Zion Jacksonville LLC can start clearing 138 acres in North Jacksonville where it is laying the groundwork for the Eastport Logistics Park.
The city issued a permit Dec. 5 for infrastructure contractor Phillips and Jordan Inc., based in Knoxville, Tennessee, to clear the land at 10145 Eastport Road at a project cost of $20 million.
The permit is for clearing, installation of site utilities, roadways and building pads to construct future buildings.
The site is east of Eastport Road south of its intersection with Faye Road.
Ponte Vedra Beach-based InLight Real Estate Partners confirmed June 26 that it intends to buy almost 137 acres to start construction on four to seven industrial buildings on Parcels 3A and 3B, shown among two phases, totaling 1.84 million square feet of warehouse space.
In October and November, New York-based Zion Jacksonville LLC applied for four permits for speculative warehouses at a total estimated cost of $37.9 million at the property where InLight intends to develop the first phase of the proposed Eastport Logistics Park.
The first four speculative warehouses will comprise 889,086 square feet.
Buildings One and Two are 312,278 square feet each and Buildings Three and Four are 132,265 square feet.
The Conlan Co. of Jacksonville is the contractor. Randall Paulson Architects of Roswell, Georgia, is the architect.
The structures appear to be potential multitenant warehouses on 20.52 acres.
The estimated project cost is $10.757 million each for Buildings One and Three; $10.75 million for Building Two; and almost $5.64 million for Building Four.
Costs can be adjusted as permits are reviewed.
ESC Florida LLC is shown as the private provider firm for plan review for all four as it submits the permits to the city.
The Colliers commercial real estate firm is marketing Eastport Logistics Park. A Colliers brochure says the park will start delivering buildings in the second quarter of 2025, meaning there will be space available then for tenant build-out.
Colliers executives Guy Preston, Seda Preston and Jack Heed are the landlord representatives for InLight.
The brochure says building sizes are available from 131,040 to 310,960 square feet. Flexible suite sizes start at 25,000 square feet.
There also is an option for a build-to-suit up to 687,700 square feet of space on the land along a CSX rail line.