The long-stalled East San Marco project, which includes a new Publix, is scheduled to get going this summer.
Eric Davidson, spokesman for Regency Centers, said groundbreaking should take place by the end of summer with opening planned for late 2018.
The first Famous Toastery in the area is expected to open in Jacksonville Beach in mid-May. It's going in where Five Guys closed on Third Street, a few blocks north of Beach Boulevard.
Avondale's Commander Apartments and St. Johns Village shopping center have been sold. The deed has not been recorded yet, but a spokesman for Chance Partners of Atlanta confirmed Friday that the company has purchased the property.
February was the busiest month for new single-family building permits in almost a decade. According to the Northeast Florida Builders Association, a total of 751 permits were issued for new homes last month.
BMW is planning a major expansion of its parts distribution center in Jacksonville. The company has a 200,000-square-foot facility that employs 80 people on Westside Industrial Drive.
A new 93-room Holiday Inn Express is going to be built on the Westside. It's going at 1120 Suemac Road, on the northeast corner of the Commonwealth Avenue interchange with Interstate 295. Feasterco Construction has the $4.
