Shore Manufacturing is bulking up in Jacksonville, locking in a lease for 86,374 square feet of industrial space and cementing a bigger local footprint for the New Jersey-based maker. The deal gives Shore a second industrial location in Northeast Florida and lands at a time when warehouse space around town is trading fast.
According to CoStar, the lease covers 86,374 square feet in a large Northwest Jacksonville warehouse. CoStar lists Cushman & Wakefield's Tyler Newman and Jacob Horsley and NAI Hallmark's Jason Purdy as contacts on the transaction.
The space sits inside the 5245 Commonwealth Ave. building, which totals roughly 560,688 square feet and previously served as a Fanatics distribution center, Jax Daily Record reported. With that kind of scale, landlords can either hand a tenant a massive block of space or slice it into suites for multiple users in the Westside and Northside submarkets.
Shore's local footprint
Shore shifted operations to Jacksonville in 2021 and now runs an 82,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the city, according to a profile by JAXPORT. The company produces sanitary wipes for restaurant and janitorial customers and has pointed to the port's logistics network as a key factor in choosing to relocate.
Market context
Jacksonville's industrial market absorbed a wave of speculative projects in 2025, pushing overall vacancy to 10.8% by the fourth quarter even as annual leasing reached about 3.7 million square feet, per Cushman & Wakefield. The report notes that rents are still edging higher despite the vacancy bump, with demand concentrated in the Northside and Westside submarkets.
CoStar's listing of the Shore transaction names the brokers involved and highlights that manufacturing tenants are still hungry for Jacksonville space while landlords work through the new supply. The deal shows how big-box warehouse options can entice users that want to scale up production and distribution across the Southeast.
Local commercial real estate watchers say a few more moves like this will help reveal whether Jacksonville's recent building spree becomes a long-term advantage or a vacancy headache. For now, Shore's lease serves as a reminder that manufacturers still view Jacksonville as a smart play for logistics access and lower operating costs.
