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JEA planning seventh solar farm in North Jacksonville
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JEA’s 4 megawatt Blair Road solar facility on the Westside was commissioned in January and is expected to generate 9,400 MWh in its first year, according to the utility’s website.
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The 5 megawatt SunPort Solar Farm is the final project in the city-owned utility’s 2014 solar initiative. BY DAVID CAWTON STAFF WRITER
A solar farm expected to come online this year in North Jacksonville will add 5 megawatts to JEA’s energy portfolio. The SunPort Solar Farm is planned on 66.3 acres near Lem Turner Road by Newcomb Road and Interstate 295. Plans filed with the city and the St. Johns River Water Management District show that Melbourne-based National Solar LLC will develop the project. National Solar applied to the water management district for an environmental resource permit. The company seeks to modify a previous permit application to change the property’s intended use from industrial to solar farm. Plans submitted to the city indicate National Solar will be able to produce about 5 megawatts of power, or 5 million watts, through a series of nearly 28,000
photovoltaic solar modules. Depending on conditions, 1 MW can power 800 to 1,000 homes at one time. SunCap Southeast Industrial Joint Venture LLC owns the more than 500-acre property. Asked for comment, SunCap responded in an email that the company is “bound by a confidentiality agreement and cannot comment at this time.” Jason Bria, vice president of Charlotte, North Carolina-based SunCap, and James Scrivener of Imeson Solar Farm LLC in Melbourne are listed as joint applicants on the water management district documents. National Solar LLC is listed as a registered agent for Imeson Solar Farm LLC, according to state records. Scrivener, National Solar’s chief executive officer, declined to comment.
OLD PLANK ROAD The 3 MW Old Plank Road solar facility is on the Westside. It was commissioned in October 2017.
JACKSONVILLE SOLAR JEA’s first solar purchase power agreement was a 12 MW facility commissioned in 2010.
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Old Toys R Us locations now available for new tenants Bankrupt chain left empty stores in The Markets at Town Center and in Orange Park. The Markets at Town Center Toys R Us and Orange Park Toys R Us stores are available. The Orange Park store is available for sale at $3.6 million or for lease, reports Prime Realty. It’s a 42,000-square-foot stand-alone building with 200 paved parking spaces on 4.5 acres at 1972 Wells Road, less than a mile south of Interstate 295. It’s across the street from the Orange Park Mall. The Markets at Town Center Toys R Us and Babies R Us store at 4875 Town Center Parkway is 74,018 square feet. The Shopping Center Group LLC is pursuing a leasing strategy for either single-tenant or multitenant use. “We are very optimistic about the tenants we are in negotiations with that will upgrade the tenant mix of the shopping center,” said Kelly Pulignano with The Shopping Center Group. The space shares a parking lot within the center.
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SK8 City seeks certificate of use TSH Capital Ventures applied to the city for a certificate of use for SK8 City at 9244 Arlington Expressway, Unit 20, in the Regency Court Shopping Center. TSH is owned by Terry Harris, right, who wants to open the roller rink and other entertainment activities in 29,750 square feet in the Arlington center near Regency Square Mall. The city is reviewing a building permit for Robert Davis Construction Inc. to construct a ticket booth and bring the restrooms into ADA compliance.
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