Jax Dirtworks has snapped up three one-story industrial buildings along Philips Highway in Jacksonville for $5.5 million, picking up roughly 17,724 square feet across about 4.34 acres. The buy gives the Atlantic Beach-based contractor a tight, workable industrial yard on the Southside and paves the way for the company to shift its corporate headquarters into the city.
According to CoStar, Jax Dirtworks closed the deal with a private individual after the portfolio spent 195 days on the market. CoStar lists the combined building size, the 4.34-acre lot, and identifies Kyle VanCamp and Robert Hillis as contacts on the transaction.
The properties were marketed as 6268–6286 Philips Hwy and circulated on local commercial listing platforms while they were for sale. VanCamp Commercial Properties carried the address on its active listings page, and public LoopNet records for 6286 Philips Hwy show parcel data that line up with the reported footprint.
Small portfolio, local buyer
Jax Dirtworks is a site-work and excavation contractor based in the Atlantic Beach area, and business directories list the firm at an Atlantic Beach address. Buzzfile notes company services that include excavation, grading and demolition, which points to the Philips Highway buildings serving as space for equipment, materials and day-to-day operations rather than a passive investment play.
Market snapshot
Jacksonville’s industrial market has been digesting a wave of speculative projects delivered over the past year, and that fresh supply has nudged vacancy higher across the metro. Colliers' Q1 2026 report pegs vacancy at about 10.6% after recent deliveries, while CBRE's Q1 figures put vacancy north of 11% and availability in the low teens. Those numbers have eased some pricing pressure on smaller infill deals and opened a window for owner-operators willing to buy their own real estate.
What comes next
For Jax Dirtworks, the acquisition sets up room for equipment storage, fleet parking and an operations hub close to major arterial routes on the Southside. CoStar reports that the company plans to relocate its corporate office from Atlantic Beach into Jacksonville, a consolidation that could tighten coordination between field crews and administrative staff.
Brokers listed on the sale included VanCamp Commercial and Hillis Properties, both active players in Jacksonville’s industrial scene. It is not a mega-warehouse trade, but it is exactly the kind of owner-user deal that keeps infill industrial corridors busy and accessible for local firms that need functional space right now.
