Jacksonville approves next step in bringing UF campus to city

 Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority voted 6-0 Wednesday to begin a public notice process for a city-owned, roughly 2-acre surface parking lot next to the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center in LaVilla. A step tied to the University of Florida’s planned Jacksonville graduate campus. The vote approved a resolution directing staff to issue a 30-day “notice of disposition,” a required legal process that opens a window for other proposals before the city can finalize turning the property over as part of UF’s campus footprint.