Miami-based investor Ramon Llorens extended his Downtown and Talleyrand area property holdings with the Sept. 9 purchase of 1.72 acres near EverBank Stadium
Through Amkin Duval LLC, Llorens paid $2.72 million for the property among six parcels north and south of East Duval Street between Talleyrand Avenue and Parker Street.
The land about a 0.2-mile distance across the Hart Expressway ramps from EverBank Stadium. It appears to be in the city’s Sports & Entertainment District.
Amkin Duval bought the property from Brennan Iron Works Inc., which sold five parking lots along with a 0.75-acre site at 1701 E. Duval St. comprising three warehouse-storage buildings, developed in 1985, 1986 and 1997, that total about 23,400 square feet.
That site is shown online as the address for Brennan Rental Equipment.
State corporate records show that Gary Moore, James Moore and Martha Moore are the officers of Brennan Iron Works Inc. Record show the company was incorporated Jan. 1, 1981, at 1701 E. Duval St. and filed its latest annual report March 5, 2025.
Brennan Rental Equipment is shown on its Facebook page as a construction and industrial maintenance equipment rental. There was no answer Sept. 14, a Sunday, at its listed phone number.
Llorens properties
Llorens owns properties on the Downtown Northbank and Southbank as well as industrial property in North Jacksonville.
He also owns other Talleyrand property, including the former Ford plant property along the St. Johns River.
As of June, Talleyrand land largely owned by Amkin Hill Street LLC, controlled by Llorens, appeared to be under consideration for redevelopment with an office-warehouse.
Only the outline of details were available in a June 19 service availability determination request to city utility JEA, which issued the availability letter July 3.
The project is titled Amkin Talleyrand Office/Warehouse.
A JEA request means a project is being explored, and does not mean a deal is done or in negotiation.
The land comprises 17 parcels, according to the request.
They make up about 9.7 acres bordered clockwise from the south by the Mathews Bridge, Talleyrand Avenue, Wambolt Street and Hill Street. The property consists of vacant industrial property and some buildings.
It does not appear that the land where the Ford plant was demolished in 2023 is involved.
Goodson Bergen & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. of Jacksonville submitted a request that described the project as a warehouse, without a square footage noted, but with 24 bay doors and 20,000 square feet of office space.
The availability letter said the main utility services should be served off Wambolt Street, Hill Street or Talleyrand Avenue.
Kasper architects + associates of Jacksonville said June 23 it is the architect and plans are for two 70,000-square-foot dock-high warehouses.
Two of the smaller parcels among the 17 are owned by a Jacksonville investor.