A grocery store that matches the operations of Harris Teeter continues in regulatory reviews for the Atlantic North shopping center in East Arlington.
The city issued a mobility fee calculation certificate Aug. 5 determining that a fee of $459,794 would support the traffic and transit impacts of 64,404 square feet of an inline grocer on 3.71 acres in the shopping center.
Atlantic North is at 11901 Atlantic Blvd. at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards
No grocer is identified, but two others that would fit the description – Publix and Winn-Dixie – said previously it was not either of them.
An overall site plan shows a shell of 61,294 square feet with an adjacent 3,200-square-foot space previously identified as a liquor store. Dimensions can change through the permitting process.
The site plan shows the grocery shell area between Academy Sports + Outdoors and LA Fitness. That space is now grassed land, so the supermarket would be built between those retailers.
The plan also shows a pharmacy drive-thru in the front of the store; a generator, truck well, trash compactor and asphalt behind the store; and pickup lanes in the parking lot near the front of the store
Dominion Engineering Group Inc. in Jacksonville is the planner and engineer.
Jacksonville-based Sleiman Enterprises owns Atlantic North.
Dominion and Sleiman affiliate Property Management Support Inc. applied for the mobility fee calculation July 29, 2025.
Store is larger
The size of the store is larger than shown in previous development applications.
City utility JEA issued a service availability letter June 13 detailing the water, sewer and electric connections for a 59,000-square-foot inline grocer and an adjacent 3,200-square-foot liquor store at the property.
A service request means a project is being explored and not that there is a done deal.
Sleiman Enterprises’ site brochure for the property shows a “future build area” in the inline space with no identified tenant.
The JEA site plan says the project plan is for Bondurant Associates.
Bondurant Associates, Engineering & Architecture of Portsmouth, Virginia, provides services for architecture, structural engineering and site development planning and permitting.
Bondurant says on its website that its private sector clients include Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Kash ‘n Karry, Kroger, Winn-Dixie, Ingles, Goodmark Foods and BI-LO.
Owned by Kroger
Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. owns Harris Teeter and has established a delivery network in the state, including Northeast Florida.
Harris Teeter has one Florida store in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island. That store is 55,000 square feet with a pharmacy.
Harris Teeter has been known in the market for more than 20 years, although it closed a store in Mandarin in 2004 and in Ponte Vedra Beach in 2006.
Kroger bought North Carolina-based Harris Teeter Supermarkets in January 2014.
Kroger launched Kroger Logistics in 2021 with a hub in Groveland in Central Florida and spoke locations, including in North Jacksonville. It has not opened any Kroger-branded stores.
Another clue to Harris Teeter is that Sleiman Enterprises is exploring development of a gas station along the south side of Atlantic Boulevard, not far from Atlantic North.
Harris Teeter operates Harris Teeter Fuel Centers.
JEA issued a service-availability letter July 31 for the unidentified brand on 3.44 acres directly across Atlantic Boulevard from its intersection with Abess Boulevard, which runs north and behind Atlantic North, connecting with Kernan Boulevard.
Jacksonville civil engineering firm Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. was the applicant for the request submitted July 25.
A Harris Teeter spokesperson responded July 29 with the same quote provided June 25 when asked about the potential grocery store:
“We only speak to locations where we are currently operating a store or have executed a lease for a future site.”
One store in Florida
The HarrisTeeter.com site shows 74 gas stations in the five states of Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, with the bulk in its home state of North Carolina.
The Amelia Island grocery store has a Harris Teeter gas station nearby. Nassau County issued a permit Oct. 9, 2020, to remodel the 5,880-square Flash Foods on 1.68 acres at a project cost of $350,000 for a Harris Teeter Fuel Center.
A Harris Teeter spokesperson responded July 29 with the same quote provided June 25 when asked about the potential grocery store:
“We only speak to locations where we are currently operating a store or have executed a lease for a future site.”
Atlantic North has two gas stations with RaceTrac and 7-Eleven.
Firms associated with the project, including Sleiman Enterprises, have declined comment or did not respond.