Current Developments
- As master developer of approximately 4,475 acres of City-owned property at Cecil Commerce Center, Hillwood branded the site with their premiere brand name – AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center. Hillwood agreed to invest more than $1.3 billion to develop the entire 31-million-square-foot master plan. These developments will attract the companies that will bring thousands of new jobs and expand the tax base.
- FlightStar, a heavy aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul contractor, is constructing a $27 million, 30,000 sq. ft. hangar expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014. They will hire an additional 400 people, bringing their total employment at Cecil Commerce Center to more than 800.
- Florida State College at Jacksonville completed construction of a state of the art truck driving facility at their North Cecil Campus.
- Boeing moved its F-18 repair operations to Cecil Commerce Center, creating 60 jobs in Jacksonville. Boeing leased a city-owned building and invested $4 million in tenant improvements and equipment.
- SAFT America, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-technology batteries, constructed a 277,560 sq. ft. lithium battery manufacturing plant on 12 acres at Cecil. SAFT invested more than $200 million in new capital and employs 279 people at the new facility.
- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations purchased 63.3 acres in Cecil Commerce Center North and constructed a 1-million-square-foot distribution center. The site employs 250 people and represents a private capital investment of $44 million.
- Florida State College at Jacksonville completed phase one of a new, 44,000-square-foot center in Cecil Commerce Center North. The new campus offers general education courses.
- The U.S. Coast Guard has recently renovated its 32,000-square-foot building and added 150 new personnel to its drug interdiction operation at Cecil. Overall annual payroll for the operation is approximately $12 million.
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