Cenntro Electric Group Ltd. is in review for a $1.3 million tenant improvement of 100,106 square feet at its Lane Industrial Park electric vehicle plant in Northwest Jacksonville. The permit refers to Phase 2.
The city issued a permit Jan. 4 for a $1.15 million build-out for a 30,000-square-foot space within Building 100 at 2240 Lane Ave. N.
That build-out indicated about 70,000 square feet for future expansion.
Cenntro makes light- and medium-duty electric vehicles for corporate and governmental uses.
ARCO Design/Build is the contractor for both projects
Cenntro’s midyear 2022 report said it began a 10-year lease in May 2022 for a 100,000-square-foot facility at the park.
The architect is ADB Design Services of Atlanta. Legacy Engineering Inc. of Jacksonville is the civil engineer.
Plans dated Oct. 19 said the improvements of 30,000 square feet include a factory/vehicle assembly area, storage and office space.
The plans for the 100,106 square feet refer to power and lighting improvements and the addition of restrooms in the storage and car assembly area.
Cenntro announced Feb. 27 that the build-out of its electric car assembly facility in Jacksonville is complete, and it is awaiting parts to begin production.
The Freehold, New Jersey-based company did not say in a news release when production would start or how many employees it has at the plant, and it did not respond to email inquiries about it.
The company said in December 2021 it would open its first U.S. assembly plant for the vehicles in Jacksonville, with the help of $450,000 in tax incentives approved by City Council. It promised to create 34 jobs at the plant by the end of 2023.
The company also said Feb. 27 it is starting production of electric commercial trucks in Howell, New Jersey.
“With our assembly facilities ready to build, we will soon begin to deliver our products in the United States,” CEO Peter Wang said in the news release.
“The expansion of the Howell facility and the impending opening of the Jacksonville facility will support both demand and large-scale deployment to expand sales in U.S. regional markets.”
Jax Industrial One Ltd., the Coral Gables developer led by former Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, sold the fully leased 160,000-square-foot Lane Industrial Park Building 1 to Bluerock Real Estate L.L.C. on July 5 for $19.13 million.