Mandarin’s former Kmart is coming down so that The Home Depot can be put up.
The city issued a permit Sept. 6 for Ordner Construction Co. Inc. of Duluth, Georgia, is the general contractor for the demolition of the 133,123-square-foot store at 9600 San Jose Blvd. to make way for Home Depot. Ordner also has a St. Petersburg office.
North Florida Waste Management provided photos of the site that show it is the subcontractor handling the demolition and McLain Site Solutions also is providing civil construction services such as grading and excavation. Both companies are based in Jacksonville.
The demolition job cost is listed at $400,000.
The Jacksonville City Council voted May 14 to rezone the site to allow the home improvement retailer to build a 133,123-square-foot store that includes a 25,225-square-foot garden center.
The Home Depot, based in Atlanta, proposes to build a 132,975-square-foot store at a construction cost of $8 million. The city is reviewing a building-permit application for the project.
The Home Depot proposes to build a 106,367-square-foot store with a 25,074-square-foot garden center and other space. The site is 11.64 acres along San Jose Boulevard, west of the intersection with Old St. Augustine Road.
The site is between Sunbeam and Kori roads and is accessible by San Jose Boulevard.
Duval County Property Appraiser records show the building was developed in 1979.
Through Atlantic Mini-Storage of America Inc., Ash Properties paid almost $4.39 million for the property Dec. 1, 2015.
Discount retailer Kmart closed there in 2016 but continued to lease the property until parent company Sears Holdings Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2018.
Ash Properties said in October 2019 that it intended to renovate the building for several large and possibly a few smaller tenants.
Through Onoudidnt Inc., Ash Properties is leasing the property to Home Depot U.S.A. The lease, with an initial term of 20 years, took effect Nov. 14, 2023.
