Ecolab Inc. landed a permit to expand at Jacksonville International Tradeport by building out a structure it is leasing next door to its current facility.
Haskew Company Inc. will build out the 54,000 square feet of space at a cost of $570,348.
Ecolab spokesman Roman Blahoski said previously the company intends to expand into a new building at 13475 International Parkway this fall.
It is next to Ecolab’s leased 127,000-square-foot structure at 13500 Tradeport Circle E., which it occupied in September 2015.
Ecolab, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, provides water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services for global customers. One of its operating units serves the health care industry.
Blahoski, director of global communications, said the Tradeport expansion is because of growth in its health care business. He said there would be no increase in employment.
It also represents an expansion to a company approved in December 2014 for city incentives to move to the Tradeport.
Ecolab created more jobs than required. The city said the company retained the required 55 jobs but has created 70 new jobs, double the 35 needed for the grant. That puts its workforce at 125 employees.
Dallas-based developer Jackson-Shaw did a build-to-suit for Ecolab in that deal and also developed the new building, called International 4.