{"id":240832,"date":"2026-04-21T20:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240832\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:21:12","slug":"council-committee-advances-12-million-in-city-incentives-for-johnson-johnson-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240832\/","title":{"rendered":"Council committee advances $12 million in city incentives for Johnson & Johnson expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has moved a step closer to receiving $12 million in city incentives to construct a packaging distribution facility in Northwest Jacksonville and install new high-tech equipment at its Southside campus.<\/p>\n

The City Council Finance Committee voted 6-0 on April 21 to approve legislation that would grant the incentives as Johnson & Johnson commits to invest $50 million for construction of the facility plus $500 million in the manufacturing equipment.<\/p>\n

The incentives would be in the form of two Recapture Enhanced Value Grants. One is a five-year, 60% grant of up to $1.5 million for the construction of the facility. The other is a five-year, 40% grant of up to $10.5 million for the equipment.<\/p>\n

The Northwest Jacksonville facility will be developed at Airport Commerce Center, north of Jacksonville International Airport, according to legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Airport<\/p>\n

Airport Commerce Center is planned north of Jacksonville International Airport. Access to the property is from Pecan Park Road.<\/p>\n

The Suddath Cos. of Jacksonville is developing Airport Commerce Center. The industrial park is designed for five industrial buildings totaling about 3 million square feet of space west of Pecan Park Road and south of Arnold Road, also called Gold Star Family Parkway.<\/p>\n

The property is west of Interstate 95 and west of the Jacksonville Port Authority North Jacksonville marine terminals.<\/p>\n

\"Ed<\/p>\n

Ed Randolph<\/p>\n

Ed Randolph, city director of economic development, said Johnson & Johnson is working with a developer to build up to a 1 million-square-foot packaging and distribution facility in Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Suddath identifies a prospective 1.08 million-square-foot building as Phase 3. That phase is in city civil engineering plan review, a necessary step before development.<\/p>\n

Those plans also show the proposed Building G at nearly 1.08 million square feet on a 118.53-acre site of which about 47.42 acres can be developed.<\/p>\n

Randolph said the new equipment would be for Johnson & Johnson\u2019s Deerwood Park manufacturing facility for disposable contact lenses. That plant is at 7500 Centurion Parkway.<\/p>\n

According to legislation, the facility will add 10 jobs to Johnson & Johnson\u2019s 3,500-employee workforce by the end of 2028. The REV grants will be terminated if the company does not maintain 1,964 jobs through the term of the grants.<\/p>\n

\"Building<\/p>\n

Building G at Airport Commerce Center in North Jacksonville is at the west end of the property.<\/p>\n

The summary states that Johnson & Johnson Vision Care manufactures 90% of the U.S. supply of Acuvue contact lenses from its Jacksonville facility.<\/p>\n

The summary says the city\u2019s return on investment will be $4.86 for every $1 in incentives. It also says that for Johnson & Johnson, the incentives \u201care a material factor in its decision to expand its operations here in Jacksonville\u201d after conducting a search for alternative locations.<\/p>\n

The bill is set for a full Council vote April 28.<\/p>\n

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