Rocca Restaurant LLC, a company led by former Bistro AIX executive chef Tom Gray, paid $1.7 million for property in the Markets at Town Center in a sale recorded this morning.
State records show Rocca Restaurant LLC's managing member is TGRG LLC, whose managing member is Thomas R. Gray. The deed was executed Dec. 20.
The Daily Record reported in November that Gray, a founding partner, operating partner and executive chef of Bistro AIX since it opened in 1991, was moving on to open a new venture. Gray told The Florida Times-Union's Gary Mills he plans to build and open a new restaurant next year at the St. Johns Town Center.
The Markets at Town Center, next to the St. Johns Town Center in South Jacksonville, is under development by Pinehill Markets Operating LLC. Pinehill sold the property to Rocca Restaurant.
Mortgage documents show the property address is 4972 Big Island Drive, within the Markets at Town Center. Gray, as president of Rocca Restaurant LLC, signed the documents.