Dutch Bros Coffee is coming on strong in its expansion into Northeast Florida.
The city is reviewing a permit application for demolition of the former Arlington Flower Shop at 7130 Merrill Road in Old Arlington for development of one of the 15 expected Dutch Bros drive-thru/walk-up kiosks in Northeast Florida.
Arlington Flower Shop moved its business to College Park, the former Town & Country Shopping Center at northeast University Boulevard and Arlington Expressway.
Samsula Waste Inc., which does business as Samsula Demolition, of New Smyrna Beach is listed as the contractor for the estimated $33,050 project to demolish the 61-year-old building, slab and parking area in the Lake Lucina area of Arlington.
Samsula will demolish the structures by excavator and remove the debris to the Trail Ridge Landfill in West Jacksonville, permit records show.
Through CVP-Merrill DB LLC, Cole Valley Partners LLC of Portland, Oregon, bought the southeast Merrill Road and Charbray Drive property Jan. 12, 2026, from Varnes Capital LLC of Jacksonville.
Cole Valley paid $840,000 for the almost half-acre property, comprising the site of the 2,958-square-foot flower shop, built in 1965, and an adjacent parking lot.
Dutch Bros also will be joining the Renew Arlington Community Redevelopment Area, a designation that the city uses to help rejuvenate major corridors, including Merrill Road, in the neighborhood.
Dutch Bros intends to build its signature drive-thru kiosk with a walk-up window in the area that Old Arlington Inc. defines as east and south of the St. Johns River, with Atlantic Boulevard as the southern boundary and Mill Creek and Hartsfield roads as the eastern edge.
The shop is across the street from Publix Super Markets Inc. and about 2 miles east of Jacksonville University.
Cole Valley plans to develop a Dutch Bros kiosk and lease it to Boersma Bros. LLC, according to a memorandum of lease recorded with the Duval County Clerk of Court. Boersma Bros. is a subsidiary of Dutch Bros.
Brothers Dane and Travis Boersma started Dutch Bros in 1992 in Grants Pass, Oregon. It is now a public company based in Tempe, Arizona.
Besides specialty coffee, Dutch Bros sells its Rebel energy drink and Nitro Cold Brew coffee.
It offers teas, lemonades, smoothies and its signature Dutch sodas and serves a limited menu of pastries, granola bars and muffin tops with no cooking on-site.
Dutch Bros Coffee is closer to developing the 15 locations it has opened or targeted for construction in Northeast Florida.
Two of those advanced this week in San Pablo/Beach Haven and in Flagler Center.
The city issued a permit June 24 for Dutch Bros to convert a former Starbucks Coffee Co. shop at 14355 Beach Blvd. at a project cost of $991,632.
Dutch Bros also is in review for a building permit at 14955 Old St. Augustine Road in Flagler Center in South Jacksonville.
Since August 2024, Dutch Bros has opened five area kiosks in Baymeadows, St. Augustine, Saint Johns, Southwest Jacksonville and West Jacksonville.