Mayor Lenny Curry said Thursday that Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s Shipyards proposal is an important deal for Jacksonville, but said it has to make “financial sense’’ for the city.
Khan unveiled his Shipyards proposal at a press conference last February, but talks have been slowed because of the pending mayoral election, among other factors. Curry, who took over July 1, seems ready to move forward now that he’s submitted his budget to the city council.
Khan’s proposal is a private-public partnership that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars on 48 acres of city owned property on the north bank of the St.