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Property is owned by company managed by Deno Hicks and previously Aaron Zahn.
Plans proceed for the proposed 320,000-square-foot Lane Industrial Park at northwest West 12th Street and Lane Avenue North in West Jacksonville.
Civil engineering firm GAI Consultants Inc. requested site plan review March 18 from the Jacksonville Planning and Development Department Development Services Division.
Previously filed plans show two 160,000-square-foot multitenant warehouses on 23.85 acres. Plans show 356 off-street parking spaces. The two warehouse facilities are separated by a loading area. The property is owned by Legacy Industries of Jax LLC, Hicks
whose managing member as of Dec. 12 is Deno Hicks, according to the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations.
Records filed by law firm Peek & Associates show former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn as the manager as of Oct. 25.
The Peek & Misska firm filed an amended annual report Dec. 12 that lists Hicks as the managing member and reinstated Legacy Industries of Jax LLC as of Oct. 25, also listing Hicks in that position rather than Zahn. Legacy Industries paid $300,000 for the undeveloped 23.85-acre property April 24, 2018, in a purchase from CSX Transportation Inc.
A St. Johns River Water Management District application filed Feb. 20 shows Coral Gables-based Calix Holdings LLC, led by Rolando Ensinosa, as the applicant and Legacy Industries, led by Hicks, as the landowner.
Plans show Pan American Companies at the Calix address as the developer. State records show that Pan American’s director is former Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, now a member of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of governors.
Former Gov. Rick Scott appointed Lopez-Cantera as lieutenant governor in January 2014, succeeding Jennifer Carroll, who resigned the position in 2013. Voters elected LopezCantera to a full term with Scott in November 2014. Lopez-Cantera previously served as the Florida House Republican leader and Miami-Dade County property appraiser.
The project has been in review since the fall.
GAI requested that JEA review service availability for the project in September and received a response Oct. 1.
On March 3, the city calculated a mobility fee of $137,189 for the 320,000-square-foot building space and horizontal development. Hicks was Jacksonville managing partner of The Southern Group, a lobbying firm contracted by JEA and several Northeast Florida political candidates.
Hicks resigned from The Southern Group on Jan. 17. He registered his own consulting firm, River North Strategies LLC, with the state Jan. 22.
Zahn was fired with cause by the JEA board Jan. 28.
Area CVS stores plan renovations At least five area CVS Pharmacy stores are in line for almost $1.4 million in upgrades. In addition to new wall and floor finishes and millwork, work includes adding new self-checkout units. In Jacksonville, the city issued a permit for Diamond Contractors Inc. to renovate the CVS Pharmacy at 50 Duval Station Road in North Jacksonville at a cost of $225,000.
Jacksonville also is reviewing permits for a $300,000 remodel at 3634 Rogero Road; a $300,000 renovation at 4475 San Juan Ave.; and a $225,000 interior renovation at 4280 Southside Blvd.
St. Johns County issued a permit for a $310,000 renovation for CVS at 152 Front St. in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Starbucks works on area expansions Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. continues to buildout around the area. Among the most recent plans:
In Baymeadows Park, the city issued a permit for a $275,000 build-out of 2,500 square feet of shell space at 9379 Baymeadows Road. It’s a stand-alone building with a drive-thru.
In Boulevard Crossing, Starbucks applied for a building permit and a certificate of use for a 2,235-square-foot coffee shop at 5753 Beach Blvd., Unit 1, to seat 43 inside and 28 on the patio. No contractor is listed for the estimated $275,000 project. It appears to be an end unit. Starbucks now leases an inline space across the street.
In Saint Johns, St. Johns County issued a permit for Starbucks to build-out a 3,470-square-foot coffee shop and drive-thru at 495 Florida 13 N. at a cost of $190,000. The building is a former Burger King on 0.93 acres in the Fruit Cove area.
In the Lakewood area, the city is reviewing a buildingpermit application that indicates a $500,000 project of 2,553 square feet at 5640 San Jose Blvd. The site is a closed Shell gas station. Starbucks will have a patio and drivethru. An in-line Starbucks operates across the street.
Starbucks has been building stand-alone units or others that allow for a drive-thru to replace inline shops.
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