{"id":233134,"date":"2026-04-15T19:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233134\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:20:11","slug":"uf-selects-edgemoor-to-lead-construction-of-first-jacksonville-campus-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233134\/","title":{"rendered":"UF selects Edgemoor to lead construction of first Jacksonville campus building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Florida\u00a0recently announced that it\u00a0has\u00a0chosen\u00a0Maryland-based Edgemoor Infrastructure\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Real Estate to lead the\u00a0initial\u00a0$287.5 million phase of construction\u00a0for its new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jax.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">graduate campus in Jacksonville<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0Monday\u00a0press release, UF\u00a0said the\u00a0selection\u00a0of Edgemoor, which is based in Bethesda, Maryland,\u00a0comes after\u00a0a\u00a0\u201ccompetitive\u00a0process\u00a0that drew strong interest from development teams nationwide.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the release, Edgemoor\u2019s teammates feature a mix of local and national partners such as Clark Construction, Auld &amp; White Constructors, OJB\u00a0Landscape Architecture, HOK, PQH Group Design, England-Thims Miller, Coastal Connections Group and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Become A Member<\/p>\n<p>Mainstreet does not have a paywall, but pavement-pounding journalism is not free. Join your neighbors who make this vital work possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdgemoor and their team bring an excellent track record of executing transformative higher education projects on campuses throughout the country,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Mori\u00a0Hosseini, chair of the UF Board of Trustees,\u00a0in the release. \u201cThe\u00a0initial\u00a0UF projects are dynamic and interdisciplinary, and this required engaging\u00a0a partnership team that will challenge convention and drive decision-making across the university.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The release notes that the first building will anchor\u00a0the\u00a0campus in the\u00a0historic\u00a0LaVilla neighborhood in downtown Jacksonville.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the UF Board of Trustees\u2019 Feb. 23 meeting agenda, local and state leaders, along with university donors, provided UF with over $300 million to fund the development of a campus in Jacksonville.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the\u00a0city\u00a0of Jacksonville\u00a0has committed over\u00a020 acres\u00a0of land\u00a0\u201cand tens of millions of dollars toward construction\u201d of the campus,\u00a0the release said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelecting a preferred developer is a critical step as we move from planning to execution,\u201d UF interim President Donald Landry said in the release. \u201cWe are excited to work with Edgemoor to deliver a facility\u00a0that reflects UF\u2019s excellence and meets the needs of students,\u00a0faculty\u00a0and industry partners.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The release noted that initial programs for the Jacksonville are expected to start in existing facilities this year, \u201cwith new construction to follow as the campus expands.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe broader vision includes advanced graduate programs in areas such as business, health care and emerging technologies, positioning Jacksonville as a center for innovation and talent\u00a0development, further strengthening professional opportunities locally and for the state of Florida,\u201d the release said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Florida\u00a0recently announced that it\u00a0has\u00a0chosen\u00a0Maryland-based Edgemoor Infrastructure\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Real Estate to lead the\u00a0initial\u00a0$287.5 million phase of construction\u00a0for its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-233134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}