Eagle LNG Partners LLC’s liquefied natural gas site in North Jacksonville now is of interest for an industrial park.
Its neighbors include oil terminals, a paper plant and warehousing parks, including more proposed distribution centers.
The location, at 1632 Zoo Parkway, is drawing compatible interest.
City utility JEA issued a service availability letter Oct. 30 for the Zoo Parkway Industrial Park comprising two industrial buildings that total almost 700,000 square feet on 48.15 acres of the 200-acre site.
The request, made Oct, 21, does not mean there is deal. It means only that a project is being explored.
The JEA request includes a planning proposal dated Oct. 20 that identifies the site as Zoo Parkway Industrial Park.
A proposed site plan indicates those could be the first two phases of three.
The master plan by developer Merus and its Merus Architects in Nashville, Tennessee, shows a three-phase project comprising the proposed 421,120-square-foot Building 1 as Phase I and the 277,760-square-foot Building 2 as Phase II.
A Phase III is shown without a building designation.
Merus has not responded to requests for comment.
In more detail, Building 1 has 298 auto spaces, 72 truck doors, four drive-in doors and 106 trailer parking spaces.
Building 2 has 374 auto spaces, 36 truck doors, two drive-in doors and 53 trailer parking spaces.
The rest of site is labeled as detention and flood plain areas.
The request says the proposal is not a final site layout. “We have the potential to had additional loading bays should it be required by future tenants,” it says.
Merus is a designer, developer and builder of industrial, medical office, mixed-use, multifamily and office projects. It is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with offices in Nashville, Pittsburgh and Raleigh, North Carolina.
It changed its name in 2025 from AI. Neyer to Merus.
The CBRE real estate company has listed the site as a 227-acre property for sale, calling it industrial waterfront development.
It says it is zoned for industrial use, offers CSX rail access and deepwater with a 40-foot depth on the St. Johns River.
CBRE brokers listing the site have not responded to requests for comment.
North Jacksonville is the area’s second-largest concentration of industrial buildings, ranging from 34.2 million to 47.9 million square feet of space among real estate reports that have differing measurements. Vacancy rates were 7.5% to 9%.
West Jacksonville is considered the largest industrial area with 52.5 million to 53.9 million square feet at vacancy rate of 8.3% to 8.9%.