The city approved a $1.6 million interior demolition and renovation for Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. at its 720 Scotia Road terminal.
D.F. Chase Inc. is the contractor for the two-story, 7,630-square-foot office project.
It’s part of an expansion.
Old Dominion applied for a zoning administrative deviation in July to increase parking spaces from 23 to 67 and to change landscape requirements at 720 Scotia Road and 5311 Doolittle Road.
Old Dominion is based in Thomasville, North Carolina. Prosser Inc. is the project agent. The company had no immediate comment.
The deviation application said Old Dominion’s existing regional package and distribution facility comprises about 32,095 square feet and operates 24/7.
Old Dominion requested the deviation so it could add 13,320 square feet to the warehouse and make related improvements.
It said during typical work shifts, there will be about 25 full-time employees along with drivers and operators. The facility will operate a truck terminal cross-dock facility and accommodate drivers and operators as well as distribution and office employees.
The deviation request was approved and awaits a final order from the General Counsel’s Office.
Ikea announced Wednesday it will install three Blink electric vehicle charging stations at its Jacksonville store, scheduled to open this fall at Gate Parkway and Interstate 295.
Ikea has not announced an opening date.
The home-furnishings company said the initiative reflects the partnership between Ikea and Car Charging Group Inc., which owns the Blink Network and Blink EV charging stations and is the largest owner and operator of EV charging services with thousands of stations in 36 states and two countries.
Ikea said there are Blink EV charging units at 30 Ikea stores in the United States.
Jacksonville-based Gate Petroleum Co. applied for permits to build a Gate Express Carwash at 13940 Beach Blvd., near Hodges Boulevard.
Gate spokeswoman Misty Skipper said the company owns 11 sites designated for the Gate Express Carwash facilities and has six additional sites under contract for closings by year-end. Several more properties are in review.
Gate expects to open its first Gate Express Carwash, a new venture, in October or November at Collins Road and Interstate 295. A second is projected for the first quarter in Nocatee at Nocatee Parkway and Davis Park Drive.
There was no timeline for the remaining sites.
The company launched GateExpressCarWash.com with details about locations and services.
In addition to the Beach Boulevard, Collins Road and Nocatee sites, other locations designated for the car washes are Philips Highway at Florida 9B and Philips Highway at Emerson Street; off Monument Road at Kendall Town Boulevard; Baymeadows and Old Kings roads; Blanding Boulevard and Hyde Park Road; Beach Boulevard and Leon Road; Durbin Park in St. Johns County; and College Drive and County Road 220 in Clay County.
The designated and other identified sites are in Duval, Clay and St. Johns counties.
The tunnel system is designed for a four-minute car wash. The tunnels can accommodate five to seven cars at a time and drivers remain in their vehicles.
Customers also can use the free self-service vacuum bays. The car washes will operate 8 a.m. 8 p.m. daily.
Individual packages range from $5 to $20. Daily wash fast passes range from $14.99 to $29.99 a month.
