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THE MATHIS REPORT
Permit in review for Axionlog warehouse
Sleiman Enterprises says more Daily Record tenants on way to Atlantic North JACKSONVILLE
The restaurant supplies distributor is building in North Jacksonville near JaxPort’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
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A site plan at Sleiman.com shows the tenants, future build area and available outparcels at Atlantic North at Kernan and Atlantic boulevards.
return to East Arlington. Earth Fare in February closed three stores in Northeast Florida – the St. Johns County, Arlington and Mandarin locations. Winn-Dixie took over the Mandarin store. The chain declared bankruptcy but is reopening with new investors. With the return to St. Johns County, that leaves the East Arlington location available in the Atlantic North shopping center at 11901 SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
SEE AXIONLOG, PAGE 3
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Sleiman Enterprises and Earth Fare announced the return of the natural and organic foods grocer to Sleiman’s Shoppes of St. Johns Parkway in St. Johns County, which raises the question about the store’s potential
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The city is reviewing a buildingpermit application for Axionlog to build its cold and dry storage warehouse in North Jacksonville at an estimated cost of $2.9 million. V. Paulius & Associates of Allendale, New Jersey, is the contractor for the 37,763-square-foot project on 8.5 acres at 11370 New Berlin Road. The city previously issued permits totaling $125,000 for site clearing on 16.53 acres, foundation construction and other work. Axionlog, the Argentina-based global restaurant supplier, proposes to build a $15 million warehouse. It will start with freezer and dry storage space designed for expansion to almost 105,000 square feet. The “2020 Distribution Center for Axionlog Cold Solutions” plans show freezer, cooler and dry-storage space connected to cool-dock and dry-dock space and an office. JaxPort announced Feb. 25 that Axionlog chose it as the port of choice to ship its U.S.-manufactured exports bound for Latin America. It said Axionlog intends to open the warehouse by early 2021 and that the 38,000-square-foot facility is expected to expand to 100,000 square feet and create 60 jobs within five years. That initial time frame apparently has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which led
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There’s no indication, and no comment, whether Earth Fare will return to the East Arlington shopping center.
BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS
McCall Service merges with Rollins Inc. brand Global consumer and commercial services company Rollins Inc. and Northwest Exterminating Co. announced Jan. 14 that Jacksonville-based McCall Service merged into the Rollins family of brands. McCall will join Marietta, Georgia-based Northwest, to create a Southeastfocused, regional platform pest control business, according to news releases from the companies. The releases say that Josh Cooksey, the third generation in the business, will continue to be general manager. “I look forward to remaining focused on the overall growth and success of each teammate and looking for opportunities to better serve our customers for years to come,” Cooksey said.
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