Current Developments

• Hillwood finalized a 25-year agreement with the City of Jacksonville to be the master developer of approximately 4,474 acres of City-owned property at Cecil Commerce Center®. Hillwood has the expertise, track record and private capital resources needed to develop this large industrial site and create the job haven and economic driver for Jacksonville that the community has envisioned. In addition to branding the site with their premiere brand name – AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center®, Hillwood will 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. Click here to read more about this Agreement.
   
• Florida State College is developing a new state of the art truck driving facility at their North Cecil Campus. Construction is set to begin in late 2010.
   
• Boeing recently 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, recently broke ground on a 277,560 sq. ft. lithium battery manufacturing plant on 12 acres at Cecil. SAFT plans to invest more than $200 million in new capital and employ 279 people at the new facility.
   
• The new Cecil Commerce Center® Parkway and I-10 interchange was completed in October 2009. Click here to learn more about the $62 million project that provides direct access to Cecil Commerce Center®.

• Alenia North America plans to build a $65 million final assembly and delivery center for the C-27J Spartan cargo plane at Cecil Commerce Center®. The center will add 300 new jobs to the local market. The company also expects to invest approximately $42 million in new, private capital for manufacturing equipment, technology, infrastructure and furniture. 
   
• Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations recently purchased 63.3 acres in Cecil Commerce Center® North and constructed a 1-million-square-foot distribution center. The site will employ 250 and represents a private capital investment of $44 million.
   
• Florida State College recently completed phase one of a new, 44,000-square-foot center in Cecil Commerce Center® North. The new campus offers general education courses.

• FlightStar, a heavy aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul contractor, added 150 more employees. This brings their employment at Cecil Commerce Center® South to approximately 320. Visit them at http://www.flightstarjax.com/

• 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.