City permits construction of Love’s Travel Stops near Amazon center

The project is planned on almost 17 acres at 12921 Duval Road in Northwest Jacksonville.


Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. plans to develop a location at 12921 Duval Road.
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. plans to develop a location at 12921 Duval Road.
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The city issued a permit March 30 for Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. to develop a location in Northwest Jacksonville at a construction cost of almost $3.5 million.

Harris United Contracting LLC of Greenwood, Arizona, will build the 12,772-square-foot project on 16.65 acres at 12921 Duval Road.

The  Love’s is across the street from the Amazon fulfillment center near Jacksonville International Airport.
The Love’s is across the street from the Amazon fulfillment center near Jacksonville International Airport.

Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Love’s Travel Stops plans a convenience store, restaurant and fuel services for cars and tractor-trailers.

Plans show a travel stop, fueling stations, a convenience store, a Bojangles Inc. restaurant, a Speedco Tire Shop, a dog park, truck scales and auto, RV and truck parking.

Love’s Travel Stops paid $2.77 million for the property Oct. 20, 2021, along Duval Road at Interstate 295. It bought the land from FKP Ltd. of Jacksonville. 

Harrison French & Associates Ltd. of Bentonville, Arkansas, is the architect and engineer. 

The site is near the Amazon.com fulfillment center.

The site plan for the Duval Road Love's.
The site plan for the Duval Road Love's.

 

 

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