Publix Super Markets Inc. applied for a permit to demolish its Deerwood Village shopping center store and the adjacent CVS pharmacy at an estimated project cost of $350,000.
It was one of the first Publix stores in the area when built in 1974.
The city already is reviewing a permit for Publix to build a new Publix Food & Pharmacy and a separate liquor store on the site at a project cost of $9.3 million.
Publix is at 9964 Old Baymeadows Road, which is west of Southside Boulevard between Old Baymeadows Road and Baymeadows Road, in South Jacksonville.
CVS is at 9962 Old Baymeadows Road.
Comet Construction of Boca Raton is the contractor for the demolition and the construction. Fisher and Associates LLC of Clearwater is the architect.
The city also issued a permit March 27 for site clearing on the 5.64-acre site
The demolished space is 58,785 square feet of space.
The new store is 48,640 square feet, comprising the 47,240-square-foot grocery store and a 1,400-square-foot liquor store.
Plans show it will include a cafe seating area near the bakery and deli and also a self-checkout area and seven full-service lanes.
Publix and CVS associates at the Deerwood Village stores said May 30 they had no information about the project.
Lakeland-based Publix has been seeking regulatory approvals to demolish and replace the Baymeadows area store.
The St. Johns River Water Management District received an application Oct. 26, 2023, for the redevelopment of the Publix site.
England-Thims & Miller Inc. of Jacksonville is the civil engineer.
The city issued Mobility Fee Calculation and Concurrency Reservation certificates in August 2022 for the project.
Those plans showed 58,943 square feet of existing structures will be replaced with a smaller one. They showed the two buildings comprised an almost 45,500-square-foot supermarket and the adjacent 12,350-square-foot CVS Pharmacy. CVS was not identified on the new master site plan.
Both structures were built in 1974.
Publix Super Markets Inc. owns the buildings and the parking lot, which is shown as accommodating 230 cars.
The city calculated no mobility fee for the traffic impact. The property use remains the same.
The Publix was one of the first three that opened in Jacksonville in the early 1970s.
One of the first two was in Arlington at the Expressway Mall, which was demolished.
That site has been developed with town houses.
Among other projects, Publix is rebuilding its Harbour Place Shopping Store and is renovating several stores in the area.