{"id":258965,"date":"2026-05-05T08:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:50:09","slug":"st-johns-town-center-investing-almost-350000-to-split-space-for-trending-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258965\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Johns Town Center investing almost $350,000 to split space for trending tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"h943262-p1\" class=\"permalinkable\">In a move toward preparing space for trending tenants, St. Johns Town Center landed a permit to split space to make way for Activate Games and Sandbox VR.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p2\" class=\"permalinkable\">The city issued a permit May 4 for Kaneco Construction LLC to add walls to separate 13,455 square feet of space at 10275 Buckhead Branch for the two tenants at a project cost of $346,138.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">The space is split into 4,533 square feet of space for Sandbox VR and 8,922 square feet for Activate Games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Three players using Sandbox VR headsets and accessories.\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sandbox_t850.jpg\" title=\"Three players using Sandbox VR headsets and accessories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Three players using Sandbox VR headsets and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>SandboxVR<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\">Also, the space is largely the former Ballard Designs and the building is between Nordstrom and Dillard\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p5\" class=\"permalinkable\">The split will result in new addresses at 10275 Buckhead Branch Drive, with Suite 101 for Activate Games and Suite 119 for Sandbox VR.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p6\" class=\"permalinkable\">Simon Property Group Inc.is the landlord.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p7\" class=\"permalinkable\">The tenants are:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p8\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u2022 Activate, a Canada-based global immersive live-action game center, which intends to open \u00a0this year. The city is reviewing a permit for Activate Games \u2013 Jacksonville at 10275 Buckhead Branch Drive, Suite 101. That is the former site of Ballard Designs, which moved in 2022 nearby to 4840 Big Island Drive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Johns Town Center intends to split space for Sandbox VR and Activate Games.\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504_Buckhead_Branch_t850.png\" title=\"St. Johns Town Center intends to split space for Sandbox VR and Activate Games.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Johns Town Center intends to split space for Sandbox VR and Activate Games.<\/p>\n<p>Special to the Daily Record<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p9\" class=\"permalinkable\">Enovative Technologies Inc., led by Joe McClure, is the agent. ARCO\/Murray National Construction Co. Inc. of Downers Grove, Illinois, is listed as the contractor for the estimated $1.6 million project to build-out 8,700 square feet of space for Activate and its 12 interactive game rooms.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p10\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u2022 Sandbox VR, an \u201cimmersive virtual reality experience,\u201d is in permit review to renovate 4,517 square feet at 10275 Buckhead Branch Drive, No. 119, at an estimated cost of $450,000. Sandbox VR\u2019s space was a nail bar behind Garage, MAC Cosmetics and Chanel Fragrance and Beauty. It is opposite Lilly Pulitzer on Buckhead Branch Drive.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p11\" class=\"permalinkable\">Based in Pleasanton, California, Sandbox VR locations include virtual reality rooms and space for birthday parties, corporate events, team building and social gatherings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h943262-p12\" class=\"permalinkable\">Codes-ABC Inc. in Orange Park is providing private plan review.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a move toward preparing space for trending tenants, St. Johns Town Center landed a permit to split&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-258965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}