Wildlight Commerce Park in Nassau County continues to move ahead with three buildings, totaling 255,100 square feet of space, following a recommendation by the Nassau County Development Review Committee on June 10.
The committee recommended approval of civil plans that include warehouses with office space across about 24 acres. The DRC is a technical advisory board that makes recommendations to department heads before final approvals. It is not a decision-making body.
Pattillo Industrial Real Estate owns the Wildlight property along Florida 200, about a half-mile east of Interstate 95.
The three buildings are among six planned on Parcels A and B of the industrial park’s first stage.
Plans for Parcel A include a roughly 149,100-square-foot building and a 39,000-square-foot building, with a combined 123 parking spaces.
Parcel B calls for an approximately 67,000-square-foot warehouse with office space and 56 parking spaces.
In the second stage on Parcel C, six additional buildings are planned, including a proposed 400,000-square-foot facility known as Project Wildworks 1. Municipal utility JEA approved a service availability request for the project March 5 on behalf of a confidential prospect.
The project has not yet been submitted to the county for review.
England-Thims & Miller Inc. of Jacksonville is the civil engineer for all of the parcel projects.
Pattillo Vice President of Development Peter Anderson said March 6 the JEA request for Project Wildworks was made on behalf of a potential occupant.
“That prospect is a user/occupant for whom we would develop a building,” Anderson said.
“Wildlight Commerce Park is receiving good interest from prospective occupants, and we are evaluating the feasibility of constructing speculative space. No vertical construction has yet occurred,” he said.
Construction has not started on any buildings. “We hope to before summer begins,” Anderson said.
Raydient Places + Properties, a subsidiary of Rayonier, is the master developer of Wildlight. The community is planned for 11 million square feet of commercial space, 24,000 residential units, 1,100 acres of parks and more than 50 miles of trails.
Pattillo announced in November 2022 that it would develop the 1.5 million-square-foot, environmentally friendly Wildlight Commerce Park over 10 years as part of the community’s economic growth component.
Groundbreaking on Wildlight took place in 2016. The 2,900-acre first stage includes residential homesites, multifamily apartments, a town center, schools, and health and wellness facilities.