The city issued a site-clearing permit for almost 35 acres for Ring Power Corp. in North Jacksonville.
Jacksonville-based J.B. Coxwell Contracting Inc. is the contractor for the $7.4 million project at 330 Pecan Park Road for what is called a Ring Power Manufacturing Addition, according to the permit, issued Dec. 19, 2024.
Plans show a proposed 234,000-square-foot distribution warehouse and operations-service building. The site is at southeast Interstate 95 and Pecan Park Road.
No structure is expected for now.
Sue Miller, public relations director and senior vice president of marketing, said Jan. 3 that St. Augustine-based Ring Power is not planning to build on the property at this time.
She said the land will be used as an equipment laydown yard for the parking of equipment inventory.
The city has been reviewing civil engineering plans and the St. Johns River Water Management District also has reviewed a permit application.
The city issued a Mobility Fee Calculation Certificate for the project in December 2023, determining a fee of $260,438 to mitigate the traffic impact.
The project is shown on about 34.8 acres that the company owns along Pecan Park Road behind the Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores.
Ring Power is one of the largest Caterpillar dealers in the Southeast U.S.
The Caterpillar dealer has been operating Ring Power Heavy Equipment, The Cat Rental Store and Ring Power Truck Centers at the Pecan Park Road location.
It carries heavy and construction equipment; generators for sale and rent; rental construction machines; hydraulics parts and service; and diesel marine engine repowers and repairs.
On June 8, 2015, Ring Power Corp. bought 21.64 acres next to the heavy equipment operation for future expansion.
A master site plan dated Nov. 28, 2023, shows a truck court with a proposed new building.
The site data summary says it is an 216,000-square-foot manufacturing building with a 18,000-square-foot office and 200 parking spaces.
Ring Power paid $900,000 for the land, which it purchased from Jax Land Holding Co. LLC of Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Ringpower.com says the Ring Power corporate headquarters in St. Augustine oversees the operations of 25 locations throughout Florida.
Ring Power also has facilities in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas to serve other specialized industries and customers.