The University of Florida’s Board of Trustees approved a 22-acre site for the $300 million Jacksonville campus in the city’s downtown near several corporate headquarters — about 14 miles from the University of North Florida.

Promising to highlight accessibility and visibility, University of Florida Board of Trustees has agreed its new campus in Jacksonville will be located downtown, in the area surrounding the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.

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At a meeting on Thursday, a University of Florida Board of Trustees committee approved new policies regarding administrative hiring and consulting at UF, following reports of excessive spending by the university’s former president Ben Sasse.

The University of Florida has officially selected an area in LaVilla near the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center as the site for the school’s new graduate campus in Jacksonville.Action News Jax’s Ben Becker first reported Wednesday night that sources told him this would be the recommended spot.

Jacksonville has studied building a new convention center for years. The UF campus in downtown will require the city to decide in coming years.

Initial plans call for construction on two parcels north and northeast of the Jacksonville Terminal train station.

An urban core Jacksonville neighborhood on the rise will be boosted by a presence from the state’s flagship university. A committee of the University of Florida’s (UF) Board of Trustees decided to put the campus in the LaVilla neighborhood, setting the stage for a full board vote on Friday.

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