St. Johns County issued a permit Nov. 24 for McDonald’s to be built on a vacant outparcel at 240 Blackford Way at a project cost of $1.2 million.
The site is in the Winn-Dixie-anchored Shores Village Plaza shopping center off U.S. 1 in St. Augustine
The 3,859-square-foot restaurant is planned with 33 parking spaces and a dual drive-thru. Southland Construction of Apopka is the contractor.
McDonald’s USA LLC, based in Chicago, is the applicant. Jacksonville-based Ash Properties, through Splitsville LLC, owns the property. Integrity Engineering & Development Services of Dacula, Georgia, is the civil engineer and The Seyer Group, a Sarasota consulting firm, is representing the project. Ash Properties also owns Shores Village Plaza.
Elsewhere in the county, McDonald’s is planned at the Shops at Race Track Rd, which is under development. The county issued a building permit Aug. 19 for the 3,859-square-foot project at a cost of $1.44 million. The shopping center is under construction about 3 miles west of Interstate 95 and 4.5 miles north of County Road 210.
Davies General Contracting LLC of McDonough, Georgia, is the contractor. Bohler, an engineering company headquartered in Virginia with a Jacksonville office, is the civil engineer.
Houston-based developer Hunington Properties, through St. John’s at Racetrack LLC, is the landowner. Site plans show 38 parking spaces and a dual drive-thru.
McDonald’s was founded in 1954 in San Bernardino, California. A November earnings report released by the company says it has about 44,000 locations in more than 100 countries and that about 95% of its restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business owners.