The city issued a permit March 22 for Tenant Contractors Inc. to renovate offices at Lake Gray Plaza for The Boeing Co. at a cost of $400,000.
The aerospace company has not announced the functions it will serve at the Southwest Jacksonville location.
According to the permit, Tenant Contractors will renovate 35,100 square feet of space at 6225 Lake Gray Blvd., although plans show 23,000 square feet will be used.
At that size, it could accommodate at least 120 to 170 employees.
The Meek Companies of Jacksonville manages the property. Place Plan LLC of Orange Park is the space designer.
Craig Meek of The Meek Companies said previously that CBRE First Vice President Bruce Jackson represented the landlord in the transaction.
A group of investors owns Lake Gray Plaza through Montreal-based Lake Gray Plaza LLC.
Meek said the Boeing lease will bring the 100,000-square-foot business complex to full occupancy.
Boeing issued a statement Feb 4:
“The Boeing Company is always evaluating strategies to best serve the needs of our customers and accommodate new business,” it said.
“In the Jacksonville area, specifically Cecil Airport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Boeing supports the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy with maintenance, repair and overhaul work as well as comprehensive training for various aircraft and products so they meet mission requirements.”
NAS Jacksonville and Cecil Airport are in West Jacksonville.
A Boeing spokesperson could not be reached immediately March 23.
Boeing said more than 2,600 employees work at multiple locations in Florida, supporting defense and commercial customers in space, aircraft modifications and sustainment, and commercial aviation services.
It said the largest concentrations are at Kennedy Space Center and in Jacksonville, Fort Walton Beach and Miami.
Boeing said that in Jacksonville it developed and supports the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Training Facility at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
It also said teams at Boeing Cecil Field support the F/A-18 A-D Hornet, F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
On Dec. 17, Boeing and the Jacksonville Aviation Authority announced an agreement for a new hangar and office space at Cecil Airport that eventually will replace the existing Boeing Cecil Field site footprint.
According to the news release, Boeing entered into a 25-year lease agreement with the aviation authority to increase its maintenance, repair and overhaul operations at its Cecil Field site at Cecil Airport.
It anticipates a start date of operations in January 2024.
Boeing Cecil Field is one of the company’s long-standing facilities, the company said.
Chicago-based Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security systems, and global services.
It said it supports commercial and government customers in more than 150 countries.
