The city issued a permit March 9 for Avant Construction Group to build-out a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop at 1027 Park St. in Five Points.
The permit follows two issued Jan. 22 for signs at the site by Heritage Signs Inc. of Green Cove Springs. Each is shown at a project cost of $8,235.
Jacksonville-based Avant is the contractor for the $135,000 project in the 844-square-foot space. JAA Architecture of Jacksonville is the architect.
The benjerry.com/Jacksonville-fivepoints site says the shop is coming soon.
“Want to have your Ben & Jerry’s ice cream the way it was originally intended? Head into our locally owned and operated ice cream shop and dig into any of our euphoric ice cream flavors in the way the first scoops were served up by Ben and Jerry themselves,” says the site.
Plans indicate a small area of bench seating inside.
The shop is in a strip of retail storefronts opposite the Five Points Theatre building. The space previously was Jane Doe Boutique, which announced in April it closed the location.
Ben & Jerry’s franchises its Scoop Shops internationally.
The benjerry.com website includes a Ben & Jerry’s shop in Nocatee.
Ben & Jerry’s flavors include those under the registered names of Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey, Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz!, Phish Food and more.
Benjerry.com says its Scoop Shops typically offer Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet flavors, along with sundaes, shakes, fruit smoothies and ice cream cakes.
There are dairy, nondairy and gluten-free options in cones, pints and cups, toppings and more. The company also caters.
Business partners Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield founded the ice cream brand in 1978.
London-based Unilever PLC bought the Vermont-based company in 2000, but spun off its ice cream portfolio in December under The Magnum Ice Cream Co.