The city is reviewing permit applications for the proposed Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores location and Speedco Tire Shop on 16.65 acres at 12921 Duval Road at a combined cost of almost $4.56 million.
Bojangles Inc. will operate a restaurant in the travel stop. Harrison French & Associates Ltd. of Bentonville, Arkansas, is the architect and engineer.
Oklahoma City-based Love’s Travel Stops plans a convenience store, restaurants and fuel services for cars and tractor-trailers at Duval Road and Interstate 295, near the Amazon fulfillment center.
RaceTrac at Pritchard
RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. is moving ahead on plans to build an 8,100-square-foot gas station and convenience store with 20 fueling positions on 4.39 acres at Perimeter Industrial Parkway West at northeast I-295 and Pritchard Road.
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FORT WALTON BEACH A mobile home on Racetrack Road was destroyed in a fire Wednesday night, according to an Ocean City-Wright Fire Control District post on Facebook.
The blaze was reported at a residence in the Pinecrest Mobile Home Park at 441 Racetrack Road N.W.
Engine 1, Squad 1, Engine 3, Engine 11, Fort Walton Beach Fire Department Engine 7, Battalion 1, and Battalion 6 responded to the fire and made a fast attack to protect threatened structures nearby.
There were no reported injuries in the fire, and none of the surrounding structures was damaged.
Firefighters were assisted on scene by the Okaloosa County Sheriff s Office and EMS.
St. Johns County Commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) Tuesday to approve Grand Cypress, a large-scale, mixed-use development to be built on the site of the former Best Bet gambling facility in the northwest portion of the county.
The plan, submitted by Jacksonville-based Gatlin Development Company, calls for a rezoning of the property to a planned unit development for 915 multifamily units and 250,000 square feet of commercial and office use.
Each commissioner said they had participated in separate walk-throughs of the proposal over the last month with the developer; commissioners did not volunteer any additional comment at the meeting.
The 103-acre site is located at the intersection of U.S. 1 North and Race Track Road, not far from the Durbin Park shopping center which includes Home Depot and Walmart. That project, which is still under construction, is a partnership of Gatlin and the GATE Petroleum Company.
02:46 PM EST Share Franklin Street commercial real estate says the northern St. Johns County property will open at the end of the quarter.
The Franklin Street commercial real estate firm announced Jan. 18 it has arranged four leases to fill up the Parkway Place at Durbin speculative retail property before it opens in northern St. Johns County.
Franklin Street said the Class A suburban strip center, owned and developed by Jacksonville-based Corner Lot Development Group, is scheduled for completion by the end of the first quarter.
The property, at 1195 St. Johns Parkway, is a 6,480-square-foot multitenant building adjacent to a new Goodwill and Circle K, also developed by Corner Lot.
A 91-year-old family business, a Washington County staple that entire time, will shut down after business on Thursday.
Tomsic Motor Co., which specializes in late-model used cars, is closing on Racetrack Road in North Strabane Township.
âBasically, COVID and a lot of other reasons are why we decided to do this,â said Frank J. Valenic, co-owner with his brother, Darryl. The brothers likewise reside in North Strabane.
Factors beyond the pandemic, according to Frank, played significant roles in the pending closure. He said the dealership has âhung in thereâ in the 11 years since Chrysler Corp. pulled its franchise tag, which did not help; expenses have become formidable; and he and Darryl have difficulty getting parts for older vehicles.