The area’s grocery store shuffle might involve Point Meadows shopping center at northwest Interstate 295 and Baymeadows Road.
City power provider JEA issued a service availability letter Feb. 2 for the “Point Meadows Grocery,” identified as the roughly 40,000-square-foot Winn-Dixie store at 10915 Baymeadows Road, and for “associated infrastructure.”
The 23-year-old Winn-Dixie space anchors the shopping center, which is owned by Jacksonville-based Sleiman Enterprises.
JEA also issued a letter Feb. 3 for “Point Meadows Commercial,” and associated infrastructure whose property number is that of the closed Bank of America branch at 10925 Baymeadows Road, an outparcel at Point Meadows.
A JEA service availability request means a project is being explored and has not been decided.
Neither request specifies what could be happening but each says it includes associated infrastructure.
Those properties are owned by Jacksonville-based Sleiman Enterprises.
Sleiman Enterprises has not responded to requests for comment.
Civil engineering firm Kimley-Horn Jacksonville submitted the applications.
The availability letter for the grocery project refers to using service connections that do “not conflict with proposed improvements.”
Point of connection locations would be verified in the field by the developer during project design, the letter says. If needed, a development meeting may be scheduled before submitting a plan set.
On Feb. 3, Kimley-Horn Jacksonville submitted another request, this one for a “proposed fuel redevelopment” on a nearby 1.59-acre site whose property number is that of 8165 Point Meadows Way, which is an almost 4,500-square-foot former credit union that has been permitted for renovation into Heartland Dental.
JEA issued the availability letter Feb. 13.
The credit union, previously occupied by Community First, is owned by C&B Property LLC. Representative Justin Clark of Property Theater LLC states Heartland Dental will open there in June.
Prospect possibilities
Prospects for the grocer project include, but are not limited to, an upgraded Winn-Dixie; a conversion to Aldi as that discount grocer buys and converts Winn-Dixie supermarkets; or Harris Teeter, as that Kroger-owned retailer expands into Jacksonville.
The bank branch property could be in exploration for renovation and reuse; demolition for redevelopment as office or retail uses; or for future consideration.
The credit union site has been permitted for another use, which raises questions why it is explored for a fueling center.
Winn-Dixie says
The Winn-Dixie Co., based in Jacksonville, says it has nothing new planned at Point Meadows.
“At this time, there are no plans for new infrastructure projects at the Point Meadows Winn-Dixie beyond our normal ongoing maintenance and operations,” said Meredith Hurley, senior director of Communications and Community for The Winn-Dixie Co., in an email Jan. 23.
In a follow-up response Feb. 3, Hurley said:
“There are no additional updates regarding the Point Meadows Winn-Dixie, and there are no plans for new infrastructure projects at the store beyond our normal ongoing maintenance and operations.”
Duval County Property Appraiser records show the 46,844-square-foot Winn-Dixie was built in 2003.
It closed in 2010 in a cost-cutting move but was renovated and reopened in 2016 while adding a liquor store next door.
The Winn-Dixie Co. is the new name for Southeastern Grocers, which sold 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi to German retailer Aldi in March 2024.
In February 2025, a consortium of private investors led by Southeastern CEO Anthony Hucker acquired Southeastern Grocers from Aldi in a deal that included about 170 Winn-Dixie stores in those five states, along with the chain’s liquor store business.
Southeastern Grocers said Oct. 21 it was shedding most of its stores outside Florida to focus on its home state. It agreed to sell at least 32 Winn-Dixie and eight Harveys Supermarkets in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi to other grocers, who appear to be regional chains.
Winn-Dixie.com shows at least 28 stores in Northeast Florida, including at least three liquor stores and one supermarket that has been identified for conversion into Aldi.
Aldi says
On Feb. 5, Aldi Regional Vice President Matt Thon said there was nothing to say about Point Meadows.
“At this time, we do not have any information to share regarding an ALDI development located on 10915 Baymeadows Rd in Jacksonville,” he said by email.
Aldi had 13 stores before the first SEG conversion. Aldi has acquired at least 14 Northeast Florida stores from Southeastern Grocers.
Aldi now has at least 20 stores open in Northeast Florida. With the next four and another identified for conversion in West Jacksonville, it is catching up to Winn-Dixie.
