Port Jax is gearing up for another growth spurt, with Jax Green Industrial preparing two new speculative warehouse shells that will bump the North Jacksonville industrial park from 10 buildings to an even dozen. Geared to smaller, multi-tenant industrial users, the new structures are planned across Alta Road from the existing Port Jax Trade Center. If permits cooperate, the team expects site work to start later this year, with delivery targeted for mid-2027.
According to the Jax Daily Record, the pair of buildings will sit at 10350 Alta Road and together total about 82,000 square feet. Building 1100 is planned at roughly 50,000 square feet and Building 1200 at about 32,000 square feet. The developer says the space will be chopped into bays averaging around 4,500 square feet so smaller operators can lease a single bay or string several together. Developer Bill Spinner put the project cost at roughly $12 million and told the paper, “We should break ground in November depending on permits,” with completion expected in June 2027.
Design and tenant mix
Spinner told the Jax Daily Record that these shells will not be bare-bones boxes. Plans call for higher corner wall elevations, curved steel canopies at the entries and varying tilt-wall panel heights to give the small-bay units a bit more curb appeal than the typical back-of-the-port warehouse. The design also includes a large truck court, surface parking and upgraded electrical service aimed at luring light manufacturers and value-added distributors. Architect Zinn Architecture + Interiors Inc. is listed as the project designer.
Where it sits and why location matters
The project site at 10350 Alta Drive is just across the street from Port Jax Trade Center and is marketed toward port-oriented industrial users that need quick in-and-out access. Brokers highlight the 8.9-acre footprint, the easy connection to I-295 and proximity to JAXPORT’s terminals, including Blount Island, as key selling points for tenants chasing faster port access. That positioning makes the smaller-bay setup a different play from the region’s massive big-box developments that dominate farther out.
Market context
North Jacksonville’s industrial scene has been on a steady roll, with recent permits and buildouts adding hundreds of thousands of square feet to the market and signaling sustained demand from both large and smaller users. Local reporting on a nearby Class A warehouse permit suggests institutional developers are still charging ahead on large-scale projects, even as some landlords pivot to multi-tenant shells to serve homegrown operators. For a broader snapshot of recent permitting and construction on the Northside, see coverage of a nearby Class A warehouse permit.
Developer track record and next steps
Spinner leads Spinner Construction LLC and Jax Green Industrial, firms with a trail of permits and industrial work in Jacksonville. Public contractor profiles tie his team to prior Port Jax permits, and build records show earlier shell permits for the Alta Drive site, which helps explain why the group is ready to lean into smaller-bay product now. The developer told reporters they are negotiating to buy more land nearby as part of a broader plan to expand the park, depending on how leasing and permitting line up.
For North Jacksonville tenants and brokers, the two new shells mark a return to smaller, divisible industrial space that many local businesses prefer over giant single-tenant boxes. The immediate milestones will be permits and site work. Spinner’s timeline, and how fast Port Jax fills up its latest additions, will ultimately depend on those approvals and lease commitments from local operators.
