GAINESVILLE DOT finishes repairs to shopping area sinkhole A sinkhole 20 feet deep and 20 feet wide is officially fixed. The basketball-sized opening to the large hole was reported Aug. 4 in the Barry Better Menswear shopping center parking lot at the intersection of John Morrow and Pearl Nix parkways in Gainesville. Department of Transportation crews finished repairs Thursday, and the property owner is responsible for striping the parking lot, said to DOT district spokeswoman Teri Pope.