The first phase of the Powers Bay Business Center appears to be a 12,000-square-foot building on the 60-acre site at 14485 Philips Highway.
The city issued a Concurrency Reservation Certificate on Wednesday for the project. Civil engineering firm Waitz & Moye Inc. is the agent.
St. Johns River Water Management District filings show Powers Bay is planned as an almost 600,000-square-foot commercial park along Philips Highway south of Florida 9B and north of Race Track Road.
The district issued a permit in October for a stormwater management system to service a 61-acre commercial center to be constructed in three phases of development.
The center is led by applicant and landowner Frapag Powers Bay LLC and would start with two phases at a budget of more than $60 million, according to the district application.
Applicant John Zehmer with Frapag Powers Bay said Thursday he could not comment on the first phase and that he had no update on the previously filed plans, which he said were “highly conceptual”
The property is 1.7 miles south of Florida 9B along Philips Highway.
“Although we are optimistic that the U.S. 1 site will eventually mature into a highly desirable location for the planned project, we believe that a realistic timeline for development is in the five- to 10-year time frame,” Zehmer wrote in a July 8, 2016, letter to the district.
Zehmer said Thursday nothing was imminent.
The city issued a permit Thursday for United Parcel Service to build-out the 400,000-square-foot former Samsung center in Westlake Industrial Park at a project cost of $4.9 million.
Atlanta-based UPS will lease the structure, previously used by Samsung Electronics America Inc., for additional package-processing capacity while its hub expansion at Westside Industrial Park is under development.
Renovations are expected to be completed this fall in time for the holiday season.
UPS said in late July it is hiring about 1,600 new part-time positions across four shifts between the Jacksonville hub being expanded in Westside Industrial Park and the Westlake Industrial Park relief hub.
It said it is hiring through October, with a goal to have the package-sorting positions filled and trained by Nov. 1.
Candidates can visit upsjobs.com.
Westside Industrial Park is west of Interstate 295 and north of Pritchard Road. The Westlake Industrial Park relief center is at 12400 Presidents Court, west of Pritchard and Chaffee roads.
Nashville restaurant Edley’s Bar-B-Que announced Friday it has chosen Jacksonville for its first Florida location and will transform a former gas station into restaurant space in the historic Ortega neighborhood.
The 2,600-square-foot space is at 5344 Ortega Blvd. at Roosevelt Boulevard.
Edley’s said it plans to provide a large indoor dining area and an open patio.
CBRE associate Lara Bahri said that a nationally recognized eatery like Edley’s choosing Jacksonville as its fifth location “is a testament to the city’s growing retail market.”
Virginia and Todd Ogletree will own Edley’s Bar-B-Que in Jacksonville. Virginia Ogletree said the project will bring an old building “back to life.”
Edley’s Bar-B-Que is a family-owned business, named after the owner’s grandfather, Edley Newman.
The restaurant offers traditional barbecue menu items, such as brisket platters and pork sandwiches, as well as Mexican-inspired meals like catfish tacos and barbecue nachos.
The company said each location has a community atmosphere and a full bar offering craft beer on tap.
Bahri and Oliver Barakat, CBRE senior vice president, represented the Ogletrees. The landlord is First Coast Energy.