The Strand at Town Center and The Crossing at Town Center appear to be bringing several more retail newcomers to Jacksonville.
PGA Tour Superstore, 2nd & Charles, Chuy’s restaurant and Goo-Goo 3 Minute Express Wash join previously reported Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill and Wawa as newcomers to town, according to a site plan.
That plan shows The Strand will include:
• PGA Tour Superstore, 2nd & Charles and Hobby Lobby as major inline tenants. Another anchor space and small shops also are on site plans, which indicate several letters of intent, lease negotiations and “initial interests” are in progress.
• Chase Bank, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Chuy’s restaurant, TD Ameritrade, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill and Moe’s Southwest Grill are show on separate parcels with executed leases or purchase-and-sale agreements. Several sites remain available.
• Ravella at Town Center apartments at the north end of the property. Developer Stanmore Partners of Houston intends to buy the land.
• An unidentified hotel that is indicated to have an executed agreement.
The Crossing is shown to include:
• Wawa, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and a PDQ restaurant.
• Goo-Goo 3-Minute Express Wash, which is in lease negotiations.
• Another site remains available.
Representatives of many of the newly identified retailers did not immediately return calls or emails Monday.
One that did is the PGA Tour Superstore. Matt Corey, chief marketing officer, said in an email the company continuously explores new locations and Jacksonville “represents a hotbed market for golfers.”
“We plan to open a new interactive retail destination in Jacksonville next year and will provide more details at a later date,” he said.
The company said those were the only details it could share now and did not state a location.
Owned and operated by Roswell, Ga.-based Golf & Tennis Pro Shop Inc., the PGA Tour Superstore sells golf equipment, apparel and accessories. It also offers repairs, lessons, events and other services.
Second & Charles is a division of Books-A-Million, whose real estate subsidiary is developing The Strand and The Crossing.
The store buys and resells items such as used books, CDs in original cases, video games, comics, iPads and iPods and vinyl records.
The nearest 2nd & Charles to Jacksonville is in Gainesville, while the closest PGA Tour Superstore is in Orlando.
Chuy’s, a restaurant company that offers Mexican food, is based in Austin, Texas. Its closest location is in Gainesville.
At The Crossing, Goo-Goo Express Wash Inc. is shown near a Wawa convenience store. The company, based in Columbus, Ga., has no locations in Florida.
PDQ, which sells chicken tenders and sandwiches as well as salads, wants to open in the early first quarter. The ownership will build and own the building while leasing the land.
Jeffrey Kamis, chief marketing and public relations officer, said the 3,300-square-foot restaurant will seat up to 100 customers and offer a drive-thru.
The joint venture that owns the area PDQ restaurants includes former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. The Crossing location will be the venture’s eighth restaurant, including three in the Jacksonville area.
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits said it will develop and own its building and lease the land. It expects to open in second quarter of 2018.
It will be one of ABC’s largest locations, about 14,000 square feet, to include a Brew Stop growler filling unit, wine taps for wine samples and a walk-in cigar humidor.
The Strand will be developed at northeast Gate and Town Center parkways. The Crossing is west of Gate Parkway and the juncture with Town Center Parkway.
Both are across from St. Johns Town Center and The Markets at Town Center.
The Strand is the larger piece of the property and includes the inline shopping-center stores, outparcels, apartments and a hotel. The Crossing comprises five outparcels of 1.31 to 2.16 acres.
PGP Jacksonville TC LLC, part of Preferred Growth Properties, bought the property, comprising 45 developable acres, in March from the Skinner family for almost $47 million.
Preferred Growth Properties is the real estate subsidiary of Birmingham, Ala.-based Books-A-Million.
Jacksonville-based Cantrell & Morgan Inc. represents the project.
Representatives of Preferred Growth Properties and Cantrell & Morgan could not be reached Monday for comment.
The Strand and Crossing aren’t the only new shopping centers along Town Center Parkway.
Core Property Capital of Atlanta is developing Town Center Promenade on almost 30 developable acres just north of The Strand. Land is being cleared there, too.
Retailers and restaurants there will include an Aldi food store and Newk’s Eatery and, new to Jacksonville, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews, Texas de Brazil Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse and Piada Italian Street Food.
Those are expected to open in spring 2017. The Shopping Center Group represents the Promenade.
Hotel and multifamily developments are expected, too.
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