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Closed Kmart becoming drive-thru self-storage
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The city issued a permit Feb. 10 for the $3.36M construction project on Beach Boulevard.
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East San Marco at southeast Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue will be anchored by a 39,000-square-foot Publix Super Market with the grocery on the second floor of a two-story building with parking on the ground level.
tom at a cost of $7 million. ■ A two-story retail building totaling 8,665 square feet at $1.25 million. ■ A one-story retail building of 9,951 square feet at $1.2 million. ■ A one-story 1,430-square-foot Publix Liquors store at $250,000. Jacksonville-based Regency Centers Corp. applied for the construction permits Oct. 16. The site also has surface parking. Regency Senior Manager of Communications Eric Davidson said Feb. 4 the company will have a private groundbreaking ceremony. “We are just planning to hold one later this month with quotes and photos with a select group because of COVID precautions,” he said. Regency Centers and England-Thims & Miller Inc. submitted civil engineering plans to SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
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Site work has been underway at East San Marco and now the project can take another step forward as the city issued four construction permits.
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
The city issues four construction permits for the Publix-anchored shopping center.
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The city issued a permit Feb. 10 for Rapid Building Solutions LLC to build-out the closed Beach Boulevard Kmart for a drive-thru self-storage at a project cost of $3.36 million. Partners affiliated with the Florida-based self-storage construction company bought the store at 5751 Beach Blvd. in early 2020 to introduce the concept. The permit is for 125,632 square feet of interior build-out. Wayne Brodrick, vice president of sales and operations for Rapid Building Solutions, said in February 2020 that his group estimates a $7 million investment in the purchase and renovation. Before the pandemic, he expected it to open last summer. COVID-19 led to shutdowns in March. “This building is going to look first-class,” he said then. He said the building will be renovated into a drive-thru selfstorage facility. Customers will enter the building through a remote-access high-speed commercial rollup door, drive to their unit and drive out when completed. The building will be climatecontrolled. There will be a main drive-thru and internal hallways. He said the 800 units in the one-story building will range from 5-by-5 lockers to 15-by-30 drive-up units. Storage Units Jacksonville LLC, led by Rapid Building Solutions LLC in Winter Garden, paid $3 million in January 2020 for the 108,341-square-foot building
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With site preparation well underway, Regency Centers Corp. now has the construction permits to build the East San Marco retail center that will be anchored by Publix Super Markets Inc. The city issued four permits Feb. 9 for J. Raymond Construction Corp. to build the retail center at total construction costs of $9.7 million. The development cost will be higher when other work, including interior build-out, is approved. East San Marco is at 2039 Hendricks Ave. The city issued the horizontal work permit in December for the 3.25-acre site at southeast Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue. Permits issued Feb. 9 show: ■ A two-story building totaling 76,588 square feet, topped by a 39,000-square-foot Publix on the top floor and parking on the bot-
BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS
First Baptist issued permit for $1.78M renovation The city issued a permit Feb. 5 for Williams & Rowe Co. Inc. to renovate the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville Lindsay Memorial Auditorium Downtown at a cost of $1.78 million. Plans say the scope of work at the 125 W. Ashley St. auditorium includes the interior backof- house remodel, auditorium carpet, painting, lower floor pews, new toilet rooms and a new choir loft area. Pew seating at the main level of the sanctuary will be installed to replace the theater seats. Plans show the existing occupancy load of 1,089 will drop to 915.
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