The Cosentino Group bought about 330 acres in Cecil Commerce Center from the city of Jacksonville on Jan. 22 for $20.39 million.
The site is part of a 570.5-acre Cecil Commerce Center megasite the city owns in West Jacksonville.
It is south of Interstate 10 and west of Florida 23.
Cosentino bought the land through Cosentino Industrial USA LLC of Coral Cables.
Cosentino announced plans in January 2023 to begin construction this month of a $270 million first phase of its Jacksonville production plant. Initially, it will comprise a 408,00-square-foot production plant and 734,000 square feet of adjacent support areas.
Spain-based Cosentino manufactures sustainable countertops, flooring, facade materials and other surfaces for architecture and building design.
Its brands include Silestone, Dekton, Sensa and Scalea. The Cecil Commerce Center site is its first manufacturing plant in the United States.
There are plans to initially hire 180 employees when it begins operations in 2028.
The Jacksonville City Council approved a land sale and incentives package for Cosentino that included a sale price of $20.5 million for 330 acres, a $12 million property tax incentive and $5.5 million in debt spending to pay for a $3 million Logistics Land Road extension at Cecil and pay $2.5 million for JEA to make sewer and water infrastructure improvements at the site.
A separate ordinance appropriated $5.5 million awarded by the state in November from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to put toward a CSX Corp. rail line extension at the business park.
The right of repurchase in the deed for the sale says construction must begin no later than July 1, 2027. If construction has not started by July 1, 2028, the city has the option to repurchase the land.