Westlake’s latest industrial player is officially stepping up to the plate. Hazel Street Industrial and partner Faropoint have filed city permits for a new two-building project called Pritchard Park on Pritchard Road and are planning a ceremonial groundbreaking next Friday. The park is slated to total about 157,680 square feet, split between a 97,200-square-foot building and a 60,480-square-foot structure geared toward small manufacturers, logistics firms and service tenants. The site has already cleared its initial site-clearing permit, and the team is actively marketing suites for immediate tenant build-outs, with delivery targeted for the first quarter of 2027 if reviews and construction stay on track.
According to the Jax Daily Record, the city issued a March 5 permit to clear the roughly 14.95-acre parcel at 9770 Pritchard Road and is reviewing two building permits for Westlake Parcel 5 with an estimated project cost of about $15.34 million. The same reporting notes Hazel Street paid about $2.3 million for the site in January, with a deed recorded January 26 that lists Pritchard Road Owner LP tied to Faropoint. Developers say the smaller building will be marketed to small manufacturers and service users, while the larger structure is aimed at manufacturers and assembly tenants.
Design and specs
Marketing materials posted on LoopNet pitch Pritchard Park as flexible, modern space, with bays ranging from about 15,120 to 97,200 square feet. Planned specs include clear heights from 32 to 36 feet, ESFR sprinklers, a 185-foot shared truck court, dock-high doors and drive-in ramps. The listing names CBRE brokers Kyle Fisher, Kyle Murphy and Alliah Hardee as leasing contacts and tags some suites with March 2027 availability. The flyer leans hard on the site’s access to I-295, rail intermodal connections and Foreign Trade Zone No. 64, perks that brokers say help boost logistics value for future tenants.
Where it fits in Westlake's boom
Pritchard Park is arriving in the middle of a bigger industrial growth streak along Pritchard Road, from Becknell’s 609,120-square-foot site work to recent multi-acre buys pitched for large-scale distribution. Hoodline has been tracking that wave of activity, including coverage of Becknell kicks off work and the Lopez-Cantera 58-acre purchase. Within that larger freight corridor, Pritchard Park represents a smaller-bay strategy, offering modern, jump-in-ready suites that could appeal to local operators who are increasingly priced out of older, less efficient industrial stock.
Timeline, team and leasing
Evans General Contractors is listed as the contractor, with LS3P Associates as architect and England, Thims & Miller as civil engineer, and CBRE handling leasing, according to the Jax Daily Record. Hazel Street and Faropoint previously teamed up on Park 295 Landing in northwest Jacksonville and say they continue to see steady demand for smaller industrial suites in the market. The next milestones to watch are final permit approvals, horizontal-work filings and any contractor mobilization notices that will precede vertical construction.
For small manufacturers and service operators looking for modern, smaller-bay space, Pritchard Park could land at just the right time. For nearby residents and existing businesses, the key issues to follow will be grading activity, truck-traffic plans and utility upgrades as the project moves through review. Local officials and neighbors are likely to see clearer signs of progress once horizontal permits and utility work hit the public record; leasing materials will tell the next part of the story by showing how quickly the new suites fill up. We will continue to monitor permit filings and leasing updates as they surface.
