Gatlin Development Co. expects to complete Collins Plaza in Southwest Jacksonville by summer 2017, adding almost 40,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space to the existing businesses.
Jacksonville-based Gatlin Development bought the nearly 44-acre Collins Plaza site at Collins Road and Interstate 295 in December 2014 and sold about 16 acres for development of a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
That opened in the spring.
Jacksonville-based Gate Petroleum Co. bought property for a Gate store that opened in the summer and land next to it where it will build a new Express Car Wash expected to be ready for business in the summer.
Gatlin is moving ahead on plans to build four more buildings.
“It’s all happening now,” said CEO Frank Gatlin III.
Gatlin Development expects to complete two of those buildings, totaling 20,600 square feet, in the spring. Their addresses are 7083 and 7091 Collins Road.
The city is reviewing permits for tenant work in 11,600 square feet of space at a cost of $465,000.
Those tenants are China Kitchen, Coco’s Beauty Supply, Great Clips, Fancy Sushi, MetroPCS and Le Nails & Spa.
They will submit separate permits for their final build-out, according to the permit applications.
Gatlin said his group was working with prospects to take the remaining 9,000 square feet in those buildings, but could not disclose names.
He expects to break ground in the first quarter on another multitenant 8,600-square-foot building, which will include an end-unit drive-thru, for completion in the summer.
And behind that, he is designing a 10,000-square-foot building for two tenants — a 3,500-square-foot restaurant and a 6,500-square-foot retailer. That, too, will open by summer, he said.
Retail notes
• Wal-Mart Stores wants to remodel its location in Northwest Jacksonville at 12100 Lem Turner Road. The city is reviewing plans for a $500,000 project to paint the store inside and out; update the pharmacy and vision center; refurbish the garden center, restrooms, break room and vestibule; remodel the customer service and grocery areas; and repair and replace doors, floor tile, grocery equipment, the roof and other elements.
• Concept Development Inc. of Gainesville, which develops Dollar General stores, filed plans for a 7,500-square-foot store on 1.4 acres at 5855 Fort Caroline Road in Arlington. Plans don’t identify it as a Dollar General, just as a retail store. The site is north along Fort Caroline Road, near Cesery Boulevard.
Food notes
• Arby’s wants to open an Arlington restaurant in the former Krispy Kreme by the end of the year. A spokesman said there would be 60 seats. A building permit shows the 2,509-square-foot shop at 7612 Merrill Road will be converted into an Arby’s at a project cost of $312,372. The city issued permits Tuesday for four signs. Krispy Kreme opened in a new building there in summer 2014 but closed in spring this year. The spokesman said he could not confirm plans for the company to take over another closed Krispy Kreme at 3814 University Blvd. W.
• Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. wants to renovate a structure at 7214 103rd St. for use as a restaurant with 30 seats and a drive-thru. The size remains 2,970 square feet. The site is at 103rd Street and Firestone Road.
• Hardee’s will remodel its River City Marketplace restaurant at 675 Nautica Drive. It’s a $150,000 project.
• Outback Steakhouse near Queen’s Harbour Yacht & Country Club will undergo an exterior facade upgrade. The restaurant is at 13245 Atlantic Blvd. and is the nearest to the recently closed Outback at Regency Park Shopping Center.
• Taco Bell intends to open at 4466 Town Center Parkway in the Town Center Promenade. The 2,258-square-foot restaurant is planned on a little more than half an acre.
• Construction plans were filed for PDQ at 4816 Gate Parkway in The Crossing at Town Center. The 3,312-square-foot chicken tenders, sandwiches and salad restaurant is planned on a 1.64-acre outparcel.
• Plans were filed for another McDonald’s restaurant to add kiosks for digital ordering. This one, at 9571 Argyle Forest Blvd., will be one of 69 area McDonald’s to add the technology next year.
• Build-out for Your Pie at 13423 Beach Blvd. is a $150,000 construction cost, the permit application shows. It will occupy 2,154 square feet in the multitenant shopping center. It will join Pita Pit and Jersey Mike’s Subs and there’s space for more.
• Winn-Dixie held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for its remodeled Callahan store at 450078 Florida 200. Improvements include new facade signage, updated fresh produce and floral departments, improved deli and bakery selections, and an expanded selection of natural, organic and gluten-free products. The store is open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
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