Argentina-based logistics company Axionlog wants to expand its North Jacksonville cold- and dry-storage warehouse, which it completed in 2022 at northwest New Berlin and Faye roads.
Plans show Axionlog built a 38,375-square-foot building on a 44.7-acre site at 11370 New Berlin Road where it proposes a 59,336-square-foot expansion and associated pavement and site work.
The expansion boosts the project to 97,711 square feet, which tracks its initial plans to start with freezer and dry storage space designed for expansion to almost 105,000 square feet.
The city is reviewing a site-clearing permit for the expansion at an estimated project cost of $575,000.
JAX Chamber announced in December 2019 that the logistics company would establish a consolidation/distribution facility in Duval County and start with 25 jobs.
Pre-pandemic, JaxPort announced Feb. 25, 2020, that Axionlog chose it as the port of choice to ship its U.S.-manufactured exports bound for Latin America.
JaxPort said Axionlog intended to open the warehouse by early 2021 and that the 38,000-square-foot facility was expected to expand to 100,000 square feet and create 60 jobs within five years.
That initial time frame was affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which led to shutdowns in March 2020.
The city approved a $2.9 million permit June 14, 2021, for Axionlog to build the cold and dry storage warehouse.
V. Paulius & Associates of Allendale, New Jersey, was the contractor for the initial project and is listed as the project on the expansion.
The city had issued permits totaling $125,000 for site clearing on 16.53 acres, foundation construction and other work.
Axionlog, a global restaurant supplier, proposed to build a $15 million warehouse.
The “2020 Distribution Center for Axionlog Cold Solutions” plans showed freezer, cooler and dry-storage space connected to cool-dock and dry-dock space and an office.
Landowner Faye Road Associates LLC, associated with V. Paulius & Associates, is the landowner.
Axionlog is a full-service logistics provider that manages the transportation of restaurant supplies, including food, flatware, and paper and plastic products for some of the world’s largest fast-food chains, according to JaxPort.
The distribution center was designed to consolidate, sort and store products to be exported through JaxPort. The site is near the Blount Island Marine Terminal.
JaxPort said Axionlog planned to start importing products for domestic distribution by 2022.
Axionlog.com says it is a global supply chain manager with more than 60 food-market customers in Latin American countries. It says it operates 24 distribution centers with more than 1,700 employees.
It lists Dairy Queen, McDonald’s, Subway and Quiznos among its customers.