The city issued a permit June 15 for Tenant Contractors Inc. to renovate 13,043 square feet of space in the Deerwood North office park for Jacksonville-based Trailer Bridge Inc.’s larger logistics office.
The project is shown at a construction cost of $639,420.
The shipping and logistics company sells ocean, truckload, intermodal, expedited, specialized cargo, vehicles, warehousing and transloading services.
It is moving its logistics office within the city to accommodate growth.
Trailer Bridge CEO Mitch Luciano said previously the company needs to double the size of that logistics office from its current 45 employees, including some corporate staff, to almost 100.
“The whole logistics piece has grown tremendously the last six to nine months,” Luciano said.
The Trailer Bridge headquarters are at 10405 New Berlin Road in North Jacksonville near the Jacksonville Port Authority’s Blount Island Marine Terminal and off Interstate 295.
It also has a port office at Blount Island.
It will move its logistics office in South Jacksonville from 5011 Gate Parkway in JTB Center about 2 miles north to the second floor of 4600 Touchton Road E., Building 200, in Deerwood North.
The size more than doubles from 6,517 square feet to a total 15,000 square feet.
Luciano expects the renovations to be completed in the fall.
He said the two buildings are owned by the same landlord, which eases the transition. The remaining years on the current lease will be rolled into the new one.