Two weeks after site-clearing was approved and about a month after the land was bought, the city issued the construction permit Feb. 24 for the first Olive Garden Italian Kitchen in Jacksonville in more than 15 years.
Venture Construction Co. is the contractor for the $2.4 million project. The 7,847-square-foot restaurant is being built at 4995 Sweetgrass Place in Glen Kernan Park at northwest Butler and Hodges boulevards.
Darden Restaurants Inc. landed a site-clearing permit Feb. 12 from the city to clear almost 2 acres at a project cost of $20,000.