Imeson Port Center in North Jacksonville is in city site-plan review for more industrial development.
Imeson Port Center is north and south of Zoo Parkway, which also is called Heckscher Drive, and is next to the intersection with Imeson Park Boulevard.
North of Zoo Parkway, Buildings 200 and 300, each at 198,000 square feet, are completed.
Building 200 has a 130,000-square-foot tenant with the remaining space for lease. Building 300 is fully available, according to the JLL real estate firm representing the owner.
The next two appear to be Buildings 100 and 600, also north of Zoo Parkway.
City power provider JEA issued a service availability determination letter May 4 for Building 100, described as a 196,444-square-foot warehouse called Phase 1, Building 1.
JEA issued a letter April 28 for Building 600 as the 255,000-square-foot Phase 2. That appears to be the same project as the “Phase 2, Building 6” in city site-plan review at 253,140 square feet.
Those four buildings total almost 850,000 square feet of space.
Chalmers Property Co. is the developer. Previously based in Fairfax, Virginia, ChalmersProperty.com shows it now is based in Ponte Vedra Beach. The state Division of Corporations lists Ponte Vedra Beach as its principal address.
Chalmers Property Co. Group Executive Vice President Fraser Chalmers said in April 2023 that the company intends to invest a projected $175 million to $200 million to develop up to 1.67 million square feet of industrial space in Imeson Port Center.
Duval County property records show that through IPC Owner LLC, Chalmers Property paid $10.4 million in December 2022 for 106 acres, which is the size that Chalmers Property uses in its property brochure.
Chalmers Property bought additional land in the second half of 2023 to create a 130-acre park.
LS3P Associates Ltd. of Savannah, Georgia, is the architect. The BGE Inc. civil engineering firm, led by Jenny Urcan, director of land and site development, is the civil engineer.
Chalmers said JLL Executive Managing Director Luke Pope and Managing Director Ross Crabtree were the primary brokers on the property transaction and handle leasing.
Chalmers says it can accommodate more than 1.3 million square feet of space.
The company has been targeting tenants who need 50,000 to 200,000 square feet of space.
Chalmers says the site is a mile east of Interstate 95 and less than 4 miles west of I-295. It is 4.5 miles from JaxPort, which could attract port-oriented tenants.
ChalmersProperty.com says the company began in 1991 as a privately held and family-owned real estate investment and development firm delivering major land projects across the greater Washington, D.C., area.
Chalmers Property Co. has redirected its growth from the greater Washington, D.C., area with joint ventures and institutional partners in Charleston, South Carolina; Savannah; and Jacksonville.
Fraser Chalmers and his brother, Grant Chalmers, both executive vice presidents, handle the operations of Chalmers Property Co.
Their father, David M. Chalmers, is the president and founder.