Two months after approving site-clearing, the city issued a construction permit March 26 for Wawa to build a 6,119-square-foot gas station and convenience store at 7142 Commonwealth Ave. in West Jacksonville.
The permit shows iConstructors LLC of Tampa as the contractor for the building at a $750,000 project cost, $250,000 for the gas canopy and $75,000 for the dumpster enclosure on 2.41 acres.
The city issued a site-clearing permit Jan. 31 at a project cost of $1.32 million. The address is at southwest Commonwealth Avenue and Pickettville Road, west of Interstate 295.
As of March 5, city records show the total site improvement cost is shown as $2.395 million.
Wawa Florida LLC of Tampa is the owner. Bohler Engineering FL LLC of Tampa is the civil engineer.
Pennsylvania-based Wawa has at least 23 stores open in Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties, with more locations in review or under construction, including in North Jacksonville near the Amazon.com fulfillment center and Jacksonville International Airport.
Wawa opened its first three area stores – one in Clay County and two in Duval – at year-end 2017.
The company said then it envisioned Northeast Florida as a 30- to 40-store market.