{"id":133364,"date":"2026-01-27T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/133364\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:54:07","slug":"carvana-files-civil-engineering-plans-for-northwest-jacksonville-megasite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/133364\/","title":{"rendered":"Carvana files civil engineering plans for Northwest Jacksonville \u2018megasite\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carvana, the online used-car retailer, is moving ahead on its auction and reconditioning \u201cmegasite\u201d in Northwest Jacksonville with the filing of civil engineering plans Jan. 20 with the city.<\/p>\n

The project is a new 77,000-square-foot inspection and reconditioning facility and 6.9 acres of staging. Two existing buildings remain for wholesale auction use.<\/p>\n

Carvana plans the project at its ADESA wholesale auction property on 89.32 acres at 11700 New Kings Road. The site is in the Dinsmore area about 3 miles northwest of Interstate 295.<\/p>\n

\"Plans<\/p>\n

Plans show a 77,000-square-foot Carvana inspection and reconditioning facility and a new parking lot on 89.32 acres at 11700 New Kings Road in Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Carvana, based in Tempe, Arizona, is the owner and developer. Atwell LLC of Jacksonville is the civil engineer. WHN Architects of Charlotte, North Carolina, is the architect.<\/p>\n

City power provider JEA issued a service availability letter Sept. 30 for the project, described as development of a Carvana maintenance and storage site on about 90.8 acres. A JEA letter indicates a project is being explored and does not confirm a project will proceed.<\/p>\n

Separately, the city received an application for a mobility fee calculation certificate for the project, specifying a more than 77,000-square-foot Carvana inspection and reconditioning facility on an 89.32-acre site at the New Kings Road address.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Carvana site at 11700 New Kings Road in Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

That application shows a 5.45-acre proposed paved parking lot on the site as part of the project.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear why the acreages differ on the applications.<\/p>\n

Carvana has declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Carvana says ADESA is a leader in the wholesale auto auction industry, serving customers online and at its locations across the country.<\/p>\n

Duval County property records show the Jacksonville location comprises three buildings totaling 38,127 square feet of space among an office building and two buildings for service and repairs.<\/p>\n

ADESA Florida LLC owns the 89.32-acre site. Adesa Corp. of Indianapolis bought the property in 1994 and developed it in 1996.<\/p>\n

State corporate records show ownership was amended in 2022 to that of Carvana. In May 2022, Carvana, then based in Phoenix, announced its $2.2 billion acquisition of ADESA\u2019s U.S. auction business from KAR Global.<\/p>\n

The acquisition comprised the 56 ADESA U.S. locations totaling about 6.5 million square feet of buildings on more than 4,000 acres.<\/p>\n

What to expect<\/p>\n

Information on Carvana.com outlines what is anticipated at the ADESA site.<\/p>\n

In August 2024, Carvana announced it would develop its first auction and reconditioning \u201cmegasite\u201d in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n

It said Carvana would establish inspection and reconditioning center capabilities at the ADESA Kansas City wholesale auction site while maintaining all digital and in-lane auction operations.<\/p>\n

That indicates ADESA continues its regular functions while adding the Carvana capabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis location will anchor the growth of Carvana\u2019s retail and wholesale operations in the area and enhance the company\u2019s offering for retail and commercial customers,\u201d the company said in a news release.<\/p>\n

Carvana said the suburban Kansas City site would be the first of the 56 ADESA wholesale auction locations to become an \u201cauction-IRC Megasite.\u201d IRC is \u201cInspection and Reconditioning Center.\u201d<\/p>\n

It expected the transition to create about 200 entry-level and skilled manufacturing jobs as the site expanded.<\/p>\n

\"Online<\/p>\n

Online used-car retailer Carvana features “car vending machine” towers, but will also deliver cars to buyers.<\/p>\n

Carvana<\/p>\n

The vending machine<\/p>\n

Carvana said in the 2024 release that its customers can choose from tens of thousands of vehicles and arrange for home delivery or local pickup in more 300 U.S. markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A signature function is what it terms its \u201cCar Vending Machine,\u201d such as that along Lenoir Avenue, off of I-95 near Butler Boulevard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carvana can deliver a car to the customer\u2019s location or to a vending machine, where the buyer drops a custom coin into a slot, activating the delivery system.<\/p>\n

Third-quarter update<\/p>\n

In the company\u2019s third-quarter letter to shareholders, posted Oct. 29, 2025, Carvana wrote that through July 1-Sept. 30 it \u201ccontinued to expand the number of locations where we can produce retail inventory by integrating three more ADESA locations. This brings our total number of ADESA integrations to 15 and our total number of retail inventory pools to 33.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have real estate to support annual retail production of 3 million units and, by the end of 2025, we expect to have fully built out annual retail production capacity of over 1.5 million across our Carvana and integrated ADESA production locations,\u201d the shareholder letter says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2026, we expect to continue to integrate ADESA locations at a similar rate as in 2025 and begin construction on full build outs at select ADESA locations throughout the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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