ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – White Castle is one step closer to opening its first Northeast Florida restaurant, according to a report from our news partners, The Jacksonville Daily Record.
St. Johns County issued a building permit Wednesday for the project at a project cost of $1.95 million.
The 2,764-square-foot restaurant, with a 270-square-foot outdoor seating area and dual drive-thru, is planned for an outparcel at a Walmart Supercenter under construction at World Commerce Center off International Golf Parkway and Florida 16, just south of Tocoi Creek High School.
The supercenter, at 3405 International Golf Parkway, is about 2 miles west of Bass Pro Shops, Buc-ee’s and Costco at World Commerce Center.
An opening date has not been announced.
Columbus, Ohio-based Archall Architects is White Castle’s long-standing architect. Gatlin Development Co., through IGP WCC Project LLC, is the property owner, according to the county property appraiser’s website. Steinemann & Co. is the developer.
White Castle has Florida restaurants in Clermont, Daytona Beach Kissimmee and Orlando.
Founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, by Billy Ingram, White Castle says on its website that it has about 400 locations. The slider chain also operates a retail division selling branded food in grocery stores, as well as meat-processing plants, bakeries and frozen-slider retail facilities.
Time magazine named White Castle’s Original Slider the most influential burger of all time in 2014.
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