A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer plan to buy and renovate two troubled apartment complexes on the Eastside the I-TEAM first exposed back in 2021 for unsanitary and unsafe conditions. It’s a deal that’s years in the making.
The I-TEAM initially found mice, roaches and piles of garbage at Eastside Terrace, and our report prompted Sen. Marco Rubio to bring his own team in to investigate both properties owned by Andrew Podray.– A Jacksonville nonprofit and a developer plan to buy and renovate two troubled apartment complexes on the Eastside theIt’s a deal that’s years in the making.
Miriam Patton, who has lived here on and off since the 1970s when she was 10, said he’s seen a lot of ups and downs.We’ve had people that come in and say they want to redo these apartments and fix them,” she said. “They come in for a while. And next thing we know they’re gone somewhere else somebody else is looking at it.”
His group recently unveiled a new playground across the street and is already redoing the historic Deb’s Store. It’ll be a grocery store with fresh produce and meats in an area that right now only has convenience marts. The plan is to run it locally and hire within the community.“Our process is to make sure that this is as the least amount disruptive as possible to current residents,” he said.
The I-TEAM reported the federal government fined Podray’s company $600,000 for the violations. He agreed to a settlement with HUD to sell the properties for a much smaller fine and he won’t own a HUD complex for at least 2 years. He claims As for Miriam Patton, she wants to stay at the complex, but she hopes for improvements, for every resident.
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