The Merrill Lynch bull statue may soon have a new permanent range at the Bank of America office campus north of The Avenues mall.
The city issued permits Feb. 20 for the foundation and the installation of the statue at 9000 Southside Blvd., at Building 400, at a combined cost of $55,500.
That comes about a month after the city issued a permit Jan. 21 for the statue to be removed and its foundation demolished at the bank’s Merrill Lynch campus at Deerwood Park North at a cost of $9,250.
Bank of America, which owns the Merrill investment and wealth management company, steered the statue to its campus at Gramercy Woods as the bank’s Merrill Lynch campus was sold to Intercontinental Exchange Inc.
ICE bought the 52.23-acre Merrill Lynch Deerwood Park North campus Jan. 13 from Bank of America for $42 million.
ICE is establishing its Mortgage Technology division headquarters in Jacksonville.
Bank of America chose to move the bull 6 miles south. The bull is considered a symbol of strength and optimism.
Infinity Engineering Group LLC of Tampa is the consultant and agent. Spartan Contracting Corp. of Tampa is the contractor.
Bank of America has been consolidating, expanding and upgrading its operations campus in the Gramercy Woods office park.
A recent drive around both campuses showed no sign of the bull at the ICE property nor at the Bank of America campus, indicating the bull was corralled in storage.