The city issued a permit Oct. 11 for Ace Hardware to build-out the former Retro Fitness in Baymeadows.
Target Contractors Inc. is the contractor for the $229,148 project to renovate the 12,760-square-foot space at 9802 Baymeadows Road, No. 5.
It comes after the city issued a permit July 13 for Target Contractors to demolish the interior of the gym in the Baymeadows Village shopping center.
Sleiman Enterprises, the owner of Baymeadows Village, shows Ace Hardware on the site plan in the center of the multitenant retail plaza.
Surage and Associates Inc. of Ponte Vedra is the architect.
The location was a Retro Fitness location franchised by former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard that closed in 2019.
More than a dozen Ace Hardware stores operate in Northeast Florida.
AceHardware.com says there are more than 5,000 stores around the world, with the majority independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs.