Kansas-based Flint Development can build an access road for its planned Airport Commerce Center.
The seven-member Jacksonville Aviation Authority board voted unanimously Aug. 7 to grant a nonexclusive easement for the project, allowing Flint and potentially other parties to have access to the JAA property for future development. JAA retains the right to use the land and grant additional access.
The 316-acre Airport Commerce Center site is west of Interstate 95 and Pecan Park Road, and south of Gold Star Family Parkway. Subema LLC of Tallahassee owns the property. Jacksonville-based England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer and Peacock Consulting Group LLC is the environmental consultant.
A JAA staff report says granting the easement benefits the authority by “unlocking development potential on the adjacent northern parcel.” It also improves connectivity to other JAA parcels accessible from Pecan Park Road and within the Subema development area, it says.
The Jacksonville City Council voted 19-0 in November 2024 in favor of legislation to rezone and provide a large-scale land use amendment for the project.
Rezoning changed the site from Public Building and Facilities-2, Public Building and Facilities-3 and Industrial Light to Planned Unit Development for light industrial use. The land use designation was amended from Agriculture and Public Buildings and Facilities to Light Industrial on about 229 acres.
A marketing flyer from brokerage firm Newark Phoenix Realty Group says construction is expected to break ground in the third quarter of 2025. The project is pre-leasing space.
Plans show seven buildings totaling about 2.3 million square feet, ranging from 141,960 to 1,019,520 square feet.
Subema has an environmental resources application under review with the St. Johns River Water Management District for mass clearing and grading. JEA is reviewing a service availability request.
According to FlintDevelopment.com, the company has more than $1.2 billion and 11.8 million square feet of industrial and multifamily developments under construction nationwide.
The Airport Commerce Center is not listed among them and would be Flint’s first Florida project. It says the developer has delivered more than $568 million and 7.44 million square feet of speculative industrial space in key markets.