Renzo DowneyMarch 31, 2020
1min283
Wind and scattered thunderstorms expected Tuesday.
Tag: Northwood CentreSouth Ocean Boulevard is staying closed for the time being.
Renzo DowneyMarch 31, 2020
Staff ReportsSeptember 7, 2018
2min301
An appellate court has granted a request for oral argument in a dispute between the owners of a Tallahassee office complex and several state agencies who bolted on the master lease. Dockets reviewed Thursday show an argument date of Oct. 9 before the 1st District Court of Appeal in a lawsuit over Northwood Centre, a […]
Peter SchorschJune 29, 2018
8min536
And here we go again. Another ill-fated plan to save a failed development with taxpayer dollars. This story from the Tallahassee Democrat has two agencies (Department of Children and Families and the Department of State) moving into another failed shopping center. Let’s not forget what happened just a few years ago when state agencies were forced […]
Jim RosicaOctober 21, 20163min312
A Leon County circuit judge this week denied the state’s request to dismiss a case in which owners of a Tallahassee office complex — once described as a “biological hot zone” — are suing several agencies for abandoning their leases. Circuit Judge Karen Gievers‘ order, signed Monday, was entered into the court record Thursday. She instead told the parties […]
Jim RosicaJune 9, 20165min372
At first, it looked like a slam dunk. An appeals court Thursday said the Department of Corrections isn’t liable for breaking a lease Brevard County because the rent money wasn’t in the state budget. That sounded like it could take the legal steam from another ongoing dispute between owners of a Tallahassee office complex and several state agencies […]
Jim RosicaApril 19, 2016
3min313
Don’t try to renew your driver’s license online the weekend of May 6-8. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) will be offline then as it moves its computers and other equipment to a new home, the agency said in a Tuesday news release. The move begins 8 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Friday, […]
Florence SnyderMarch 30, 20167min166
In Greek mythology, Ajax is known as the guy who raped the prophetess Cassandra. In Tallahassee, Ajax is known as the absentee landlord of Northwood Centre, a state office building so sick with mold and bat poop that Gov. Rick Scott took the extraordinary step of cutting off rent payments and relocating 1,500 state employees. […]