02:08 PM EST Share The five-year property tax reimbursement would support the company’s proposed $47.3 million investment in North Jacksonville.
By Mike Mendenhall and Karen Brune Mathis
A $1.1 million tax incentive for a proposed FlexCold processing and distribution facility near the Blount Island Marine Terminal in North Jacksonville is headed to City Council.
The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee voted 5-0 on March 8 to file legislation that includes a five-year Recapture Enhanced Value Grant that is part of the economic development agreement.
According to records from the city Office of Economic Development, parties in the three-way deal are FlexCold LLC, 11180 Blasius Road LLC and the city.
Jacksonville-based Brooks is building the hospital at 6400 Brooks Bartram Drive.
Brooks announced Jan. 25 that it broke ground on the addition.
The city issued permits March 9 for Perry-McCall Construction Inc. to build the three-story, 76,056-square-foot hospital as well as chiller and trash enclosures.
According to the three permits, the job costs are $2.05 million, although those do not reflect the entire project.
In December 2019, Brooks Rehabilitation announced the $43 million, 60-bed rehabilitation hospital next to its Bartram Park campus in South Jacksonville.
Total construction costs are expected to be about $37 million.
The city issued a permit Dec. 22, 2020, for the $343,000 foundation project.
England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer. Gresham Smith is the designer.
Charleston, South Carolina-based Flexspace Ventures LLC is working toward developing a FlexCold warehouse in North Jacksonville.
The company says on its FlexCold.com site the almost 150,000-square-foot cold-storage facility with more than 25,000 pallet positions will open in April 2022.
The Jacksonville Planning and Development Department is reviewing plans for the project on 12.06 acres at 11180 Blasius Road at southwest Faye and Blasius roads.
Part of the site is timberland and another portion is used as a truck parking lot.
The application describes the structure as 151,068 square feet with parking spaces for 29 cars and 52 trucks.
ARCO Design/Build LLC of Atlanta is the developer. Jacksonville-based England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer.
A development group proposes a five-building, 238,350-square-foot industrial project in North Jacksonville.
The project is planned on 25.34 acres at northwest Imeson Park Boulevard and Zoo Parkway in Imeson International Industrial Park.
The city is reviewing civil engineering project plans submitted Feb. 25.
Plans show Merritt Properties of Baltimore as the developer. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer.
Merritt Properties proposes a five-building, 238,350-square-foot project at northwest Imeson Park Boulevard and Zoo Parkway.
A Merritt Properties representative was not immediately available for comment Feb. 26.
The master site plan shows five buildings from 36,450 square feet to 62,700 square feet. The application indicates 497 parking spaces.