott Wellington, general manager, said he arrived at the 137-room hotel in June 2011, just five months after it opened at the corner of Southside Boulevard and Gate Parkway. And he started spotting trouble right away.
Source: Business
Jaguars owner Shad Khan pledges up to $1 million at One Spark festival
Florida Business News
One Spark is getting a jolt from Jaguars owner Shad Khan.
Khan is pledging up to $1 million in capital investment for the ?creators? who present their technological innovations and artistic works at the upcoming One Spark festival in downtown Jacksonville.
Almost 300 people have registered so far to showcase their ideas at One Spark April 17-21.
Event spokesman Abel Harding said Khan?s support will ?give us an edge? in attracting more entrants, particularly from outside Northeast Florida.
Source: Business
Times-Union Media account executive joins Morris' President's Club
Florida Business News
Sometimes when they?re at lunch and his wife?s cell phone rings, Jimmy Moore wishes she?d let it go to voice mail.
He knows it won?t happen, though. Miranda Moore always picks up.
?Miranda is a workaholic,? Jimmy said. ?That?s part of what I love about her -- her drive and her determination.?
Source: Business
Got bullets? Or are you finding a shortage?
Florida Business News
Guns don?t fire unless you have ammunition. We're interested in what gun owners think about the supplies of ammo to local retailers on the First Coast.
Are you having trouble getting hold of ammo or are you stocking up on bullets? Contact staff writer Drew Dixon at 904-359-4098 or drew.dixon@jacksonville.com.
Source: Business
Jacksonville and other ports join auto group
Florida Business News
Jacksonville is one of three ports to join the Automotive Industry Action Group, a nonprofit organization of those involved in the supply chain. Jacksonville Port Authority, the Port of Baltimore in Maryland and the Georgia Ports Authority are the first ports to join the group and account for more than than half of the country?s import and export of finished vehicles.
They follow the lead of Norfolk Southern Corp., a major rail and intermodal company that joined the organization last year
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New clothing store coming to Avenues
Florida Business News
A'Gaci, a clothing store geared to teens and young women, will open this summer in The Avenues mall. It'll be the first A'Gaci in Jacksonville, actually the first between Orlando and Tennessee.
The chain has 40 stores nationwide and describes itself as a "one stop shop spot for today's modern, trendy, glamour girl."
It will be in 10,000 square feet formerly occupied by Gap and Aliza Clothing.
Source: Business