NEW YORK: The Record has reached an agreement to add the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and St. Johns Volunteers! as tenants of the building, effective Dec. 1.
Customers of The Record will still be able to access the building during normal business hours just as before. Operations for the newspaper at the building will remain unchanged.
Record publisher Delinda Fogel said she’s comfortable with The Record’s alignment with its new tenants.
“It was just a nice fit,” she said. “The three entities, we all want to make St. Johns County a better place.”
Due to the size of The Record’s office, the company has a history of leasing space to others. Currently, the radio station 105.5 FM The Beach, owned by Flagler Broadcasting, broadcasts from the building. Episcopal Children’s Services is a former tenant.
“We just need to make the best use of the asset we have,” Fogel said.
The Chamber recently sold its building at 1 Riberia St. and will be moving into The Record building while it transitions into a new way of operating.
“We are eager to move into a more suitable office space in the St. Augustine Record building,” said Isabelle Rodriguez, president of the Chamber, in an email. “We are working diligently and making great progress on our three-year plan to modernize the Chamber’s programs and services.
“The sale of our St. Augustine office and our move into what will likely be a temporary space is one more step toward our goal of creating a co-work concept space for our members, staff and the business community at large.”