Winn-Dixie.com shows at least 28 stores in Northeast Florida, including three liquor stores and one supermarket that has been identified for conversion into Aldi.
The converted Aldi stores usually are about half the size of a Winn-Dixie or Harveys Supermarket, which leaves the rest of the space available to landlords to lease to another tenant.
Harris Teeter says
North Carolina-based Harris Teeter said by email Feb. 4 that it had no comment about the Point Meadows site.
“We can only speak to locations where we are currently operating or we have signed a lease,” it said.
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. has been working with Harris Teeter in Northeast Florida, and the applications with JEA raise the question whether that grocer could be of interest at the site.
Harris Teeter announced Nov. 10 it will open at the Atlantic North shopping center at northwest Atlantic and Kernan boulevards. The leased store will be built new.
Like Point Meadows, Atlantic North is owned by Sleiman Enterprises.
Harris Teeter expects to start construction on the Atlantic North site, including a store pharmacy with a drive-thru window, at 11901 Atlantic Blvd. in spring 2026 and will hire 100 to 200 employees. An opening date has not been announced.
Harris Teeter also sets up liquor stores near its supermarkets. It proposes a 3,200-square-foot liquor store next to the Atlantic North supermarket.
The first three new Northeast Florida sites identified for Harris Teeter are 61,000 square feet in size, larger than the Winn-Dixie at Point Meadows. The Amelia Island store is 55,000 square feet.
The Point Meadows store could become a smaller Harris Teeter or nearby space could be added. Winn-Dixie also has a 2,800-square-foot liquor store at Point Meadows.
Hurley at Winn-Dixie said the consortium that bought Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners from Aldi included the existing Winn-Dixie liquor store business.
“We do have Winn-Dixie liquor stores that have continued normal business operations following a conversion of the adjacent grocery store. As our business and stores continue to evolve, we’re constantly evaluating business opportunities and our locations to best serve the needs of our communities,” she said in an email Feb. 6.
Bank of America branch site
Harris Teeter also builds fueling centers, including one planned near Atlantic North. Plans show it will be south of Atlantic Boulevard, across the road from Atlantic North.
The practice of opening a gas station raises the question whether the Bank of America outparcel at Point Meadows might be of interest as a redevelopment for that use.
The almost 5,000-square-foot bank branch was built in 2003. Bank of America closed it in December 2023, according to a bank list of closures.
Bank of America said Feb. 6 that when it closed the financial center, it kept active a walk-up ATM and a drive-up ATM.
Credit union site
The JEA application for the Point Meadows Way property as a proposed fuel redevelopment hints that if the project is Harris Teeter, it would look for a nearby site for a fueling station.
That former credit union is at northeast Baymeadows Road and Point Meadows Way, east and opposite of the Bank of America branch.
Community First leased the building since its completion in 2006 before closing it in 2024 in a move to a new branch that it developed. The Jacksonville-based financial institution bought 1.1 acres at 7543 Gate Parkway in Southside Quarter for the new branch.
Community First announced in October 2024 that it would close the Baymeadows location, about 2½ miles south, when the new branch was completed at the end of 2024.
Community First has served the Baymeadows and Southside areas with a branch for 24 years and has been in its current location at 8165 Point Meadows Way since 2006.
The city issued a permit Jan. 6, 2026, for Heartland Dental to build-out the space at a project cost of $873,620.
Coincidentally, First Coast Energy L.L.P. sold the undeveloped land in September 2004 to Bryant B. Skinner Jr. and Charles Skinner. They conveyed it in May 2008 to C&B Jax Property LLC, led by Bryant B. Skinner Jr. and Claudia McPhail.
First Coast Energy owns the Daily’s gas station and convenience store chain. It built a location across the street at 10910 Baymeadows Road in 2000.
Harris Teeter to “fill up Jacksonville”
The Kroger Co. interim CEO Ronald Sargent talked about expansion in Northeast Florida during a Dec. 4 conference call with investment analysts.
Harris Teeter has a store and a fueling center in Fernandina Beach. In addition to the announced location in Atlantic North, plans filed in St. Johns County suggest it may open two additional stores there.
“Jacksonville is an important adjacent geography that positions us to grow households and gain share,” Sargent said.
“We’ll certainly fill up Jacksonville before we move to adjacent markets.”