Daimler Coaches North America applied to the city for a building permit to develop a 43,000-square-foot predelivery inspection and service center in West Jacksonville.
ARCO Design/Build of Greenville, South Carolina, is the contractor for the estimated $15.47 million project at 7215 Jones Branch Circle.
The site is at southwest Pritchard and Jones Branch roads, west of Interstate 295 and east of Imeson Road, near Westside Industrial Park.
The project architect is One Four Two Architecture of Atlanta and the agent is Jacksonville law firm Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow PLLC.
The two-story main building is summarized as a coach bus maintenance facility, including surface parking, utilities, roads and landscaping.
Plans show the first floor with a main office, a training room, pallet storage, a service office and service bays.
A second story also has office space, a training room, a break room, storage and more, with part of the floor open to the first.
A stand-alone maintenance/parts storage shed will be permitted separately.
Brookwood Capital Partners and a North Carolina investor bought the 11.8-acre site Dec. 19 for the Daimler Coach Jacksonville depot facility.
BCP Jacksonville LLC, part of Brookwood Capital Partners, and HB Prichard Road LLC, both of Raleigh, North Carolina, paid $4.9 million for the property. HB Prichard is affiliated with HB Daimler LLC.
They bought the land from Jones Creek Commercial Inc., led by John J. “Jack” Allen.
The city has been reviewing civil engineering plans for Daimler Coach Jacksonville for Brookwood Capital Partners at the site.
Those plans for the Daimler Coach Jacksonville depot facility include storage of buses and on-site maintenance, washing and detailing.
BGE Inc. of Jacksonville is the civil engineer and landscape architect.
Those plans showed a two-story building and a 1,848-square-foot maintenance building.
ECS Florida LLC filed a geotechnical engineering report for the Daimler Service Center that said it understood the project will comprise a first phase of a 42,600-square-foot, two-story service/office building with parking and drive areas.
Daimler Coaches North America could not be reached for comment.
The St. Johns River Water Management District approved a minor modification for the permit on the property for Daimler Coach Jacksonville.
The city rezoned the property to permit outside storage, vehicle deliveries and washing in addition to commercial uses, including tractor-trailer storage.
That Ordinance 2024-0723, was enacted Oct. 22, 2024.
The Planned Unit Development was updated to permit the storage of buses and on-site maintenance, washing and detailing.
The property is undeveloped with paved driveways and a stormwater facility. The 2022 Planned Unit Development added tractor-trailer storage.
The LinkedIn profile of Daimler Coaches North America says it is the exclusive dealer of the Mercedes-Benz Tourrider.
“Designed and built in Hoşdere, Turkey, at a facility built solely for the production of the Mercedes-Benz Tourrider, the Tourrider is the newest Daimler Coaches North America offering,” it says.
“With over 100 years of experience in the coach manufacturing industry, our two coaches - the Tourrider Business and Tourrider Premium advance and inspire industry expectations, while a continent-wide service network keeps our partners and passengers moving forward.”
Coaches typically are the tour buses used by operators like Greyhound and by organizations, groups or companies.
“As the sole distributor, Daimler Coaches North America is dedicated to delivering an unmatched travel experience, setting new standards for comfort, safety, and style in the business and luxury coach sectors. Embark on a journey of opulence and reliability with our Mercedes-Benz Tourrider coaches, where every mile is a testament to the harmonious blend of German engineering and North American luxury.”
Joseph Turri, associate vice president of industrial brokerage service with Colliers International Florida in Jacksonville, represented the seller, Jack Allen. Turri is part of the Colliers Bumgarner Industrial Team.
Richard Antczak, a director with Newmark Phoenix Realty Group of Jacksonville, represented the buyer.