A retail center with a 30,000-square-foot grocery store is planned in the Durbin Park area of St. Johns County with a footprint that matches natural foods grocer Sprouts Farmers Market.
St. Johns River Water Management District and St. Johns County are reviewing the project.
Gate Petroleum, through Durbin Creek National LLC, owns the land. Jacksonville-based Prosser | Prime AE is the civil engineer.
According to site plans, in addition to the grocery anchor, there is an attached 25,000-square-foot retail tenant, two buildings totaling 31,000 square feet and four retail pads ranging from 2,500 square feet to 7,900 square feet.
The site is at East Peyton Parkway off Racetrack Road across from UF Health Durbin Park.
Sprouts operates 410 stores in 23 states. Its two Jacksonville locations at 4873 Town Center Parkway and 12675 Beach Blvd., Suite 200, each are approximately 30,000 square feet and match the footprint of the proposed Durbin Park grocery store.
A Sprouts in St. Johns County at 120 Shops Blvd. near County Road 210 is 23,975 square feet.
Other Jacksonville-area Sprouts each hired more than 100 employees when they opened, including department managers, cashiers and courtesy clerks. The smaller St. Johns County store announced it would hire 83 full- and part-time positions ahead of its opening.
Sprouts was founded in 2002 and opened its first store in Chandler, Arizona.
Gate Petroleum declined to comment on the Durbin Park project. Representatives from Sprouts did not return an email seeking comment.
St. Johns County is scheduled to discuss the proposal June 6.
