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<\/p>\nBecknell Industrial is working toward development of a 609,120-square-foot Westlake Industrial Park warehouse on its Lot 21-A.<\/p>\n
The city is reviewing a permit for horizontal development on the 75.1-acre site at an estimated project cost of $8 million.<\/p>\n
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. in Jacksonville is the civil engineer for the project, described as construction of the industrial building with associated paving, utilities and stormwater management.<\/p>\n
The address is 10955 Hartrich Court, a new road within Becknell\u2019s vacant land along Pritchard Road in the West Jacksonville industrial park. The site is about 7 miles west of Interstate 295, north of Interstate 10, in Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Becknell Services LLC, based in Indianapolis, is the owner and developer.<\/p>\n
The city and St. Johns River Water Management District had been reviewing plans for a 609,120-square-foot warehouse for Becknell Industrial on the site.<\/p>\n
Property records show that Becknell, through Pritchard Road Florida Becknell Investors III LLC, paid $8.96 million for the vacant 171-acre site in December 2019.<\/p>\n
That LLC then sold the property internally to Jacksonville 21 Becknell Industrial LLC on March 26, 2025, for a consideration of $15.2 million.<\/p>\n
It marketed the land in two parcels \u2013 Lot 21-A and Lot 21-B.<\/p>\n
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Plans show the Westlake Industrial Park land marketed in two parcels \u2013 Lot 21-A and Lot 21-B. A Becknell warehouse is in review is on the 75.1-acre Lot 21-A. Sysco International Food Group appears to be for Lot 21-B.<\/p>\n
City utility JEA issued a service availability determination letter Feb. 4, 2025, for Westlake Industrial Lot 21 to see if it had service access for up to 1.2 million square feet of industrial space.<\/p>\n
The 609,120-square-foot Building 1 and 576,251-square-foot Building 2 total almost 1.19 million square feet.<\/p>\n
The Becknell warehouse in review is on the 75.1-acre Lot 21-A. The net acreage for development is shown as 42.2 acres.<\/p>\n
No tenant is identified for the warehouse. A park plan exhibit dated June 17, 2025, says it will offer four drive-in doors and 62 dock-level doors.<\/p>\n
The Colliers real estate company and Becknell\u2019s marketing brochure call it a fulfillment\/distribution center site for lease. It shows it is pad-ready for development of 609,120 square feet on 52 acres at 13522 Pritchard Road.<\/p>\n
Colliers Executive Vice President Guy Preston and senior associates Seda Preston and John Cole are marketing the site.<\/p>\n
The Sysco site<\/p>\n
The Becknell site is next to the 96-acre Lot 21-B, which appears to be Sysco International Food Group Inc.\u2019s vacant industrial land. The net acreage is 73.6 acres.<\/p>\n
The sites appear to be separated by the new Hartrich Court, with Lot 21-A to the north of it and Lot 21-B to the south.<\/p>\n
Sysco paid $16.5 million on July 22, 2025, the same day Jacksonville City Council approved incentives for a warehouse for the code-named Project Moana, to buy land along Pritchard Road from Becknell Industrial.<\/p>\n
Becknell sold the land to Sysco through Jacksonville 21 Becknell Industrial LLC. Guy Preston represented Becknell in the sale. The recorded deed specifies that Sysco acquired about 96 acres.<\/p>\n
According to a city Office of Economic Development staff summary, Project Moana plans a capital investment of $80 million in new construction and $10 million in equipment for a 275,000-square-foot expansion warehouse.<\/p>\n
The park plan exhibit shows a larger project.<\/p>\n
The exhibit shows Westlake Lot 21-B as a 352,380-square-foot Building 2 with two future expansions of 106,210 square feet and 117,661 square feet. That means Building 2 could total 576,251 square feet.<\/p>\n
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The Becknell Industrial warehouse site along Pritchard Road in Westlake Industrial Park in West Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Colliers<\/p>\n
Houston-based Sysco Corp. markets itself as the world\u2019s largest food distributor. It has two cold-storage food operations in Jacksonville already.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aundra Wallace, president of JAXUSA Partnership, announced at an organization event Aug. 21, 2025, that Sysco is Project Moana.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 26, Sysco issued a statement about the expansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have long enjoyed our position in that city and see great opportunities to expand our operations and create more jobs for the community,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
It said Sysco International Food Group \u201cdelivers expertise in product selection, services and value chain capabilities in over 80 countries worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n
On July 22, the city approved $2.5 million in incentives for the code-named project. The Jacksonville City Council voted to grant final approval for incentives for a \u201cwell-known international wholesale distributor\u201d to expand in Jacksonville with a $90 million food distribution warehouse, described as an additional facility.<\/p>\n
The city OED requested the incentive for Project Moana through Resolution 2025-0481, which provides the funding through a 60%, five-year Recapture Enhanced Value Grant, which is a refund on ad valorem tax revenue generated by a new development or property enhancement. It can apply to property and tangible personal property.<\/p>\n
The OED staff summary said the company plans to add 100 employees to its workforce in Jacksonville with an average annual compensation of $52,000, plus an average of $13,700 in annual benefits.<\/p>\n
The company plans to have the facility up and running by late 2029, the OED staff summary says.<\/p>\n
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