ULI North Florida’s 2014 Awards of Excellence

REUSE / REPURPOSE SECTOR

St. Augustine Distillery & Ice Plant (Winner)



In 2012, Phillip McDaniel, a local St. Augustine businessman, purchased the 100 year old St. Augustine Ice Plant and converted the building into a distillery and restaurant/bar. The historic St. Augustine Ice Plant was the first commercial ice production in the State of Florida. Constructed in two phases between 1917 and 1927, it served as a prototype model for Florida Power & Light which produced 17 more such ice plants throughout the state. The building is now home to both the St. Augustine Distillery and The Ice Plant Bar and Restaurant.


Aardwolf Brewery



Originally built in 1925 as an ice storage house, this San Marco building sat vacant for several years. The people at Aardwolf saw an opportunity to claim a space in a highly desirable location that could serve as both a brewery and a tap room. The location was selected for several reasons. Not only is the building located in the heart of a neighborhood excited by their product, the existing warehouse doors allowed for the easy installation of the vats and shipping of the beer. Like most assembly buildings in developed parts of Jacksonville, the building faced the challenge of having enough parking for its clientele. The parking area was designed to maximize the number of parking spaces, create a buffer for the building and parking against the railroad tracks and provide a bike rack for neighborhood use.

THE 2014 VISIONARY LEADER AWARD

Peter S. Rummell



For more than 40 years, Peter Rummell has been instrumental in the real estate development industry.  From beginning his career with the Sea Pines Company, developers of Hilton Head and Amelia Island, to his presidency of Disney Development Corporation, building over 20,000 hotel rooms and developing the town of Celebration, Florida, Peter Rummell has distinguished himself as a leader and innovator in the industry.  As chairman and chief executive officer of The St. Joe Company, Rummell led the transition of St. Joe from a regional manufacturing conglomerate focused on paper making to a dynamic real estate company and place-making community development company.

Peter serves as a Trustee for the Urban Land Institute and is the immediate past global chairman of ULI and the ULI Foundation. He also serves on the board of the Foundation for Florida’s Future.

Peter is a past chairman of the Florida Council of 100, and past chairman and a board member of The Alliance for World Class Education. He is also the immediate past chairman of the Jacksonville Civic Council. In 2005, Rummell was co-chairman of the Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee, which hosted Super Bowl XXXIX.

Peter is also the founder of One Spark, a crowd-funding creator’s event that launched in Jacksonville in 2013. This year’s event drew more than 600 creators and attendance neared 260,000 in downtown Jacksonville. One Spark is about connecting people with great ideas to the resources they need to make them a reality.

Peter Rummell is a true visionary leader, and has made North Florida a better place because of his contributions.

Source: Urban Land Institute (ULI) North Florida