Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm
Reporter – News Analyst
January 10, 2018 3:42 p.m.
The Fernandina Observer welcomes the following businesses newly licensed to operate in our city last month:
| Business | Address | Owner |
| Premier Beach Rentals, LC | 1943 S. Fletcher Ave. | Rhona Walsch |
| Peter Cavasino | 2328 Sadler Road | Peter Cavasino |
| Technuity | 1622 Park Ave. | Kurt Marasco |
| Samuel J. Sutton | 2695 Forest Ridge Dr. | Samuel J. Sutton |
| Wicked Bao | 232 N. 2nd Street | Ming Yu Wu |
During December 2017, the city surveyed 344 permits, an increase of 40 from December 2016. This brought the city $288,012 in fees. Permits were issued for 17 new buildings. Roofing/re-roofing (52), Mechanical (50) and General Building -Residential (47) accounted for the highest number of permits by category.
During calendar year 2017, the city surveyed 4,085 building permits, compared to 3,571 for calendar year 2016 with new commercial and residential construction permits up to 196 from 157 in 2016.
A sampling of permitted building activity appears below.
New Construction: December 2017
| Owner | Address | Contractor |
| Artisan Homes | 2111 Shell Cove Circle | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Artisan Homes | 2158 Shell Cove Circle | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Artisan Homes | 2130 Shell Cove Circle | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Artisan Homes | 2194 Shell Cove Circle | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Harbor View Artisan LLC | 123 S. 3rd St. | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Harbor View Artisan LLC | 129 S. 3rd St. | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Harbor View Artisan LLC | 135 S. 3rd St. | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Harbor View Artisan LLC | 141 S. 3rd St. | TS Dennis Construction, Inc. |
| Nassau Habitat for Humanity | 917 S. 7th St. | Patrick McCarthy Construction |
| Nassau Habitat for Humanity | 919 S. 7th St. | Patrick McCarthy Construction |
| J Twenty-Nine Eleven LLC
(new dental office) |
960135 Gateway Blvd. | Crabtree Construction Co. |
| New Atlantic Builders | 233 Sargasso St. | New Atlantic Builders |
| Alisa Hawthorne | 402 Escambia Street | Skipper Construction Services, LLC |
| CMR Island Properties | 400 Elm Street | Cayman Builders, Inc. |
| Wm. & Laurie Jernigan | 2895 Landyns Circle | Coast Homes LLC |
| New Atlantic Builders | 2957 Riverbend Walk | New Atlantic Builders |
| Cellarius Capital | 2189 Safe Harbor | Lyons Pride, Inc. |
Miscellaneous – December 2017
| Type | Owner
|
Address | Contractor |
| Demo of house | Nicholas Villani | 211 S. 4th St. | Arwood Waste, Inc. |
| Construct commercial swimming pool | The Aspire at Amelia LLC | 649 Amelia Island Pkwy. | The Loyd Group, Inc. |
| Removal of existing sunrm/construct new porch/patio | Emerick & Ismerie Maurer | 2128 Whitfield Dr. | The Kirouac Group |
| Construct 2nd Story addition | Paul & Elizabeth Gibbs | 603 S. Fletcher Ave. | Tri-H Construction, LLC |
| Construct addition | Subba Rao | 1002 Ocean Oaks Dr. N. | CBI Cole Builders, Inc. |
| Construct interior renovation – Hampton Inn | Amelia Island Hotel Associates | 2549 Sadler Road | Consult 2 Build Inc. |
| Repair Piers | Edward Gaw | 1529 N. Fletcher Ave. | Just ‘N Windows & Doors, Inc. |
| Construct interior remodel | Anthony & Suzanne Salvatore | 3240 S. Fletcher Ave. | Phillip Smith Custom Homes |
| Install inground pool | Wm. & Christina Riddell | 2311 Yard Arm Way | Island Pools, LLC |
| Install/replace windows & doors | Wanda Catton | 3910 S. Fletcher Ave. | FL Restoration & Construction |
| Construct interior remodel | Wm. & Susan Thrift | 603 N. 15th St. | Intact Construction Mgmt. Group |
| Construct remodel & addition | Robin Gasparini & Kathleen Brow | 608 S. Fletcher Ave. | Donna Lynne Custom Homes |