The city issued a permit April 4 for Insight General Contractors Inc. to convert the former Overby’s Inc. property at 2619 Philips Highway for lease to Standard Sand & Silica Co., which operates Surface Prep Supply in Jacksonville.
Insight will renovate the 18,556-square-foot building at a cost of $255,000. Davenport-based Standard Sand & Silica, which makes industrial sand, intends to relocate there from its operation at 600 E. Eighth St. near Springfield.
Surface Prep Supply sells abrasives, coating and athletic field products and rents and sells sandblasting equipment and supplies.
The new location previously housed Overby’s, which repaired luxury used cars.
The city issued a permit March 31 for Stellar Group Inc. to convert 12,000 square feet of refrigerated warehouse space to freezer space for Beaver Street Fisheries Inc. at 1741 W. Beaver St. at a cost of almost $3.57 million.
Beaver Street CFO Jeff Edwards said previously the project is an expansion of its seafood packaging operations.
It is converting an older and smaller freezer to production space.
Jax Metro, a division of Self-Help Credit Union, announced it opened a branch at 13134 Wolf Bay Drive in River City Marketplace.
Megan Nissley is the area branch manager. Breaking Ground Contracting built the office.