Southside Kia is preparing to build a new dealership in the Atlantic North development at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards.
Morgan Automotive Group of Tampa owns Southside Kia that now operates at 9401 Atlantic Blvd., across from Regency Park Shopping Center and close to Regency Square Mall.
The new site, west of the Cinemark Jacksonville Atlantic North, is about 3.5 miles east among the dealership corridor from Regency Square Mall at Monument Road to Kernan Boulevard.
The project comprises a two-story automobile sales and service facility on Atlantic Boulevard and also fronting Abess Boulevard to the north.
Abess Boulevard runs west from Kernan Boulevard and loops south to connect to Atlantic Boulevard.
The city is reviewing civil engineering plans submitted Aug. 10.
Spring Engineering Inc. of Holiday is the civil engineer.
Plans show a 54,441-square-foot dealership on 6.57 acres that are now vacant.
The building comprises 48,373 square feet on the ground floor and 6,068 square feet on the second floor.
There also is a future 6,589 square feet of development on the second floor.
Jacksonville-based Sleiman Enterprises is the property owner. It intends to lease the land to Jacksonville SS Automotive Management LLC, led by Morgan Automotive Group Chairman Larry C. Morgan.
Through Morgan Automotive, SS Automotive owns the current 3.43-acre Southside Kia site at 9401 Atlantic Blvd.
Property records show that property comprises an 8,690-square-foot sales-showroom and 6,612-square-foot service garage built in 1982. A dealership car wash was added in 2021.
SS Automotive bought that property in 2017 from JBM Leasing LLC of South Carolina. The site was Coggin Honda as of the mid-1980s and then Coggin Kia and Southside Kia.
Coggin Honda Jacksonville moved to 11003 Atlantic Blvd. That dealership was built in 2001.