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There are 12 Amazon facilities open, announced or in review in Northeast Florida.
City OKs $41 million Amazon system
The online retailer intends to open the 500-job North Jacksonville fulfillment center in the fall. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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Park 295 Industrial Park is in Northwest Jacksonville at Interstate 295 and Duval Road about 4 miles south of Jacksonville International Airport. APR Energy will join tenants Ulta Beauty, Quiet 3PF and Sarnova in Building B along Ignition Drive.
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
The company that provides power plants is building out 42,038 square feet of space.
APR Energy is downsizing its Jacksonville presence, moving from a North Jacksonville facility to a smaller location in Park 295 Industrial Park. It will leave a more than 186,000-squarefoot building in NorthPoint Industrial Park for a roughly 42,000-square-foot space in Park 295. Jacksonville-based APR, founded in 2004, provides power plants on a fast-track basis around the world. APR Energy was publicly traded before a buyout by a group of private equity firms in 2016. APR was sold again in February 2020 for $750 million to Atlas Corp., a publicly traded Hong Kong-based holding company. The sale came several months before APR founder John Campion died in October at the age of 57. He was diagnosed with acute
myeloid leukemia in 2018. His obituary said Campion retired as executive chairman of APR Energy in 2019, after the diagnosis, but continued to serve as its chairman. APR and Atlas have not responded to a request for comment. The city is reviewing a permit application for APR Energy to build-out 42,038 square feet of space in Park 295 at 2619 Ignition Drive, No. 4, at an estimated cost of $500,000. The park is in Northwest Jacksonville at Interstate 295 and Duval Road. The move to Park 295 fills up that development’s first structure, Building B. APR Energy joins tenants Ulta Beauty, Quiet 3PF and Sarnova. SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
The city issued a permit April 26 for Amazon.com to install a material handling system in its 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center under construction in North Jacksonville at a cost of $41 million. Vanderlande Industries Inc. of Marietta, Georgia, is the contractor for the project at 10501 Cold Storage Road in Imeson Park. The city also is reviewing a permit application for installation there of a free-standing rack pick module at a project cost of almost $14 million. The systems total a construction cost of almost $55 million. In September, the Seattlebased online retailer announced it will open the 500-job Jacksonville fulfillment center in fall 2021 to pick, pack and ship small items, including apparel, accessories and footwear. KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD.COM @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
St. Johns site identified for Daybreak Market A third Daybreak Market is identified for the area. St. Johns County is reviewing plans for a 4,800-square-foot convenience store and fueling canopy on 2 acres at 30 Beachwalk Drive in Saint Johns. Beachwalk Retail Center LLC, comprising PEBB Enterprises and Falcone Group, is the property owner. Daybreak Market is a new gas station and convenience store brand in Northeast Florida. Two are in review in Mandarin and in Southwest Jacksonville. Daybreak’s principal address is in Boca Raton and its mailing address is in Banning, California.
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