Saturday, October 27, 2012

Port to sell land to Keystone Coal - South Florida Business Journal:

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owner Tom Scholl will pay $6.6 million for the propertyu and pay hisown attorney’s legal fees of $6.6 which the authority was ordereed to pay. Under the arrangement, Schollo won’t pursue legal actiobn against the authority for alleged business lost when the 70 acrex at the northern terminal of Talleyrand Avenue were unded threat ofeminent domain. Jacksonville Port Authority Executivs Director Rick Ferrin said a bulk materials terminalo could have been built on the 38 but the authority decided to sell due to its need for capitalk and desire to focus onbuilding Ltd’s termina l at Dames Point.
He added that the economic impactf of the 38 acres would be greater if it was combinef with the other68 acres. Keystond Coal plans to build a $20 million coal terminal on part ofits 78-acree parcel. The authority bought the 38 acrex forabout $5.7 million from Jax LLC. Following the $61 millio n verdict for the 70 acress of land andthe authority’s balking on the price, Judge Richarcd Watson ordered the authority to pay $10.5 milliohn to lawyers who defended Keystone. Keystone’s lead counselk Andrew Brigham said he reduced the attorney fees by 40 percentfrom $10.t5 million to better help Keystone and the authority reacgh a deal.

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