Circle K South Atlantic was approved to build-out in Regency where it plans to move its division office from Waycross, Georgia.
Jacksonville-based Duckworth Construction Co. is the contractor for the $219,399 project at 9485 Regency Square Blvd. Lane Architecture is the architect.
The city issued the permit Nov. 6.
The international convenience-store chain is building-out 11,147 square feet of space on the fourth floor of the five-story North Regency One building in the North Regency Executive Park.
Heather Risener, brand, communications and advertising manager for the Circle K South Atlantic Division, said Sept. 30 that the office will employ up to 60 people. Most live in the Jacksonville area or plan to relocate.
Risener said Circle K will post positions for open jobs.
She said the move tentatively is scheduled by the end of November, although that might be adjusted.
“We feel that moving our corporate office to Jacksonville provides us with opportunities across various portions of our Business Unit,” Risener said by email.
“With the International airport close by, it will be easier with inter-company vendor visits. We also feel that Jacksonville could better equip us with broader opportunities for our future growth.”
Risener said that with more than 100 Circle K stores in the Jacksonville area and “with everything Jacksonville has to offer” that “it makes perfect sense to call it our new home.”
Risener said Circle K has 13 divisional offices in North America, eight divisional offices in Europe and four in Canada.
She said the South Atlantic business unit division office will house corporate departments such as marketing, finance, facilities, fuel, human resources, IT, construction and real estate.
It supports 402 stores throughout North Florida and South Georgia.
Circle K is part of Alimentation Couche-Tard, a Quebec-based international owner of gas stations and convenience stores. Circle K’s U.S. headquarters are in Tempe, Arizona.
Circle K started in 1951 in Texas. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. bought the company in 2003.
Alimentation brands include Circle K, Kangaroo Express, Holiday and On the Run.
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s bought The Pantry Inc. in 2015 and rebranded Pantry’s area Kangaroo Express Stores as Circle K.
In early 2017, Circle K reached a deal to acquire the San Antonio, Texas-based gas station and convenience store chain, CST Brands. As part of the deal, Circle K acquired 1,146 CST Brands c-stores, 164 of them being Flash Foods stores operating in Georgia.