Permits issued for two retail shell buildings next to Publix in Marketplace at Nocatee

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Days after the city issued a permit for construction of Publix Super Markets Inc.’s Marketplace at Nocatee grocery store, it granted two for retail shell buildings next to the grocery store.

The Dec. 9 permits are for Hawkins Construction Inc. of Tarpon Springs to build the 9,100-square-foot Retail Shell A and the 8,400-square-foot Retail Shell B, each at a project cost of $1.35 million, totaling $2.7 million. They are multitenant buildings.

The city issued a permit Dec. 5 for Hawkins Construction to build the 49,785-square-foot Publix, drive-thru pharmacy and liquor store at a project cost of $14 million.

The store and shopping center are on 10.93 acres at 75 Irondale Road in Duval and St. Johns counties.

The project is south of Nocatee Parkway and west of Valley Ridge Boulevard at Burbank Avenue.

A Skinner Bros. Realty marketing brochure shows nearby retail to the Marketplace at Nocatee.

The city issued a site-clearing permit June 12 at a project cost of $750,000 for Vallencourt Construction Co. Inc. of Green Cove Springs to clear 18 acres.

The majority of the property is in Duval County, which is consolidated with the city of Jacksonville.

St. Johns County Growth Management said previously that St. Johns and Duval counties worked together on the permitting. St. Johns County permitted the entry road while Duval County is permitting the buildings.

The shopping center plans show Publix is in St. Johns County while the Publix Liquors store and two multitenant retail buildings totaling 17,500 square feet are in Duval County.

Five outparcels range from 0.9 to 2.01 acres, with most of them in Duval. Part of the 2.01-acre Parcel 1 is in St. Johns County.

The site plan for the Marketplace at Nocatee grocery store and shopping center in Duval and St. Johns counties.

England-Thims & Miller Inc. of Jacksonville is the civil engineer. Ervin Lovett Miller of Jacksonville is the planning and architecture firm.

Lakeland-based Publix bought the property May 15 for $6.66 million. DDI Inc. of Jacksonville sold the property through Sonoc Company LLC.

A conceptual rendering of Publix Super Markets Inc.’s Marketplace at Nocatee shopping center. The project is south of Nocatee Parkway and west of Valley Ridge Boulevard at Burbank Avenue. The shopping center plans show Publix is in St. Johns County while the Publix Liquors store and other retail buildings are in Duval County.

DDI is a holding company owned by the Davis family, which has been developing the Nocatee residential and commercial area with The PARC Group.

The new Publix is about 2 miles west of the existing Publix in Nocatee Town Center in St. Johns County.

Jacksonville-based Skinner Bros. Realty is the development manager for Publix for the project and also will be handling the leasing of the retail space. Publix hired Skinner Bros. to be its fee developer and leasing agent after it bought the property.