Months after plans to build a Chick-fil-A in a North Jacksonville’s neighborhood appeared to go cold amid opposition from residents of the area, the property owner is trying again with what appears to be an identical plan to one city planners said a year ago they would recommend denying.
Property owner RBSSSS LLC has applied for rezoning to Planned Unit Development to allow construction of the double drive-thru restaurant on a vacant 1.39-acre site between Duval Station and Lady Lake roads near the Publix-anchored and -owned Duval Station Centre. Legislation on the rezoning, Ordinance 2023-0856, was filed in mid-December and has started making its way through the City Council legislative process.
RBSSSS is managed by Ramzy Bakkar, president of the Bakkar Group in Jacksonville Beach. Documents included in the rezoning application say the developer is Chick-fil-A in Atlanta.