Gateway Jax has named JLL to lead leasing for a roughly 100,000‑sf Class A office at Pearl Square, the first multi‑tenant office to target NorthCore in decades.

Paris Baguette opened its first Northeast Florida café at St. Johns Town Center; the franchisee says more Jacksonville-area locations are planned.

A recently delivered Anderson‑DuBose cold‑storage warehouse at Westlake Industrial Park traded for $66.9M, highlighting robust demand for rail‑served refrigerated space in Jacksonville.

Live Oak aims to remake the former JEA headquarters at 21 W. Church St. into The Jewel at 21 West — about 180 mixed‑income apartments with retail and rooftop amenities. The deal still needs City Council approval and financing to move forward.

NASA is moving ahead with Artemis II preparations at Kennedy Space Center while Coast Guard personnel who secure the launch range continue to work without pay amid a DHS funding lapse.

A joint deployment at Jacksonville Beach ended in 13 arrests and multiple weapons and drug seizures, authorities say.

Infosys will acquire Jacksonville Beach-based Optimum Healthcare IT for up to $465M, adding provider-focused AI and cloud capabilities while preserving local leadership. The sale follows rapid growth and a notable apprenticeship program.

A missed paperwork deadline cost Jacksonville a $1M state grant for James Weldon Johnson Park; the city already spent that money on early design and monument work.

Glynn County police say a 72‑year‑old Brunswick man assaulted last Tuesday has died. Detectives have opened a homicide probe and are asking residents for tips and footage.

Jacksonville-based IQ Fiber launched service in Kent County, Delaware and pledged more than $150M in a phased buildout and a new Dover operations hub.

A woman in her 30s was shot Monday night in Jacksonville’s Springfield neighborhood and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police say a suspect was detained at the scene.

ENCORE Research Group is enrolling in Jacksonville for an early trial testing a potential one‑time gene‑editing treatment that aims to permanently lower LDL for people with inherited high cholesterol.

A Jacksonville man was arrested after falling from a 20-foot cliff into a Putnam County creek amid an alleged attack; deputies took him into custody at the scene.