Walmart will remodel its Regency- area supercenter at 9890 Hutchinson Park Drive, similar to the pending renovation of its Mandarin location at 10991 San Jose Blvd.
Both are $500,000 projects, according to permit applications filed with the city.
The projects are described as general remodeling, including interior and exterior maintenance, equipment repair and replacement.
Walmart Stores East LP, part of Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart, is listed as the owner. PB2 Architecture and Engineering, of Rogers, Arkansas, is the architect.
The San Jose store in Mandarin was built in 1987, while the Regency location was developed in 2005.
A Walmart media representative could not be reached Monday for comment.
BusinessInsider.com reported in May that Walmart is making a multimillion dollar investment in remodeling more than 400 U.S. stores to improve the in-store pickup experience for online shoppers.
It said the remodeling efforts would move pickup service locations to the front of stores and add lounge areas for customers waiting for their orders.
It reported that the investments also include merchandising changes to broaden grocery selections and bring in more fresh and organic products.
Jacksonville-based Hanania Automotive Group entered the Birmingham, Alabama, market with the purchase of Iron City Ford. Birmingham is the hometown of founder and CEO Jack Hanania’s wife, Debbie.
Iron City Ford is the first Ford dealership for Hanania Automotive Group, which operates 13 dealerships in the Jacksonville area.
Hanania, a Jacksonville native, started his automotive career in 1984 as a salesman.
Hanania Automotive Group also operates dealerships in South Florida, Estero, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Its 17th dealership – Hanania Audi Jacksonville – will open soon in East Arlington.
His dealerships include Acura, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Fiat, Genesis, Honda, Hyundai, Maserati, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Volkswagen and Infiniti.
Hanania also bought the historic Dyal-Upchurch Building at 6 E. Bay St. Downtown in December.
Prime Realty Inc. is handling leasing for the six-story building.
A leasing brochure from Matthew Clark with Prime Realty says Hanania’s group “plans to continue to modernize and restore the building for future generations.” The leasing rate is $17 a square foot.
HomeGoods appears to be coming to the Villages of Amelia in Nassau County.
Plans filed with the St. Johns River Water Management District show that Sleiman Enterprises, through Villages of Amelia LLC, wants to develop the final phase of the center with inline retail development, two outparcels and a parking lot.
The center, anchored by Publix Super Markets Inc., is at Florida A1A and David Hallman Parkway. The final phase inline retail includes a proposed 20,053-square-foot HomeGoods and two unidentified tenants of 9,014 and 6,031 square feet of space.
Baker Klein Engineering is the civil engineer.
• Kohl’s Department Stores Inc. will replace the façade of its store at 11824 Atlantic Blvd. at a cost of $300,000. It was built in 2005 at the Atlantic West Shopping Center.
• Brierwood Village at 8661 Old Kings Road S. is remodeling its façade at a cost of $230,000.
• The Residence Inn Jacksonville applied to the city for a permit to renovate its 120 guest rooms and corridors at a construction cost of $2.7 million. The three-story hotel, at 10551 Deerwood Park Blvd., was built in 1997. It’s a Marriott brand.