Off-price retailer Marshalls intends to renovate and lease the closed Staples store in St. Johns Town Center at a cost of $1.2 million after $415,000 of shell work in preparation.
Staples closed the office supplies and services store as of July 23.
The city is reviewing a permit application for Marshalls to build-out the 23,694-square-foot space, which is at 10261 River Marsh Drive.
Fox Design Group LLC of Solon, Ohio, is the agent.
Marshalls has six area stores in North and West Jacksonville, Mandarin, Jacksonville Beach, Orange Park and St. Augustine.
“Marshalls has not announced a new store for the Jacksonville location at this time,” Katie Babb, marketing supervisor of TJX Marshalls, said by email Aug. 17.
TJX acquired Marshalls in 1995. The TJX Companies Inc. also owns T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods and other brands.
The company, based in Framingham, Massachusetts, says it is the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide with more than 4,600 stores.
T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods have five area stores each.