Southeast Toyota Distributors Vehicle Processing Center at JAXPORT
Jacksonville, Fla.
Award of Merit
Submitted by: JE Dunn Construction
Owner: Jacksonville Port Authority
Lead Design Firm: kasper architects + associates
General Contractor: JE Dunn Construction
Civil Engineer: ETM Civil Engineering
In addition to consolidating and modernizing Southeast Toyota Distributors’ operations, the JAXPORT facility relocates them from Talleyrand Terminal, where they had been since 1968. This $145-million project covered an 88-acre site at Jacksonville’s Blount Island Marine Terminal with nine buildings totaling more than 380,000 sq ft, centered on a 272,000-sq-ft accessory installation building where new vehicles are processed and readied for distribution to 177 dealerships.
Supporting structures include an operations building, security gatehouse, car wash, fuel island and body shop, plus 400,000 sq ft of paved staging and parking. The facility can process up to 4,000 vehicles per week. Located within a secure marine terminal, the project required a dedicated construction access gate and secure perimeter that eliminated the need for TWIC cards for workers, preserving port security while saving time and costs. To address poor soil conditions, the team installed more than 4,500 controlled modulus columns while fast-tracking sitework and foundation packages.
