Kmart is gone, the site cleared and the Mandarin land is ready for The Home Depot to nail down a new store.
Jacksonville-based North Florida Waste Management & Demolition said Sept. 24 the 133,123-square-foot Kmart at 9600 San Jose Blvd. has been demolished and the site cleared.
The city issued a permit Sept. 6 for Ordner Construction Co. Inc. of Duluth, Georgia, as the general contractor for the demolition. Ordner also has a St. Petersburg office.
North Florida Waste Management was the subcontractor handling the demolition and McLain Site Solutions of Jacksonville also provided civil construction services such as grading and excavation.
The demolition job cost was listed at $400,000.
The Jacksonville City Council voted May 14 to rezone the site to allow The Home Depot to build a 133,123-square-foot store that includes a 25,225-square-foot garden center.
The Home Depot, based in Atlanta, proposes to build a 132,975-square-foot store at a construction cost of $8 million. The city is reviewing a building-permit application for Ordner Construction to build the project.
The Home Depot proposes to build a 106,367-square-foot store with a 25,074-square-foot garden center and other space.
The site is 11.64 acres along San Jose Boulevard, west of the intersection with Old St. Augustine Road.
Duval County Property Appraiser records show the Kmart building was developed in 1979.
Through Atlantic Mini-Storage of America Inc., Ash Properties paid almost $4.39 million for the property Dec. 1, 2015.
Discount retailer Kmart closed there in 2016 but continued to lease the property until parent company Sears Holdings Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2018.
Through Onoudidnt Inc., Ash Properties is leasing the property to Home Depot U.S.A. The lease, with an initial term of 20 years, took effect Nov. 14, 2023.
