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Editor’s note: The following story appeared in The Florida Times-Union and Citizen on May 4, 1901.
In the face of a conflagration literally appalling in its destruction that began in this city at 12:30 p.m. yesterday, it is yet, of course, impossible to state with accuracy the amount of loss or the insurance.
The plans of the city, as prepared by the city surveyor, shows that 130 blocks were burned up and a part of one other block. The estimate of residences to the block in the residential district of the city is ten, and in the business section of the city the blocks were built solid.
06:25 PM EST Share The for-sale residential project was meant to complement the city’s plans to build Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park in the historic Downtown neighborhood.
The Vestcor Companies Inc. has abandoned plans to build town houses in LaVilla, but the project could gain a familiar new developer.
Documents released March 5 by the Downtown Investment Authority state Vestcor will not proceed with the 88 for-sale town houses it planned for the Downtown community, but a partnership of JWB Real Estate Capital and Corner Lot Development is interested in the site.
The city narrowly selected Vestcor for the project over JWB and Corner Lot in 2019.
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